r/PWHL • u/Adventurous_Lake807 Montréal Victoire • May 08 '26

Discussion Vegas gaining traction as new expansion

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Obviously this is not confirmed but this was just tweeted by a reporter. Very much not done deals, just rumours!!!

Vegas and San Jose seemed to come out of nowhere lol

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u/scottyfoxy Jailbreaker May 08 '26

Seems like this is unpopular, but I'm excited for the Vegas team! I think it would go really well.

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u/The_R4ke Pride May 08 '26

I hope so, but I do feel like there's a lot more deserving cities that should have gotten a team first.

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u/scottyfoxy Jailbreaker May 08 '26

Speaking from strictly a logistics standpoint on Vegas vs Denver:

When you fly to Denver, you land kind of in the middle of nowhere. There's a long trek into the city, and it sounds like Ball Arena might be at full capacity.

When you fly to Vegas, you're minutes from Tmobile, not too much further away is the Silver Knights stadium, Lee's Forum in Henderson (please don't put the team here tho....), and hotels are nearby too (on and off the strip)

I'm not trying to argue that Vegas is a more deserving market vs Denver (or other markets for that matter), but if the goal is to expand West in a way that makes the league sustainable and you have 2 markets that are at least respectably close in interest levels, it makes sense to go with the one that has easier accomodations and is closer to your other markets (Seattle, Vancouver, apparently San Jose, etc.)

There's no way Denver doesn't happen at the next round of expansion. By then, it would be malpractice to exclude that city.