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I would expect that Las Vegas will have an NBA team within the next five years , if not sooner. These rumblings should come as no surprise to Las Vegas locals. The city has long been Many assumed that every game played in Las Vegas would be a pseudo road game for the home team
MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said he is actively pursuing an NBA franchise to play at The NBA , which had its All-Star weekend in Las Vegas in 2007, has a presence in the city with the Jones, now a wing for the Miami Heat, is asymptomatic and expects to join the team when the NBA
The desert metropolis of Las Vegas is quickly becoming one of the new epicenters of the sports world. It started with the NHL’s Golden Knights earning a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in their inaugural season back in 2017-18. The Raiders will soon play their first game in Las Vegas after officially relocating from Oakland earlier this year.
Does this mean other pro sports leagues could be looking to Las Vegas as a potential destination? It sure looks like that’s the case.
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MGM ’s Las Vegas Strip properties were among the worst hit, with a 21 percent dip in revenue (Benjamin Hager/ Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto. In the rapidly changing coronavirus environment, acting MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle found some definitives among
MGM will share with the NBA “anonymized real-time data.” This type of data will reflect player and team performance, and will be shared only after removal of Further, opponents of integrity fees contend that neither the NBA nor any other league sought integrity fees from betting operators in Las Vegas
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This can’t be seen as a surprise. We’ve heard rumors about either a team relocating to Las Vegas or the NBA awarding the desert metropolis an expansion club here soon. The NBA Summer League has been a major hit in Vegas in recent years. The league also explored resuming its season in a bubble on the Las Vegas strip.
In fact, Mr. Murren opened up about the possibility of Vegas adding an NBA team years back.
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MGM CEO Jim Murren told the Review-Journal in an October 2016 interview that he was actively pursuing an NBA team he could move to Las The WNBA’s entrance in the market is the latest in a wave of professional sports announcements in Las Vegas . — This month, the NHL became the first
Las Vegas might eventually land an NBA team , but expansion or relocation aren’t in the current plans, commissioner Adam Silver said. He will be in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League, which begins Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Various league meetings also will take place
The demographics in Clark County, home of Las Vegas, seems to suggest that the NBA would do well in the desert. As of 2019, the population was 2.27 million. That’s an increase of nearly a million over the past two decades. With the tourism industry in Vegas and its locality to Southern California, a region that was previously seen as small market is viewed in a much different manner right now.
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As we saw with the Raiders’ near-complete Allegiant Stadium off the Vegas strip, local authorities have had no issues helping foot the bill for professional sports venues. For the Raiders, that included an increase in hotel taxes impacting tourists more than the locals.
The expectation here is that local millionaires and billionaires would get involved in order to bring a team to Las Vegas. Remember, Sheldon Adelson was a part of the Raiders’ move to Nevada before backing out at the last minute. It’s also possible that T-Mobile Arena, the home of the Knights, could host an NBA team until a new arena is built.
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Las Vegas Sands (LVS), which owns the Venetian and Palazzo casinos on the Strip as well as the Sands Expo & Convention Center, has also suffered. The other major US casino companies will also likely discuss what's happening in Las Vegas when they report their latest earnings in the next few
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All of this comes with both Las Vegas and its biggest suburb, Henderson, openly discussing the possibility of adding a Major League Baseball team. Most recently, the Arizona Diamondbacks have been bandied about as a potential relocation candidate.
There were rumors that the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino off the strip could be demolished in order to make room for a new MLB stadium. The new owner of that property denied said claims late last year.
Despite this, land would not be an issue in either Las Vegas or Henderson. If the NBA is indeed interested in either expanding or relocating to Las Vegas, the city will be more than open to the idea.
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The 2020 NFL Draft would've been held in Las Vegas if not for the global pandemic. That’s not just because it’s a glamorous city that knows how to throw a party but also because it is now home to an NFL franchise. The Raiders, previously in Oakland, are moving to Vegas starting this season, but will the city get a winner out the gate? Or will Vegas fans be as disappointed as so many folks around the roulette wheel? We don’t know yet, but we do know how a lot of teams did in their first seasons in new cities. For this look back, we decided to focus only on the four major American sports leagues, avoiding anything too old school. So if you’re hoping to see how the St. Louis Browns did once they became the Baltimore Orioles in 1954, that’s a story for another day.
This isn’t the Raiders’ first move. After spending 21 years in Oakland, the Raiders moved down to Los Angeles prior to the 1982 season. That was an awkward year for the NFL: a strike-shortened nine-game season. That season went well for the Raiders, as they ended with an 8-1 record. Later, they would move back to Oakland for the 1995 season, going 8-8.
Unlike the Raiders, the Rams were a staple in Los Angeles. They called L.A. home from 1946 through the 1994 season. Those last few years weren’t so good, and maybe some didn’t mind them moving to St. Louis. They went 7-9 that first year in their new city and would win the Super Bowl a few years later. The Rams are now back in Los Angeles once more.
You may know them as the Arizona Cardinals, but they’ve been known as such only since 1994. When they moved from St. Louis to the Grand Canyon State in 1988, they were called the Phoenix Cardinals for a few seasons. That last season in St. Louis was marred by another strike, and the team finished 7-8. The Cardinals’ first season in Arizona? They posted a 7-9 record, so it was basically more of the same.
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Indianapolis Colts
You know the story. The Colts left Baltimore in the middle of the night to move to Indianapolis. Maybe Baltimore fans got to enjoy a bit of satisfaction with how the 1984 campaign went for the Colts in their new digs. After going 7-9 in their last season in Baltimore, the Indianapolis Colts debuted with a 4-12 record, and head coach Frank Kush got the ax before the season was over.
Of course, Baltimore would be on the other end of a bitter franchise move. The Cleveland Browns, one of the NFL’s iconic franchises in the early days, were leaving their home to give Baltimore a franchise back. This is the first instance on this list where a team didn’t just move but also changed its name. That 1996 season was pretty brutal for the Ravens, though, as they went 4-12. It’d be a few years before Brian Billick took over and they became a Super Bowl contender.
Technically, they were the Los Angeles Chargers first. However, they spent only one season in L.A. before moving to San Diego, where they stayed from 1961 through 2016. That is the true history of the franchise. Now the Chargers are back in Los Angeles, though it hasn’t gone smoothly. They’ve been playing in a soccer stadium waiting to share the new SoFi Stadium with the Rams. On the field, though, the Chargers actually played well after the move, posting a 9-7 record but missing the playoffs.
Sorry, Sonics fans. We know the city of Seattle is still bitter after losing its basketball team to Oklahoma City. It surely hurts even more because the Thunder quickly became one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. They had drafted Kevin Durant just before moving! By their second year in OKC, the Thunder were a 50-win team. That first year, though (2008-09), they struggled to a 23-59 record in what was Durant’s second season.
In 1995, the NBA decided to get Canadian and added two franchises. One, the Toronto Raptors, just won its first title. The second, the Vancouver Grizzlies, never took off. Vancouver would cede its team to Memphis after only six seasons north of the border. In the 2001-02 season, the Grizzlies still stunk, posting a 23-59 record. At least Pau Gasol was Rookie of the Year.
The Nets didn’t move far. They moved to New Jersey from New York just before joining the NBA from the ABA and called Jersey home until heading to Brooklyn to hang out with Jay-Z. In their last year in Jersey, the Nets went 22-44. Surprisingly, the move to New York seemed to give them a boost, as they went 49-33 in the 2013-14 season and made the playoffs. That wasn’t enough, with the Nets going all in on aging veterans like Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. It didn’t pay off.
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New Orleans Pelicans
After the Charlotte Bobcats changed their name back to the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA returned to them all their Hornets history. We know the truth, though, and it's that the Pelicans were known as the New Orleans Hornets when they moved from Charlotte down to the Big Easy. New Orleans got a good team in its first year, with the Hornets going 47-35 and making the playoffs. This was when the team was still in the Eastern Conference, by the way. It would move to the West after two years.
Speaking of New Orleans, that’s where the Jazz franchise started. You know, a place where calling a team the Jazz makes sense. There may not be much Jazz in Utah, but there was a lot of great basketball in the days of John Stockton and Karl Malone. Fans had to wait for those days, though. In Utah’s debut season (1979-80), it went a mere 24-58. It would be five seasons before the Jazz had a winning season in Salt Lake City.
The Kings franchise has been a transient one. It began in Rochester as the Royals before moving to Cincinnati. Then it moved to Kansas City and took on the Kings name and even made a conference finals in Kansas City. In the 1985-86 season, the Kings left for Sacramento. Despite going 37-45 they actually made the playoffs, though they got swept in the first round.
First, the Clippers franchise made a huge move, going from Buffalo all the way down to San Diego. After several seasons there, the team presaged the Chargers’ move, heading to Los Angeles. Under Donald Sterling’s ownership, the Clippers were a notoriously troubled franchise. That was certainly true when it debuted in L.A. during the 1984-85 season, going 31-51. Hey, that was a one-win improvement over the previous year!
This may be the toughest one. The Nordiques didn’t have a ton of success in Quebec, but we know Canadians love their hockey. Well, the Nordiques left for Colorado and were rechristened as the Avalanche prior to the 1995-96 season and then added Patrick Roy, arguably the greatest goalie of all time. This put the team over the edge, and the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in their first season in Denver. That’s how to make a debut.
Like the Cardinals, the Coyotes have dropped the Phoenix for Arizona. It took them longer to do it, though. The franchise left Winnipeg, a city nicknamed “Winterpeg,” for the desert. Talk about whiplash. Unlike the Avalanche, the Coyotes didn’t wow out the gate after leaving Canada. During the 1996-97 season, the Coyotes made the playoffs but lost in the first round.
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Winnipeg Jets
Eventually, Winnipeg would get a team back. This time, a franchise from the south, the Atlanta Thrashers, headed north of the border. The Thrashers never really took off, so they may not be terribly missed. Winnipeg was, inexplicably, stuck in the Eastern Conference for its first two seasons. The Jets missed the playoffs in the 2011-12 campaign, but they added a couple of future cornerstones in Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele.
Everything old is new again. You know what other franchise left Atlanta? That would be the Flames. Maybe they just aren’t into hockey in the Peach State. Calgary made its debut in the 1980-81 season. It was still stuck playing in a division with the two New York teams, Philly, and Washington, but despite all the travel the Flames made the playoffs. In fact, they won two playoff series. Also, Kent Nilsson set a franchise record with 131 points, a record that still stands.
Cue up “Brass Bonanza.” We all miss the Hartford Whalers, but we have to admit that a professional sports franchise in Hartford is a little odd. The Whalers became the Hurricanes, and in their first season, 1997-98, they were stuck playing in a tiny arena in Greensboro. Carolina finished ninth in the Eastern Conference but sixth in its division. Had they not been in such a tough division, the Canes may have debuted with a playoff season. Oh well. At least we still get to see the Whalers jerseys sometimes.
If you saw “The Mighty Ducks,” you remember the Minnesota North Stars. Minnesota is a hockey-loving state, which wasn’t true of Texas when the North Stars went south and wisely dropped the “North” part of their name. Mike Modano was in full effect in the 1993-94 season, and the Stars made the playoffs. In the first round they swept the Blues, before losing to Pavel Bure and the Vancouver Canucks.
It took a while for the Devils to find a home. They began life as the Kansas City Scouts but lasted only two seasons there. Then they became the Colorado Rockies. No, not the baseball team. The Rockies lasted only a few campaigns as well before they moved to New Jersey for the 1982 season. This time, things stuck, and the Devils won several Cups behind Martin Brodeur. Brodeur wasn’t around in the 1982-83 season, though, and the Devils were truly terrible. They went 17-49-14 in that first year.
Washington D.C. would seem to be a fine city for baseball, but it took a few tries before a team stuck (presuming the current denizens of the capital stick). The Rangers began life as the Washington Senators in 1961, and the team stayed for around a decade. After that, the Senators left for Texas, changing their name to the Rangers. The Senators had only one winning season in all their time in Washington, and that didn’t change in 1972. In fact, the Rangers went 54-100.
What’s your favorite memory of the Seattle Pilots? You have so much to choose from. There’s that one moment from the 1969 season and…well, actually the Pilots played in Seattle for only that one campaign. At the behest of new owner, and future commissioner, Bud Selig, the franchise was moved to his hometown of Milwaukee. In their one year in Seattle, the Pilots went 64-98. When they became the Brewers, they improved all the way to…65-97.
What could have been if not for the 1994 strike? The Montreal Expos were heading toward winning its first World Series, and then the Series didn’t happen. After that the franchise started to unravel. Eventually, MLB took over ownership of the Expos and then sold them to owners who moved them to Washington, bringing baseball back to the capital. The 2005 season was a solid debut campaign, as the Nationals went 81-81.
The Athletics had some great seasons in Philadelphia, even winning some World Series. Then the team was sold to an owner who moved it to Kansas City prior to the 1955 season. Ownership changed hands again, and the A’s moved to their current home in Oakland before the 1968 campaign. The team improved by 20 wins, finishing with an 82-80 record, a sign of things to come. Oakland didn’t have a losing season until 1977 and won three World Series in a row before that.
We are going old school and combining two teams into one entry, but for good reason. New York had three baseball teams: the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers. Then, prior to the 1958 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers decided they wanted to become the first MLB team on the West Coast That would have been big enough, but the Dodgers didn’t want to do it alone. They were able to convince the Giants to join them and move to San Francisco. Thus, California suddenly had two teams, and New York was down to only one. Of course, you also have to get it done on the field. The Giants did that, going 80-74. Los Angeles, meanwhile, went 71-83.
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The two-week quarantine essentially takes the team out of action until the official start of training camp, which is likely to leave players behind physically. The pandemic has had significant impacts on college football already. Beyond schedule changes, coaches have had to adapt and adjust due to a lack of in-person offseason activities. That’s especially hard for first-year coaches, including the Spartans’ Mel Tucker.Subscribe to Yardbarker's Morning Bark, the most comprehensive newsletter in sports. Customize your email to get the latest news on your favorite sports, teams and schools. Emailed daily. 
Brate said he is fully recovered from COVID-19 and encouraged people to donate plasma to help fight the virus in others who contract it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cameron Brate (@cambamgram) on Jul 29, 2020 at 6:13am PDT What does that have to do with Brady? Last month, Brady and several Buccaneers teammates got together for workouts despite the NFLPA’s medical director, Dr. Thom Mayer, advising players against it. Brady and his teammates continued to work out together, and Brady posted a quote on Instagram that appeared to be a response to Mayer’s advice. 
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