villa4europe Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Las Vegas the frontrunner to host MLS's 30th team (rte.ie) Major League Soccer's 30th franchise could be destined for the Strip. Las Vegas has become the frontrunner to land the latest MLS expansion team, Sportico reported, citing a source familiar with the league's thinking. Multiple bids are in play. Both Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wes Edens are hopeful of putting an expansion franchise in Allegiant Stadium, the new home of the Las Vegas Raiders. Foley and Edens are part of different, competing groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) read another report, the other bidder wants to stick the team at cashman field which is the stadium used by the USL team, i would guess that the MLS would love a bid that was paired with the raiders stadium which sounds like what Wes is trying to do sacramento are out due to covid impacting their investor there is the next meeting scheduled for 25th august this was all reported in the yank press yesterday too, its just Edens, surprised it was missed but then the trademark application was spotted Edited August 13, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The other thing I’ve seen is that this possible future Vegas expansion team is the favorite to get Messi when he comes over to MLS in a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Exciting development. I hope Wes is successful in achieving this goal. If everything goes to plan, I will definitely be holidaying in Vegas and buying my baguettes from Morrisons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Putting the shoe on the other foot, I would not want my local team to be a satellite club for a Premier League side. For those outside of the UK, would you support a club in your locality that is part of CFG, RedBull, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: Putting the shoe on the other foot, I would not want my local team to be a satellite club for a Premier League side. For those outside of the UK, would you support a club in your locality that is part of CFG, RedBull, etc.? US sport is different thou. It's not really a club, it's a franchise that could any day be moved to a new city who offers a more interesting prospect to earn money from. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 If we go there and lay claim to the city, can we drink in their town? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, SuperTed said: If we go there and lay claim to the city, can we drink in their town? For free too if you know what the score is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 14/08/2021 at 12:20, nepal_villan said: Putting the shoe on the other foot, I would not want my local team to be a satellite club for a Premier League side. For those outside of the UK, would you support a club in your locality that is part of CFG, RedBull, etc.? It’s exactly the sort of thing that Man City/Chelsea would be criticised by our fans for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Cant wait to manage them in Football manager. Actually I might try the editor and manage them now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Well if this actually does happen and any of ya'll come over to Vegas to watch them play I'll meet you there and show you some good places to go. Just be forewarned some of the places are off the beaten path a little bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 Don't touch anything connected to the raiders, it might be contagious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 17 hours ago, Big Salad said: Well if this actually does happen and any of ya'll come over to Vegas to watch them play I'll meet you there and show you some good places to go. Just be forewarned some of the places are off the beaten path a little bit Is... Is that a threat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 16/08/2021 at 08:40, bobzy said: It’s exactly the sort of thing that Man City/Chelsea would be criticised by our fans for Is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 14/08/2021 at 13:20, nepal_villan said: Putting the shoe on the other foot, I would not want my local team to be a satellite club for a Premier League side. For those outside of the UK, would you support a club in your locality that is part of CFG, RedBull, etc.? Norwegian football is based on grassroots, democratic membership clubs, even more so than in e.g. Germany. I wouldn’t want any international ownership group meddling in that at all cost. US sports is very different. Then there are other factors in play for both RedBull and certainly CFG that make them unpallatable, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, El Zen said: Is it? Yeah - at least in part. It's quite fun to see your team branded elsewhere. An entirely new team (Las Vegas Villains) would be cool (to me), but the globalisation of a football group can rip out the tradition/heart of other clubs IMO. See; "Montevideo City Torque". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just now, bobzy said: Yeah - at least in part. It's quite fun to see your team branded elsewhere. An entirely new team (Las Vegas Villains) would be cool (to me), but the globalisation of a football group can rip out the tradition/heart of other clubs IMO. See; "Montevideo City Torque". I don’t think Villa fans have been particularly critical of these groups’ involvement in US soccer, though. In already established clubs and more traditional football cultures, I concur wholeheartedly. RB Leibzig and RB Salzburg? Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 We already have the Etihad group.Man $ity,New York $ity and even Melborne $ity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) Does this mean that can eg buy one of our youth players for £50m of something? Edited August 18, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: We already have the Etihad group.Man $ity,New York $ity and even Melborne $ity. They have 7 football clubs in the group now. I hope NSWE do similar. Edited August 18, 2021 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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