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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Imanimal, Dec 4, 2022.

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  1. tigereye

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    Why would Tillman Fertitta leave a centrally located downtown arena that HE CONTROLS in America’s 4th largest city for a small, saturated sports market in Vegas that only has tourism as its lone economic engine? That makes no financial sense.

    There is already a group of investors seeking to build a new arena at in the Vegas Strip at Sahara Blvd. Fertitta is not involved.

    https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/11/30/start-construction-all-net-arena-project-las-vegas-delayed/

    Fertitta’s sole focus seems to be increasing his casino ownership, with a new property being built at the corner of Harmon and the Strip, as well as purchasing ownership stake in Wynn Resorts, which might be an eventual takeover attempt
     
    #21 tigereye, Dec 6, 2022
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  2. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Vegas is Lakers county. You could put another te there but they will never get any fans.
     
    #22 REEKO_HTOWN, Dec 7, 2022
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  3. Kevooooo

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    No.
     
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  4. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    Nope

    Tilman would move the team to Kemah before Vegas
     
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  5. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    I’ve always suspected an owner build the arena in Katy of some ****. Kinda like how Austin is trying to steal the Spurs from San Antonio
     
    #25 REEKO_HTOWN, Dec 8, 2022
  6. tinman

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    Bubba Gump arena
     
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    Kevin Porter the leader of the Kemah Coasters?
     
    #27 MystikArkitect, Dec 8, 2022
  8. Mr. White

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    No way that'll happen. Tillman is more of a Lake Charles guy.
     
    #28 Mr. White, Dec 8, 2022
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    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Seattle is the size of El Paso. Come the hell on lol.
     
    #29 REEKO_HTOWN, Dec 8, 2022
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    That plan includes moving U of H to Vegas too.
     
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    Well, Seattle proper is, but the Seattle metro area is like 4 million people. lol. It's one of the 10-15 biggest and one of the 3-5 richest in the nation. El Paso is ... well ... I hear they have some picante sauce and tex-mex there. I dunno.
     
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    You will be standing right behind me getting those NBS Vegas tickets
     
    #32 buzz1701, Dec 9, 2022
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    A new NBA arena is being built on the strip...the new team will not play in the T-Mobile Arena
     
    #33 buzz1701, Dec 9, 2022
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    lol don't knock El Paso - Seattle's got more money than Houston per capita and the amount of Nielsen ratings/TV viewers in their area is relatively close to Houston's (12th vs 8th respectively).

    For the record - I don't think that they'll remove the Rockets from Houston at all, but I never thought they would have taken away an NBA team from Seattle...for OKC (#44 on the list).
     
    #34 razorback88s, Dec 12, 2022
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    Am here now will ask around to see.

    DD
     
    #35 DaDakota, Dec 12, 2022
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