{"id":277823,"date":"2023-06-16T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=277823"},"modified":"2023-06-23T17:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:49:52","slug":"las-vegas-mayor-certain-nba-expansion-franchise-is-headed-to-the-strip-casino-org-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-mayor-certain-nba-expansion-franchise-is-headed-to-the-strip-casino-org-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Mayor Certain NBA Expansion Franchise is Headed to The Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas owns the Stanley Cup. Now, the next goal for Vegas is owning an NBA team. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, basking in the glow of the Las Vegas Golden Knights\u2019 first NHL championship, told Casino.org<\/em> it\u2019s just a matter of time before an NBA expansion franchise arrives in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Raiders and Athletics logos appear on a slot machine. Will a basketball franchise be next? Mayor Goodman thinks yes. (Image: Casino.org<\/em> Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Goodman figures the Vegas hockey title that riveted the desert expedites matters with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who hasn\u2019t added a new NBA team during his tenure that started in 2014. The last expansion was in 2004, when the Charlotte Bobcats became the league\u2019s 30th<\/sup>\u00a0franchise.<\/p>\n

If it happens, that could mean Las Vegas would have a pro sports team in all four major sports leagues, assuming the Oakland A\u2019s get approval on a new Vegas stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHas Adam told you how often he hears from Mayor Caroline Goodman and before that Oscar, bending his ear on when are we getting a team?\u2019\u2019 Mayor Goodman told Casino.org<\/em> on Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019ll tell you, yes, he hears us. Yes, he sees us.<\/p>\n

“We are adamant – adamant that we\u2019re next,\u2019\u2019<\/strong> she added. \u201cIt\u2019s not if, but when.\u2019\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Time is Now<\/h2>\n

Goodman, who has been mayor for the past 12 years after taking over for her husband Oscar, feels the time is now.<\/p>\n

Silver said during the NBA Finals that no serious expansion talks will occur until a new television package is hammered out. That could happen in the spring, but not soon enough for Mayor Goodman.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s wasting time,\u2019\u2019 Goodman told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cHe\u2019s really wasting time because we are electrified here. And it really is the perfect time for a franchise to come here. Our (NBA) summer league has proven itself. Even with Covid, they couldn\u2019t wait to get back here for everything \u2013 our entertainment, food. Now in the major-league sports world, we\u2019re worldwide known.\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mike Bass, an NBA spokesman, praised Vegas in a statement to Casino.org.<\/p>\n

I can confirm that Mayor Goodman has indeed bent Commissioner Silver\u2019s ear about Las Vegas having an NBA team,”<\/strong> Bass told Casino.org<\/em>. “Las Vegas is a terrific basketball market, but expansion is not currently on our agenda.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In their six seasons, the Golden Knights have made the Stanley Cup finals twice and copped their first title Tuesday over the Florida Panthers in a five-game domination. The parade is set for Saturday on the world-famous Strip.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe glow from Las Vegas is as high as can be,\u2019\u2019 said Goodman, a Manhattan native. \u201cThey can see us in Japan, China, Alaska, and Greenland. Around the world, they are saying, \u201cWhat is that brilliant light coming out of the Southwest of the USA.\u201d We are hot.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Changing Times<\/h2>\n

Chances of an NBA expansion franchise coming to Sin City cooled after the 2007 All-Star Game in Vegas wrought havoc, and then-commissioner David Stern soured on the idea.<\/p>\n

When he was alive, Stern had always been skeptical about Vegas, once telling former mayor Oscar Goodman he\u2019ll get a team \u201cover his dead body\u2019\u2019 as long as sports betting existed in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Stern started changing his view, the 2007 All-Star weekend turned chaotic.<\/p>\n

More than 400 people were arrested. Bouncer Tommy Urbanski was reportedly shot and paralyzed from the waist down outside Minxx Gentleman\u2019s Club by a member of an entourage that included former NFL\u00a0star\u00a0\u201cPacman\u201d Jones.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, the traffic congestion from The Strip to UNLV\u2019s Thomas Mack Center caused 90-minute delays.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s a new commissioner in Silver and a new arena on The Strip \u2013 the Golden Knight\u2019s home at \u00a0T-Mobile Center. In addition, Silver, as opposed to Stern, has always been a proponent of legalized sports gambling.<\/p>\n

Mayor Goodman said the Vegas expansion became a dead issue more because of the 2008 recession than the 2007 shootings.<\/p>\n

I can assure you Adam knows we\u2019re drooling at the mouth for the past 24 years when Oscar \u2018s first call went in, and Stern was (commissioner),\u2019\u2019 Goodman said. \u201cWe met him, and he was very respectful. Adam Silver was already being mentored. It\u2019s only natural when David stepped aside (in 2014) \u00a0we continued meeting with (Silver), whether in New Orleans, New York, or at All-Star Games.\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Golden Knights have proven the model expansion franchise, while the Las Vegas Raiders, who enter their fourth season, have thrived.<\/p>\n

The Goodmans have seen the city go from no sports teams to potentially a full boat, even attempting to lure a Major League Soccer team.<\/p>\n

Vegas Success, Appeal<\/h2>\n

Mayor Goodman was a sports fanatic from her New York childhood. She attended Yankees games in the 1950s, Rangers, Knicks, and Globetrotters games at the old Madison Square Garden, and Columbia-Cornell football games.<\/p>\n

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While a new A\u2019s stadium still has several hurdles to clear and is in the hands of the governor, Goodman sees an NBA franchise as perfect because of its global audience and the success of the annual NBA summer league for two weeks in July. The tournament features all 30 teams descending on the city to compete with their young prospects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Having 40 million visitors a year, they have to sleep somewhere,\u2019\u2019 Goodman said. \u201cWe have 150,000 hotel rooms 20 minutes from the airport, and we have so many direct flights coming into Vegas from around the world. You\u2019re not getting that in many cities who don\u2019t have an NBA team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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