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| If they are moving to a specific casino's property, it'll be interesting to see if that casino has a sportsbook and if they put any rules in place about WNBA gambling on site. |
When the Sun moved to Mohegan one of the conditions was that they not have a sportsbook
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| Posted: 10/13/17 10:19 am ::: |
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| I heard the Sun were objecting to a team being in a city known for gambling and casinos.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 10:21 am ::: |
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| Was there any talk that the Stars were in trouble? I thought of them as a solid franchise. |
If anything was an indication id say those inflated attendance #'s caught up too them. I remember watching them play with probably about 100 fans in the stands and they reported 4,000. It even became sort of a game here about the actual attendance. Although that has been done for multiple teams , just hope there fate does not end like San Antonio .
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| Posted: 10/13/17 10:32 am ::: |
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| Was there any talk that the Stars were in trouble? I thought of them as a solid franchise. |
Peter Holt retired and gave control of the teams to his wife. She's less interested in owning sports teams, so she sold the Stars and will likely do the same to the Spurs. It's similar to what happened in Detroit after Bill Davidson passed away.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 10:47 am ::: |
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| Was there any talk that the Stars were in trouble? I thought of them as a solid franchise. |
Peter Holt retired and gave control of the teams to his wife. She's less interested in owning sports teams, so she sold the Stars and will likely do the same to the Spurs. It's similar to what happened in Detroit after Bill Davidson passed away. |
sounds like the Detroit scenario. old fart dies, younger wife wants the $$$$...oopsie, there goes the team.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 11:09 am ::: |
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| With the new location, I think they should drop the Stars/Starzz moniker. We don't want Las Vegas Lucky Starz or Poker Stars. |
How about the Vegas Oddz |
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| Posted: 10/13/17 11:44 am ::: |
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| ESPN has reported that the relocation is awaiting approval from the NBA & WNBA and the move will be finalized.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:08 pm ::: |
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Stars is so damn generic they can probably keep it. |
Shooting stars? Heck they could have kept silver stars. But yeah, stars could easily be kept as is.
I'm just happy they're not folding.
And I think Las Vegas has the potential to be a draw for visitors. It will be interesting to see if residents can get behind it. For the W's sake, I hope it works out.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:16 pm ::: |
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| Wonder if this sale has been in the works for a long time and had something to do with Hughes departure and maybe VJ's one year contract.Wonder if the Spurs organization will unload some of their other teams also. Vegas seems like a bad location in my opinion.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:20 pm ::: |
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| Wonder if this sale has been in the works for a long time and had something to do with Hughes departure and maybe VJ's one year contract.Wonder if the Spurs organization will unload some of their other teams also. Vegas seems like a bad location in my opinion. |
Maybe not this sale in particular, but I'd bet they've been looking to sell for a while.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:32 pm ::: |
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| After the progression towards group nouns and abstract terms like Sky and Dream, I figure they may just dump the idea of an independent nickname entirely at this point. I present to you: the Las VegAss. |
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:34 pm ::: |
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| If they're smart, they'll keep the silver & black and call themselves the Las Vegas Raiders. Should be good for merchandise sales, if nothing else.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 12:52 pm ::: |
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Members of the Las Vegas-based Maloof family, which previously owned the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings of the NBA, told the Review-Journal on Thursday they were not involved in the Stars sale.
A UNLV spokesperson told the RJ that the university has not been approached about the Thomas & Mack Center becoming the home to a WNBA team, adding that it is always open to evaluating opportunities. The T&M has hosted the NBA Summer League since 2004.
It is unclear where the team would play. Possible venues include T-Mobile Arena, the MGM Grand Garden, the Thomas & Mack Center and Orleans Arena.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/basketball/report-wnbas-san-antonio-stars-moving-to-las-vegas/
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| Posted: 10/13/17 1:08 pm ::: |
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| With the new location, I think they should drop the Stars/Starzz moniker. We don't want Las Vegas Lucky Starz or Poker Stars. |
How about the Vegas Showgir....
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The Las Vegas Glitz
The Las Vegas Diamonds
The Las Vegas 777’s
The Las Vegas Strip’pers
The Las Vegas Golden Queens
The Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Royals
The Las Vegas Lights
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| Posted: 10/13/17 1:18 pm ::: |
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Members of the Las Vegas-based Maloof family, which previously owned the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings of the NBA, told the Review-Journal on Thursday they were not involved in the Stars sale.
A UNLV spokesperson told the RJ that the university has not been approached about the Thomas & Mack Center becoming the home to a WNBA team, adding that it is always open to evaluating opportunities. The T&M has hosted the NBA Summer League since 2004.
It is unclear where the team would play. Possible venues include T-Mobile Arena, the MGM Grand Garden, the Thomas & Mack Center and Orleans Arena.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/basketball/report-wnbas-san-antonio-stars-moving-to-las-vegas/ |
There are others too, and I'm hearing there is no question on the financial stability of the possible owners.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 2:09 pm ::: |
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| If anything, this shows the importance of Private non-NBA ownership. |
Why? We've had independent owners lose interest or decide they can't take the losses any more as well. Both types can turn bad. |
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| Posted: 10/13/17 2:15 pm ::: |
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| If anything, this shows the importance of Private non-NBA ownership. |
Why? We've had independent owners lose interest or decide they can't take the losses any more as well. Both types can turn bad. |
It's been much less common among independent teams. Really, all the independent ownership problems have a common root: Donna O and her lack of due diligence.
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I think they should just keep Stars. Las Vegas Stars has a nice ring and makes sense with the new location. I could also see las Vegas Lucky Stars.
If there is a name change it might have to do with the ownership in the same way The Conn Sun are named after the casino.
My other option would be Las Vegas Jackpot.
or The Las Vegas Nomi Malones.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 2:33 pm ::: |
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I could also see it being something like
The Thrill
The Luck
The Oasis
The Gold
The Gamble
The Suite
The Chance
The Hope
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| Posted: 10/13/17 2:51 pm ::: |
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I could also see it being something like
The Thrill
The Luck
The Oasis
The Gold
The Gamble
The Suite
The Chance
The Hope |
The Slots...
Oh, wait...
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| Posted: 10/13/17 3:08 pm ::: |
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Does Kobe Bryant have any connection to Vegas. Or any other former NBA guys who speak well of the Women's game.
I could see Kobe as a partner in the venture just a guess.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 3:10 pm ::: |
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| If it's going to be a gambling theme, they should be the Las Vegas Dragons. That would be inspired by Dragon Rooms; small, intimate rooms where people play Pai Gow and Super Pan 9 for big money.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 3:28 pm ::: |
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| How about the Las Vegas Unsustainable Water Shortage?
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| Posted: 10/13/17 4:37 pm ::: |
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| I wish they would bring a team back to Cleveland. They could play at the Q and Dan Gilbert could afford them. We need another team in the East!
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| Posted: 10/13/17 4:46 pm ::: |
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| How about the Las Vegas Unsustainable Water Shortage? |
They could call them the Las Vegas Aquifer or Las Vegas Cienega but I suppose either of those would suggest a permanent downward trajectory.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 5:27 pm ::: |
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| How about the Las Vegas Spears so that people who think they've got tickets for Britney might show up by accident? |
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| Posted: 10/13/17 5:28 pm ::: |
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| Vegas Shooters. Could have all kinds of interpretations.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 6:03 pm ::: |
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| Hearing there will be a new head coach and this would be there 1st Head Coaching gig, But WELLLL overdue ! Im actually happy about this choice if its true !!! #PoorVJ
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| Posted: 10/13/17 6:09 pm ::: |
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| My guess is that it will be a casino with an arena, ala the Mohegan Sun. In addition to the Orleans and MGM Grand having arenas, the Mandalay Bay has an event center that Wikipedia says seats 12,000 (probably less for basketball events).
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| Posted: 10/13/17 6:16 pm ::: |
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| Aren't the Mandalay, MGM, and the T-Mobile all owned by MGM?
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| Posted: 10/13/17 6:34 pm ::: |
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| Looks like Laimbeer will be the head coach and GM...
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| Posted: 10/13/17 6:47 pm ::: |
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| Looks like Laimbeer will be the head coach and GM... |
Where did you here that?
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| Posted: 10/13/17 7:04 pm ::: |
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| Bill gets full control....plus a lottery pick.
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Somehow, I just don't see Evil Bill as a Vegas kind of guy. And it raises some other questions...
1. Who is going to replace Laimbeer as the head coach for the N.Y. Liberty? Katie Smith?
2. Who is hiring Laimbeer with the Vegas team? Since it has been reported that the Maloofs aren't involved in this, I don't know who else in Vegas is that interested investing in a WNBA team.
3. Who will be Laimbeer's assistant coaches? The same staff from the Liberty last year?
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| Posted: 10/13/17 7:50 pm ::: |
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Dan Hughes came out great - passed the reins of a bad team over to Ruth Riley and Vicki Johnson and they now have one bad season at the top of their resume for their only time in their position and he is coaching Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd.
I am gonna guess the Orleans Casino is the buyer. They have had other sports teams in their arena - a minor league hockey team, arena football team and lingerie football team.
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| Posted: 10/13/17 8:00 pm ::: |
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As a fan of other sports, this makes me wonder about the plans for the SSE's USL club and their supposed MLS interest (almost certainly not a candidate for the expansion to 2 . |
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