skolozsy2 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 To move forward. To reach their stated goal. The news has been saying none of those are corporate commitments. Thanks. If its true that none of those commitments are corporations, I take that as pretty encouraging news. Then again, not really sure how many 2/3 really is if its just a "target" number either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Sikes Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 To move forward. To reach their stated goal. The news has been saying none of those are corporate commitments. In plain English, 2/3 of the way to a half full arena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Thanks. If its true that none of those commitments are corporations, I take that as pretty encouraging news. Then again, not really sure how many 2/3 really is if its just a "target" number either. 6,500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 In plain English, 2/3 of the way to a half full arena That's why I say that if they can't get the next 3,000 by the end of March then it's a problem. But still...that would be more gate receipts than Arizona or Florida get most nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Received email notice yesterday that they are now over 7000 season ticket commitments. That's not bad for the length of time they have been pushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stankura Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 At least Vegas would generate alot of sales from Canadians down visiting for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Received email notice yesterday that they are now over 7000 season ticket commitments. That's not bad for the length of time they have been pushing. Yeah, and it's not like they're Winnipeg, so this is understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Here's an arena progress.. It's getting there quickly! http://s4.postimg.org/of8twsdq5/image.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Here's an arena progress.. It's getting there quickly!http://s4.postimg.org/of8twsdq5/image.jpg Yeah, was down there a week ago, really coming together! Who's coming down for first game??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Sportsnet is reporting that with commitments that they likely have with Casinos and Corporate, that they likely have enough right now to fill the building here: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-las-vegas-future-known-soon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The NHL Board of Governor meetings will now take place in Las Vegas instead of Boca Raton, FL. The meetings will take place at the same time as the NHL Awards in Las Vegas, who now have 8000 secured multi-season ticket holders for a potential expansion team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orka Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Bettman is such a money driven idiot, plenty of money to be made there... but HOW is there going to be a fanbase in a city that revolves around people staying there for more than a week, and of the people that do live there I can't imagine many of them will be hockey fans.. the ticket drive will succeed simply on the fact that the hotels will buy mass quantities of season tickets to give away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Bettman is such a money driven idiot, plenty of money to be made there... but HOW is there going to be a fanbase in a city that revolves around people staying there for more than a week, and of the people that do live there I can't imagine many of them will be hockey fans.. the ticket drive will succeed simply on the fact that the hotels will buy mass quantities of season tickets to give away So what? That's a great thing, if hotel/casinos comp tickets to people who wouldn't buy them themselves and get them to go to a game then there is a pretty good chance that there is one more new hockey fan that wasn't there before. What better way to get people interested in hockey than going to a game? If it's entertaining and a good atmosphere that is. I was never a soccer fan, but going to a whitecaps game for free has changed that for me and now I would say I am a casual whitecaps fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The NHL Board of Governor meetings will now take place in Las Vegas instead of Boca Raton, FL. The meetings will take place at the same time as the NHL Awards in Las Vegas, who now have 8000 secured multi-season ticket holders for a potential expansion team. I smell a potential announcement confirming expansion to Las Vegas at the NHL Awards. It's too convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I smell a potential announcement confirming expansion to Las Vegas at the NHL Awards. It's too convenient. Agreed. And it will be done virtually in conjunction with the announcement of the salary cap figures for 2015-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Bettman is such a money driven idiot, plenty of money to be made there... but HOW is there going to be a fanbase in a city that revolves around people staying there for more than a week, and of the people that do live there I can't imagine many of them will be hockey fans.. the ticket drive will succeed simply on the fact that the hotels will buy mass quantities of season tickets to give away Well Vegas does have a bigger population than Vancouver. Actually for NHL cities it would be right in the middle for population. They could easily make this work if done correctly. It would probably work better than most teams do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Just got an email that they are over 9000 now. They should be over the 10k in another week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Bettman is such a money driven idiot, plenty of money to be made there... but HOW is there going to be a fanbase in a city that revolves around people staying there for more than a week, and of the people that do live there I can't imagine many of them will be hockey fans.. the ticket drive will succeed simply on the fact that the hotels will buy mass quantities of season tickets to give away What most people don't understand is that, Las Vegas does have a large population base, and its not native to Las Vegas. There's no real native population (native meaning families who have been here for generations) here, its all imported from other parts of the country. I know a lot of hockey fans here from NY, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, all natural hockey markets who have been living in Las Vegas for 3 - 15 years. That's where the fan base will come from. Yes, there will be a lot of out of town promotion as well, but there is a bigger and more established base of fans here for hockey than there is in Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just got an email that they are over 9000 now. They should be over the 10k in another week. Sorry I had to do this and it deserve to be on here, lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Rumblings out of NHL GM meetings today is that expansion to Las Vegas is happening, perhaps even in time for 2016-17 season. The local ticket drive of 10,000 has surpassed 9,000 multi-year season ticket commitments after a month and the $375M, 17,500 seat arena is expected to be ready for April of next year. Even more interesting is belief that the league is likely to expand by only one team to 31 for a couple years. The league has interest in Seattle & Quebec City, however they both have their own unique problems that likely won't be solved for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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