Las Vegas NHL Expansion

[goalieboy82]

On 8/12/2016 at 6:25 AM, Cosmic said:

The Nighthawks crest is a little busy, but to each their own, I guess.

 

my favorite Nighthawk:

[Cosmic]

1 hour ago, goalieboy82 said:

my favorite Nighthawk:

I got to see one in person at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. It was pretty darn cool.

 

There was a special that has since disappeared from Netflix, but it was all about the stealth program.  Apparently, it was not an easy aircraft to make airworthy. Paraphrasing, but when they saw that a full-size model had the same radar visibility as a bug flying across the desert, the quote was, "We'll teach it to fly." Fighter planes were one of my "things" when I was a kid.

[goalieboy82]

13 minutes ago, Cosmic said:

I got to see one in person at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. It was pretty darn cool.

 

There was a special that has since disappeared from Netflix, but it was all about the stealth program.  Apparently, it was not an easy aircraft to make airworthy. Paraphrasing, but when they saw that a full-size model had the same radar visibility as a bug flying across the desert, the quote was, "We'll teach it to fly." Fighter planes were one of my "things" when I was a kid.

got to see one land before (1991 i think) when i lived near Omaha Nebraska (father was in the USAF at the time).  

[FiddySicks]

21 hours ago, Webfooter said:

I'm sure some also visit for Lake Tahoe.

 

Who in their right minds would ever want to visit that disgusting dinky little lake?

[Timaa]

I was thinking if by chance the team did end up as the Nighthawks - which I actually like - or any other name starting with N, for that matter, a wordmark of LVN could be a nice double entendre. Las Vegas Nighthawks/Las Vegas Nevada. 

[VikWings]

How about the Jackhawks?

 

 

 

[BeerGuyJordan]

I've never paid anywhere close to this much attention with a team's name selection process before, so how does this one stack up? This one seems like it's aimless and possibly turning into an exercise of "which option sucks less," even on Foley's side. Is that the norm?

[hockey week]

40 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said:

I've never paid anywhere close to this much attention with a team's name selection process before, so how does this one stack up? This one seems like it's aimless and possibly turning into an exercise of "which option sucks less," even on Foley's side. Is that the norm?

 

The only other one I paid attention to was Winnipeg, and that was essentially everyone saying, "Name it the Jets, or we riot." and TrueNorth made the right choice lol

[BeerGuyJordan]

19 hours ago, hockey week said:

 

The only other one I paid attention to was Winnipeg, and that was essentially everyone saying, "Name it the Jets, or we riot." and TrueNorth made the right choice lol

Yeah, that was an easy one, and fortunately the League was in a position to take the fuss out of it. Ine of the very few bright lights in the Phoenix bailout.

[sparkychewbarky]

On August 6, 2016 at 2:34 PM, KittSmith_95 said:

Fine then:

 

 

Give me the Neon Nights.

 

Here ya go, Kitt.

They could do something with this for Neon Knights...

 

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[sparkychewbarky]

On August 15, 2016 at 1:24 PM, BeerGuyJordan said:

I've never paid anywhere close to this much attention with a team's name selection process before, so how does this one stack up? This one seems like it's aimless and possibly turning into an exercise of "which option sucks less," even on Foley's side. Is that the norm?

 

The creation of a new major sports identity is a pretty rare thing, so there is no "norm" it seems.

The "Jets" process was a lot simpler.

I had heard rumblings of perhaps "Falcons" or "Moose" or the use of "Manitoba",

but not too many were expecting anything other than the "Winnipeg Jets".

 

This Las Vegas situation has a LOT more moving parts.

It's gonna be a fun ride.

[BrianLion]

In terms of expansion, I feel like the last round (NAS, MIN, ATL, CLB) had their names fairly quickly after the announcement.  Hell I remember I think it was the Ottawa/Tampa announcement where the teams basically had their nicknames and possible color schemes at the expansion announcement.  

 

Obviously, its a different world now from then, but I feel like Foley and Co should'v e had this vetted out a little more beforehand.  Their group really seemed caught offguard when they couldn't use Black Knights. As early as the end of the ticket drive, they should've been conducting focus groups and ID'ing potential trademark issues. 

[BeerGuyJordan]

 

2 hours ago, BrianLion said:

In terms of expansion, I feel like the last round (NAS, MIN, ATL, CLB) had their names fairly quickly after the announcement.  Hell I remember I think it was the Ottawa/Tampa announcement where the teams basically had their nicknames and possible color schemes at the expansion announcement.  

 

Obviously, its a different world now from then, but I feel like Foley and Co should'v e had this vetted out a little more beforehand.  Their group really seemed caught offguard when they couldn't use Black Knights. As early as the end of the ticket drive, they should've been conducting focus groups and ID'ing potential trademark issues. 

I think some of this could be on the League. Based on everything I read, it sounded like Foley didn't make a single move he wasn't expressly given permissionto do, by Bettman & Co. Still, you would think he'd have been better prepared, somehow.

 

The naming thing really does make the organization look like they're a chicken running around with its head cut off. 

[Needschat]

"Las Vegas Quicksilvers" is available 

 

 

[CreamSoda]

Las Vegas Rink Rats

 

Las Vegas Power

 

Las Vegas Hyrdos

 

Las Vegas Catamounts

[Gothamite]

22 hours ago, BeerGuyJordan said:

 

I think some of this could be on the League. Based on everything I read, it sounded like Foley didn't make a single move he wasn't expressly given permissionto do, by Bettman & Co. Still, you would think he'd have been better prepared, somehow.

 

The naming thing really does make the organization look like they're a chicken running around with its head cut off. 

 

Say it with me...

 

OITGDNHL. 

[worcat]

2 hours ago, CreamSoda said:

 

Las Vegas Hyrdos

Hydros?

[Morgan33]

They're going to end up with someone along the lines of "Rocky Mountain Extreme" in awfulocity.

[worcat]

Wasn't one of the names considered for Colorado also Extreme or Xtreme before they chose Avalanche?

[Morgan33]

Yep.  They even had logos ready to go.  'Rocky Mountain Xtreme..."  Blech!