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Bleujayone

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Hmmm, baseball nickname for Las Vegas WITHOUT a gambling reference.

Las Vegas...

Sidewinders- type of desert snake, also another name for a pitcher (probably too close to Diamondbacks)

Silverbacks- Nevada was known for silver mines, also could have a sweet logo of an 800lbs gorilla

Diablos- Spanish for "Devils", name might be available if Tampa drops the alters their nickname.

Cannons- "cannon for an arm", I alsways liked the name when it was in Calgary

Scorpions- another common desert resident, good potential logo

Mustangs- Nevada is home to one of the last herds of wild mustangs

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Saint Zephyr III

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To the person who said Vigilantes...that's actually a pretty good name. Honorable with that rebellious edge...interesting.

I can at least assure you that major league baseball would NOT be a good idea in San Antonio. Baseball, in all the factions of our community, just don't enjoy baseball as much as football and basketball. We're content with the San Antonio Missions, our local AA baseball team with a few league titles yet an average of 6000 fans. Besides, Texas as a whole just GOT to the World Series, so no need to make it more difficult.

Anyways, a couple of personal choices are Outlaws, Aces, Cowboys (why the hell not?), Scorpions, and Vigilantes.

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Norfolk Knights > anything you came up with for Vegas. Rowdies?!? Why does everyone think Las Vegas is a good idea for a team? Population boom aside, it's not a real metropolis yet. It's a theme park in a desert.

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Norfolk Knights > anything you came up with for Vegas. Rowdies?!? Why does everyone think Las Vegas is a good idea for a team? Population boom aside, it's not a real metropolis yet. It's a theme park in a desert.

You've obviously never been there, because if you have then you'd realize that it is more than just a gambling town. The population BOOM is due to the fact that it is the place to be right now, and for years to come. Businesses are moving out there, great schools have been built, and everything is in place to make it a top US city. It is making a Phoenix like expansion. It is inevitable that major sports teams would move there. If Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Milwaukee have teams, then Vegas deserves TWO.

My vote for a name: Las Vegas Bandits

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Norfolk Knights > anything you came up with for Vegas. Rowdies?!? Why does everyone think Las Vegas is a good idea for a team? Population boom aside, it's not a real metropolis yet. It's a theme park in a desert.

You've obviously never been there, because if you have then you'd realize that it is more than just a gambling town. The population BOOM is due to the fact that it is the place to be right now, and for years to come. Businesses are moving out there, great schools have been built, and everything is in place to make it a top US city. It is making a Phoenix like expansion. It is inevitable that major sports teams would move there. If Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Milwaukee have teams, then Vegas deserves TWO.

My vote for a name: Las Vegas Bandits

CNN listed the top megatroplis centers to develop in the next few years, and Los Angeles-Las Vegas was one of them. Then again, Charlotte is also another one in the making.

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You've obviously never been there, because if you have then you'd realize that it is more than just a gambling town. The population BOOM is due to the fact that it is the place to be right now, and for years to come. Businesses are moving out there, great schools have been built, and everything is in place to make it a top US city. It is making a Phoenix like expansion. It is inevitable that major sports teams would move there. If Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Milwaukee have teams, then Vegas deserves TWO.

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Who the hell is going to want to see baseball in June, July, or August in Vegas? You're going to have to build another retractable-roof park, which, combined with the inevitable desert motif and not-very-goodness of the team, means there are two Arizona Diamondbacks in the league. And indoor baseball just isn't real baseball. You have the fact that the D-Backs have been established there fairly recently, and the Dodgers even longer. People who move in from elsewhere are going to be fans of their old teams. If you've grown up rooting for the Cardinals, you're not gonna change your allegiance to the Las Vegas Banditos.

There are better destinations than Las Vegas: Nashville, Norfolk, Charlotte, even staying around Miami.

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Or a more generalized Wild West reference that would be much more appropriate in Kansas or the Dakotas, but Americans never did have much grasp of geography, so nobody will notice. Like the Gunslingers or the Wranglers or the Vaqueros. Well, OK, Wranglers.

Remember, Las Vegas was a cowboy town before it was a gambling town (that was after the Mormons began the whole thing). I believe the gambling was originally for the cowboys, but I could be wrong.

So I wouldn't mind seeing a Western name. I think it would be fine and appropriate.

But I do like the name Scorpions.

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VitaminD

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LAS VEGAS SPADES

That not only ties in closely with gambling, but you're treading dangerously close to racial slur country with that one, palko. Gotta give "SPADES" 2 thumbs down. <_<

not a bad idea. but you have to think if they can make that logo "kid friendly".

Scorpy the Scorpion plush dolls would sell like hotcakes! :P

Vegas is a great destination, and a great escape. But that's it. Despite the population boom, Las Vegas still derives an overwhelming amount of its revenue from the tourist trade. Most people go there, stay a few days, and leave. The transplants will bring their loyalties with them. As most of the revenue comes from entertainment and hospitality, most of those jobs are shift work jobs (bartender, dealers, waitresses, entertainers, dancers, etc.), which means your in-town population base won't be able to attend every game. So who's going to buy up those expensive season ticket packages? Casinos may be able to comp a high roller with some club seats - but I can go to an MLB game whenever I like, as I live 10 miles from Citizens Bank Park. Most people live a reasonable distance from their nearest MLB team, and I wouldn't want to waste a day in Vegas at a bad baseball game (Pirates @ Vegas? :puke:) when I could be gambling, partying and otherwise enjoying Vegas for the reasons I go there.

For a comparison, check the Orlando Magic. Another resort town where people go as a destination. The Magic have been among the bottom 4 teams in NBA attendance the last 4 full seasons. They're next to last this year. Just because people flock somewhere as a destination doesn't mean it's suitable for major league sports. Think about it.

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unrealistic but The Las Vegas Pimps.....

when the pitcher comes out from the bullpen he comes out in a big pink/purple pimp coat with a baby powdered baseball glove....

all hats magic don juan style....

24k gold bases....1st and 3rd base coaches must be "whores" you know the hot "corner"

and of course if they lose at home "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"

Now that we have the one for the thumb, the other hand looks lonely........GO STEELERS

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Jigga

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I would love to see the team named "Whores" for the possible mascot options alone. Would give a whole new meaning to the term "working the crowd." :P

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Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech.

 

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I do like the sound of the Las Vegas Blackjacks or Las Vegas Aces.

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