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First Major League sports franchise in a city that has had cheese dangled in front of them numerous times over the last 20ish years, only to have the string pulled and the cheese disappear. You're talking about a city who has been used and abused in relocation talks. Hopes built up and crushed. Is this really the time we get a team? Or is it another false promise.
Even when Foley first announced he was gunning for a team. People hardly took it serious, "here we go again" and "believe it when I see it" was the thought.
Alright! We are ACTUALLY getting a pro franchise to call our own. Have our own city out there with an identity! Stuff I can wear on road trips and work trips across the U.S. and be identified as LAS VEGAS. Yea that place I was born and raised. Not that gambling town everyone has the wrong image of. Not that city people go for 3 days to get wasted, act like complete morons because they don't have any responsibilities while they're here. Not that city everytime I talk to someone where I work "idk how anyone can actually live here." Oh I'm sorry we have a community of people and great small town, everybody knows everybody vibe. LAS VEGAS, the city I'm extremely proud to be from.
Now bring in the owner of the new NHL franchise. Okay it's the first team in Las Vegas, let's give them something that ties in to the city they can identify with and rep proudly. Nope, he wants to use his Army background for the basis of a team. Welp, we have Nellis Air Force Base, nope I want Black Knights. It's FIERCE and not defensive! Major community backlash because it has zero to do with Las Vegas. Okay well he takes a step back, Army also says dude no you can't use it. Now let's try and find something that'll work. Let's throw out a bunch of fake names to get the people worked up and admittedly laugh at the idea of doing it. Awesome, first thing that started to irk me. Can't be insects because he doesn't like it, can't be birds because they aren't identifiable(what?... Eagles Falcons Seahawks etc already big). So then he goes back to the Knights name because he just can't get over his obsession with his Alma Mater. It's like he had this block wall between him and the locals. We were willing to compromise on the Knights name when they revealed Desert, Silver, Golden. Golden was the LEAST VOTED ON EVERY OUTLET by a landslide. Hey, we are the Silver State. It encompasses the entire state and has something WE in LAS VEGAS can identify with. You want your Knights? Fine, we can handle Silver. We live in a Desert, we understand it. It might not of been the most liked either but again, it was identifiable with locals. We understood. But then again through all the negatives of Golden he still chooses that route. Unbelievable. Then you add in the LAS VEGAS/Vegas angle and it just completely throws it off the deep end for me. Zero thought in the entire thing.
You can have your opinion on what makes a "fan". I'm a loyal Philadelphia sports fan, 1 championship in my lifetime. I understand struggle, but I'm invested. Foley had a chance to start this franchise off getting people invested in the process and failed to do so.
Whether you want to believe it or not, it turned off many people. Everyone's entitled to their opinion ofcourse. No offense taken by your stance.
Even when Foley first announced he was gunning for a team. People hardly took it serious, "here we go again" and "believe it when I see it" was the thought.
Alright! We are ACTUALLY getting a pro franchise to call our own. Have our own city out there with an identity! Stuff I can wear on road trips and work trips across the U.S. and be identified as LAS VEGAS. Yea that place I was born and raised. Not that gambling town everyone has the wrong image of. Not that city people go for 3 days to get wasted, act like complete morons because they don't have any responsibilities while they're here. Not that city everytime I talk to someone where I work "idk how anyone can actually live here." Oh I'm sorry we have a community of people and great small town, everybody knows everybody vibe. LAS VEGAS, the city I'm extremely proud to be from.
Now bring in the owner of the new NHL franchise. Okay it's the first team in Las Vegas, let's give them something that ties in to the city they can identify with and rep proudly. Nope, he wants to use his Army background for the basis of a team. Welp, we have Nellis Air Force Base, nope I want Black Knights. It's FIERCE and not defensive! Major community backlash because it has zero to do with Las Vegas. Okay well he takes a step back, Army also says dude no you can't use it. Now let's try and find something that'll work. Let's throw out a bunch of fake names to get the people worked up and admittedly laugh at the idea of doing it. Awesome, first thing that started to irk me. Can't be insects because he doesn't like it, can't be birds because they aren't identifiable(what?... Eagles Falcons Seahawks etc already big). So then he goes back to the Knights name because he just can't get over his obsession with his Alma Mater. It's like he had this block wall between him and the locals. We were willing to compromise on the Knights name when they revealed Desert, Silver, Golden. Golden was the LEAST VOTED ON EVERY OUTLET by a landslide. Hey, we are the Silver State. It encompasses the entire state and has something WE in LAS VEGAS can identify with. You want your Knights? Fine, we can handle Silver. We live in a Desert, we understand it. It might not of been the most liked either but again, it was identifiable with locals. We understood. But then again through all the negatives of Golden he still chooses that route. Unbelievable. Then you add in the LAS VEGAS/Vegas angle and it just completely throws it off the deep end for me. Zero thought in the entire thing.
You can have your opinion on what makes a "fan". I'm a loyal Philadelphia sports fan, 1 championship in my lifetime. I understand struggle, but I'm invested. Foley had a chance to start this franchise off getting people invested in the process and failed to do so.
Whether you want to believe it or not, it turned off many people. Everyone's entitled to their opinion ofcourse. No offense taken by your stance.