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Your concept ranked #1 in possible team names.

Thanks Whitefoot.

Someone notified me that Paul Lukas of UniWatch was running a "Vegas Team Name" contest.

I had the video from this thread, so I e-mailed it to him.

I don't think he had ever received a video submission before, but it won "Best Presentation".

The CBC thing was a total surprise.

In the same ESPN article I was pretty pissed at the hatchet-job on Vegas from the so-called hockey writers at ESPN.

They came up with Strippers, Dealers and Nordiques.

Total B.S. after Lukas runs a very positive contest.

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...A very late update...

I've adapted the logos and unis to reflect the announced colour scheme of black, silver, and gold.

i changed the striping to work on both away and home unis.

...Also added a third "V-stencil" logo.

I wanted it to be similar to the warning stencils found on warplanes.

I know it's almost identical to Vancouver's millionaire logo, but what the heck...it's a third.

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You definitely nail your stuff. The presentation in nearly perfect, and I love your innovative mind. Too bad you stick with hockey... I'd love to see you do this for a Basketball team.

Too BAD that he sticks with hockey??? Hockey > All other sports

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You definitely nail your stuff. The presentation in nearly perfect, and I love your innovative mind. Too bad you stick with hockey... I'd love to see you do this for a Basketball team.

Too BAD that he sticks with hockey??? Hockey > All other sports

That is a scientific fact.


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You definitely nail your stuff. The presentation in nearly perfect, and I love your innovative mind. Too bad you stick with hockey... I'd love to see you do this for a Basketball team.

Too BAD that he sticks with hockey??? Hockey > All other sports

You definitely nail your stuff. The presentation in nearly perfect, and I love your innovative mind. Too bad you stick with hockey... I'd love to see you do this for a Basketball team.

Too BAD that he sticks with hockey??? Hockey > All other sports

That is a scientific fact.

Thanks guys...and yeah, hockey pretty much kicks ass in all the different factors that make a sport great...speed, skill, toughness, team play, action, etc., etc..

...and the unis are the best in the world, which is why we all come to Sportslogos, right?

Well sparky, you've turned me into a supporter of Las Vegas for NHL expansion.

Good stuff, insane...I really believe that the super-pro entertainment marketers of Vegas will do an incredible job with hockey.

...Looking forward to seeing a game next time I'm there!

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The Aces concept is getting a lot of love around the web (along with the usual trashing also).

Some outlets (TSN) are using these graphics when doing a story on the future team: with my full permission...Mock drafts for L.V. Aces and Seattle Kraken

"Aces" is doing very well on a number of polls re: the L.V. team name..."Aces" could be the name (Hockey News)

The YouTube video has over 30,000 views...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWkJ09_exPQ

I've decided to try to package up my images in a format similar to what I've seen from raysox, drdoug, Fraser, and Brandon Moore.

They've done some branding concepts that are just so professional-looking...Brandon's USAF Concept

I'll try to emulate some of the style they've used.

I'll then send it off to the folks in Vegas and see what happens...Ya never know!

I'll keep you posted.

...But I've got the final line-up here.

The unis are in the grey/black/gold colour scheme that will be official colours.

I've included "Black Aces" and "Classic" flight-jacket alts.

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Thanks for all the input and I'll be in touch.

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I'm hoping for the best, this concept is incredible. Good luck!

Thanks for the support Dan!

If any concept on these boards deserves to be willed into real existence, it's the Aces.

Good luck!

darkp...Thank you!

I'm gonna throw out some stuff as I put together..."The Pitch".

The nice thing about the "Aces" aviation theme, is the vast amount of promotional and merchandising "ammunition" it offers up.

Here's a billboard idea referencing the classic movie "Top Gun".

The movie's aerial action scenes were shot mostly in Nevada (source: Wikipedia)...

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...and hockey is ALL about speed !!

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Aces is definitely the best, most reasonable and most meaningful name for a new sports team in Las Vegas. You think of Las Vegas, you think of gambling, poker, money and casinos first and after that..well...right! Las Vegas is all about non-stop gambling! Plus: (Las Vegas) Aces sounds a lot better than Las Vegas Black Knights. Just too long and not catchy enough! Aces is shorter and therefore more memorable.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, Sparky!

P.S.: The classic alternate uni is a beauty...

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That chess piece logo for the Knights is incredible, but I cannot understate how much I love the vision for Aces as a complete brand, and the Gambling/Air Force one-two is a total knockout. Easily in my top five I've seen on here...and that's saying something for this forum.

As someone who may be moving to Vegas in the next year, I want this vision for Las Vegas hockey to be what I support 76 games out of the season (I'll never give up on the Preds).

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I'm seriously on the verge of weeping for joy. I looked through the whole proposal. To see this culmination of all the care and hard work you've put into these *two* concepts, dedicating months and months to every detail of each concept, refining, scrapping what you'd worked hard on when you realized it didn't work, it's an inspiration to us all. The franchise would have to be mad not to use one of these.

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what colour could you really use here? I'm inclined to agree but I'm at a loss for what would work better than the black white grey combo... maybe maroon? kinda like those casino floors deep red ish? I know you wanna stay away from the strip aspect but I can't think of a better option personally.

But as far as the logo, looks great. Simple and effective, gives that air force look whilst also giving a nod to the gambling, nice that you were able to accomplish both.

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Wow just flipped through this and it is quite impressive. Great job!

:jawdrop:

That chess piece logo for the Knights is incredible, but I cannot understate how much I love the vision for Aces as a complete brand, and the Gambling/Air Force one-two is a total knockout. Easily in my top five I've seen on here...and that's saying something for this forum.

As someone who may be moving to Vegas in the next year, I want this vision for Las Vegas hockey to be what I support 76 games out of the season (I'll never give up on the Preds).

Thanks guys...and I hope you get your team BeerGuy.

I'm seriously on the verge of weeping for joy. I looked through the whole proposal. To see this culmination of all the care and hard work you've put into these *two* concepts, dedicating months and months to every detail of each concept, refining, scrapping what you'd worked hard on when you realized it didn't work, it's an inspiration to us all. The franchise would have to be mad not to use one of these.

Thank you Whittier, and you nailed it. It was a ton of work, and there's more on "the cutting room floor" than in the final presentation for sure.

what colour could you really use here? I'm inclined to agree but I'm at a loss for what would work better than the black white grey combo... maybe maroon? kinda like those casino floors deep red ish? I know you wanna stay away from the strip aspect but I can't think of a better option personally.

But as far as the logo, looks great. Simple and effective, gives that air force look whilst also giving a nod to the gambling, nice that you were able to accomplish both.

The ownership group has already proposed that these will be the colors.

Whittier's right wq...the colours have already been decided on- gold, silver/grey and black.

Thanks everybody.

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