>Will costs $12 billion in expansion fee and an extra 1-2 billion to build a arena (the Lakers and their stadium were recently bought for 12.5 billion)>In the 40th biggest media market in the US, which is by far the smallest in the US that will have all four major sports teams (lowest is Miami at 18th, even then their secondary market in West Palm is still bigger than Vegas)>Expanding insanely late, 15 years after NHL came, a decade after NFL came, and years after MLB comes. They took the small amount of Vegas local support before this could ever happen>When interest in NBA is already coming downThis team will relocate within a decade unless they are too deep in to move. This is going to be the most spectacular failure ever. This is going to cost more then the value of every single sports team on the planet outside Dallas Cowboys which it is going to match. All of this for the 40th biggest media market.
>>157968243They will do well in revenue and you will seethe. You don't understand modern sports economics
The Vegas A's will do worse (owned by John Fisher, have to fill 81 home games, plus baseball stadiums are bigger)
>The Las Vegas JacksMany memes will be made
>amerishits and their moving teams owned by epstein pedophilesGrim
Rare NHL W getting into a market first>>157969081True but baseball is at least "off peak" since there's no other sport to watch in July
Visiting team fan revenue in winter
>>157968243Wait, Vegas is the 40th-largest media market? How come? Or is this just a synonym for „Vegas proper isn’t that large and that’s what counts here, the agglomeration on the other hand …“?But I think they will still make money due to gambling and retarded tourists paying obscene prices for everything. Then sell the VIP boxes to local bigwigs who are looking out to brag and you will make a profit soon enough, especially if you also own the arena and host other stuff there
>>157969306Never underestimate Gary
>>157969306NHL still shouldn’t have gone thereThis is a W for Bettman, not necessarily for ice hockey. And especially not for Canada, because this move was one of many that weakened Canada’s position within the league and the sport
What happened to the return of the Seattle Supersonics?
>>157969607Still happening. NBA's expanding to 32: the Sonics and Vegas
>>157968243They're banking on tourists moreso than regular home support. They'll probably have one of if not the lowest amount of season ticket holders but still get okay attendence because of people catching a game for fun during a Vegas trip, on the premise that "it worked for the Golden Knights and the Aces"
>>157969508Outside of Vegas is just desert.
>>157973975But anon, it's in the desert where the town's problems are solvedGot a lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. Except you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise you're talkin' about a half-hour or forty-five minutes of diggin'. And who knows who's gonna be comin' along in that time? Before you know it, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin' night.
>>157968243Oh no the Staples Center was never sold. AEG still owns it (LA Kings and LA Galaxy owner). The Lakers have always paid rent
>>157969580>And especially not for Canada,That's a good thing anon. Canadians deserve all the misery after they ran their mouths for a year leading up to the Olympics. I hope I never see any Canadian team in any sport ever win again , even the fucking CFL
>>157973944Who told you that? The Knights are successful because the local Vegas metro got behind them immediately and adopted them in no time. Has nothing to do with away fans
The real loser in all of this is UNLV.
>>157974118Not away fans but people visiting Vegas.That's why you see pushes to have a basketball and baseball team there. There are a lot of regular season games so it can become another thing to do there for tourists, and why there is no push at all for an NFL team with a much smaller schedule.
>>157968631fpbp>>157974085>And who knows who's gonna be comin' along in that time? Before you know it, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin' night.kino monologue
>>157968243Are you retarded?
>>157969306>Rare NHL W getting into a market firstYeah, but the Knights have the ugliest uniforms and most boring team name ever. Should have been the Flamingos.
>>157969663Good luck trying to shoo in a new generation of Sonic fans. Anyone born and raised in Seattle under the drinking age grew up as Laker fans.
>>157974085Casino fucking sucks
>>157968243Basketball just raped and gaped baseball in ratings
>>157968243none of this matters. Its a private equity play. They could sell zero tickets it doesnt matter. You get that? Arabs have a lot of money and nowhere to put it. Who do you think is funding these inflated purchase prices? Use your head for once. NBA changed the rules to allow foreign money (it needs to be 'washed' a certain way but the point remains). None of the actual economics of the location matters.
