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Originally Posted by _Q_
Yeah, I don't get the Canadian tourist angle. So are we hoping that 20,000 Flames, Oilers or Canucks fans make it down to Vegas for 2 games per season each? Will any Flames fans in Vegas at the time ever say "Hey, honey, the Las Vegas Stripper Poles are playing the Nashville Predators tonight, how about we catch that game, even though we don't really care about either team." Are we hoping that Las Vegas becomes the first ever sports franchise that can be successful without a dedicated fanbase?
This is a brutal idea and even worse than putting a team in Phoenix or Atlanta.
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Couples probably wouldn't, but groups of guys who are even casual hockey fans would absolutely get into throwing down some money at the sports book and then going to the game.
Edit: I just remembered that one condition of the NBA holding its All Star game in Vegas a few years ago was that the sports books all agree not to take bets on the game. The NHL would probably require the sports books not to take bets on the Vegas team's games, which would make my above point irrelevant.