The one thing to their advantage is the casinos, specifically with how they treat their clientele with comps and whatnot. Seems like a built in advantage that other places don't share with their corporate sponsors.Cellar-Door said:It could happen. I mean the main thing keeping Las Vegas from being a player for a team was that Stern was absolutely opposed to anything that even hinted at gambling. Silver definitely doesn't feel the same way.
I wonder how they would do though. Will tourists want to go to games? and will the local population support a team? It would be one of the smaller Metro areas in the league with a pretty low median income.
It would be a unique and bizarre home court advantage/disadvantage. The arena will likely be silent unlike the arenas where the crowds help lift the home team since a large portion of the building will be filled with non-Buck fans. Of course on the flip side a huge advantage is that the opposing team who flies in the night before may not have pulled an all-nighter....especially the younger players, especially on those Sat and Sun games. Can you imagine the 1pm Sunday start for the road team? Yikes.kenneycb said:The one thing to their advantage is the casinos, specifically with how they treat their clientele with comps and whatnot. Seems like a built in advantage that other places don't share with their corporate sponsors.
From a quick glance it is larger than Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Memphis, New Orleans, Salt Lake, Indianapolis, and Cleveland. And just a tad smaller than several others.Cellar-Door said:It would be one of the smaller Metro areas in the league
The NBA insisted that the deal include a buyback provision before approving the sale. If there isn't a plan in place for a new arena by a certain date the league has the right to buy the team back from Edens and Lasry for $25M more than they paid for it.Nick Kaufman said:I thought that whey they bought the team, they promised to the previous owner they wouldn't move it.