Half again as large as Green Bay. But smaller than any media market currently served by an NBA team except Oklahoma City, Memphis, and New Orleans. On par with Norfolk, NJ and Albuquerque, NM.
Larger cities lacking a team are Tampa, Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, Nashville, Hartford, Kansas City, Columbus, Cincinnati, Greenville, West Palm Beach, Grand Rapids, Birmingham, and Harrisburg.
And it's not exactly as if Las Vegas is on the firmest of economic footing in any case.
Well, it looks like Las Vegas might be able to support one major league team since the similarly sized Kansas City and Indianapolis areas have two -- and an NBA-ready arena is being built right off the strip.
Of course they are gunning for an NHL team first, but if the right deal comes along, who knows?
yep, st. louis hawks and KC kings. those were the days.... (before i was born)
The league decided two years ago to have a team in Vegas. They even hired my ex-firm to tell them to do so. And so we did :-)
Days before the announcements the referee scandal broke out.
Till the local economy bounces back and the betting related issues are forgotten, other cities will be in a better position. But there will be a team in Vegas some day, it makes perfect sense.
All the NBA needs to do now is hire my ex-firm again to tell them which is the next most suitable city.
Las Vegas, 2035
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