My rebuttal to Bickley's latest column.
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This business will all be lost to Las Vegas if an NHL expansion team ever materializes.
No evidence of this being a thing at all. None. How many people are cross shopping Vegas with golfing in Scottsdale? Of those people, how many are going to use the hockey team as a deal breaker? You know there are teams in other warm places like Florida, right?
No evidence of this being a thing at all. None. How many people are cross shopping Vegas with golfing in Scottsdale? Of those people, how many are going to use the hockey team as a deal breaker? You know there are teams in other warm places like Florida, right?
I agree. Bickley does write some crap and has no business even talking hockey but that quote was laughable at best. Does he think the legions of Canadian and Eastern US people that have winter homes here are going to sell them and move to Vegas too? Give me a break. The only affect a Vegas franchise will have on the Yotes is to give some of our fans an excuse to catch an away game on a mini vacation from time to time.
This, I would plan a Vegas trip around a hockey game for sure. Just another 2 1/2 hours filled up on my Vegas trip is all. That, and I'd rather put money towards booze than at craps or the blackjack table.
I'm sitting here debating about where to go for a vacation. I would dearly love to come watch 3-4 games in AZ but my friends are not Coyote fans and have little or no interest. Vegas is always an option which has something for everyone and would solve a lot of the back and forth discussions going on right now.
I'm just curious, what does Vegas offer that Phoenix doesn't? If you plan accordingly, you can do exactly what you would do in Vegas here in Phoenix(outside of the roller coasters at night). Phoenix has a great night life, and has much more to offer outside of that than Vegas does.
I'm just curious, what does Vegas offer that Phoenix doesn't? If you plan accordingly, you can do exactly what you would do in Vegas here in Phoenix(outside of the roller coasters at night). Phoenix has a great night life, and has much more to offer outside of that than Vegas does.
Why Vegas is better (off the top of my head):
This business will all be lost to Las Vegas if an NHL expansion team ever materializes.
Well that's great, but it doesn't support the line of thought in your article.
First off, it's incredibly dumb to say it will all be lost to Vegas. Clearly not. Just sensationalism on your part. Second, there are teams in warm, retirement-friendly areas with cheap tickets right now. Are you saying that these mystical Canadian snowbirds would suddenly flock to AZ in droves if Tampa and Florida folded up shop? And that they'll all suddenly leave AZ just as quickly when a Las Vegas team rolls around?
I don't buy it. Vegas is not a replacement option for someone that owns a house down here, as an example. The amount of people that would be conflicted is probably a small blip on the revenue radar. The actual amount it costs the Coyotes would be insignificant. You know what is significant? The big fat expansion check the Coyotes could cash. It's potentially enough money to keep them in the valley for the foreseeable future.
That's the only meat to the article. The rest is just needlessly trashing on a writer that has been far more successful than you. I don't like Bickley, but building an entire article around how crappy he is and then offering up a spurious claim like you did is a waste.
This business will be lost to Vegas.
I'm trashing his lazy/non-existent research and writing.
Why Vegas is better (off the top of my head):
24 hour drinking and the ability to walk around with said drinks up and down the strip
Clubs in Scottsdale are trailer trash compared to Vegas clubs
Better golf courses
Better food options
Better shopping options
Everything in Vegas isn't so spread out like Phoenix is
WAY cheaper hotels in Vegas than Phoenix/Scottsdale
Sky Harbor is nowhere near Westgate or Old Town like McCarran is to the strip
Better amenities.
The arena is right on the strip.
Why Vegas is better (off the top of my head):
24 hour drinking and the ability to walk around with said drinks up and down the strip
Clubs in Scottsdale are trailer trash compared to Vegas clubs
Better golf courses
Better food options
Better shopping options
Everything in Vegas isn't so spread out like Phoenix is
WAY cheaper hotels in Vegas than Phoenix/Scottsdale
Sky Harbor is nowhere near Westgate or Old Town like McCarran is to the strip
Better amenities.
The arena is right on the strip.