Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Manufactures new fans? No. But I guarantee you fans from LA will fly to Vegas en masse every weekend for games. You realize how much cheaper it is to fly and stay in Vegas than the Bay Area right? For someone from LA to LV, for round trip and hotel, maybe $250. Probably at least double that for the Bay Area unless you actually wanna stay in Oakland (which no one does). And so potential NFL customers for Los Angeles are off to support the Las Vegas team. Suffice to say that's not gonna help attendance for the Rams and Chargers.
|
Yes I'm familiar with how vegas is cheaper than SF.
I don't know, we'll see. Sure there are tons of raider fans, but in part that's because there has been no pro ball there so what's their choice? LA is a pro sports market, a team deserves to be there. Not so sure about two but it may come down to who is doing well that particular year for awhile.
LA will have a shiney new stadium. So the lunch bucket crowd may fly to vegas for awhile, which doesn't strike me as sustainable. And the corporate money will all go to charger and rams games.
Maybe it will be saturated but I don't think it's the massive fail you portray. And over a decade or two raider fan base will shrink and the base for the LA team(s) will grow.
I'd add that I understand why both the rams and chargers are moving. They go from horrible stadium situations to a great one when the new place is built. That matters a ton.