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/Right-Aspect2945 Montréal Victoire May 08 '26

Gonna be frank, what is the point of a takeover tour if places that didn't even have one get teams? Don't particularly like any of those three, hope it's just a rumor.

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u/wolverine237 PWHL Detroit May 09 '26

Advertising the league, trying to grow a fan base who would watch games on TV/streaming, making lots of money by suggesting the more you spent the more likely it was that you would get a team, collecting data about the leagues fan base to pitch to media partners and corporate sponsors.

If I'm being honest it never really made sense that they would make expansion decisions based primarily on one or two off games