Nicknames
Here are two examples of what I mean:
a) The Miami Dolphins. These animals are fast, agile and smart, all qualities useful in the sport. Dolphins are also found off the coast of Florida, so they suit a city like Miami.
b) The Pittsburgh Steelers. While "Steeler" is not a real word, it carries the connotations of steel making and steel makers. Steel workers tend to be big, muscled men, which would be useful to a football team. And of course Pittsburgh is best known for manufacturing steel.
Using these criteria, what name would you give to a Las Vegas football team?
I have to admit I'm stumped. Gambling is not conductive to good football, ask any coach whether he likes high-risk plays. I'm sure even Bill bellichik will say no. Outisde of gambling there's not much elese related to good football. My bets bet (ahem!) is to look at Hoover Dam, but what's a good, readily recognizable nickname related to dams? Beavers? Yuck!
Just a minor intellectual exercise to pass and waste your working time :)
Or, to borrow a bit of UK slang, "The Las Vegas Punters". Most folks in the US wouldn't get the pun and they'd think the whole team was made of drop-kickers.
Quote: MathExtremist"The Fireballs", after the Pepcon disaster.
Or, to borrow a bit of UK slang, "The Las Vegas Punters". Most folks in the US wouldn't get the pun and they'd think the whole team was made of drop-kickers.
You flatter your fellow posters. I don't get either.
Quote: MathExtremist"The Fireballs", after the Pepcon disaster.
Or, to borrow a bit of UK slang, "The Las Vegas Punters". Most folks in the US wouldn't get the pun and they'd think the whole team was made of drop-kickers.
Hey hey... that's a good Fantasy Football team name anyways...
Las Vegas Aces? LV Royals? Las Vegas 21's?
The (ice) hockey team is called the Wranglers, for what it's worth.
Quote: Nareed
a) The Miami Dolphins. These animals are fast, agile and smart, all qualities useful in the sport. Dolphins are also found off the coast of Florida, so they suit a city like Miami.
b) The Pittsburgh Steelers. While "Steeler" is not a real word, it carries the connotations of steel making and steel makers. Steel workers tend to be big, muscled men, which would be useful to a football team. And of course Pittsburgh is best known for manufacturing steel.
Using these criteria, what name would you give to a Las Vegas football team?
Las Vegas Gamblers.
For the LV football team:
Las Vegas Craps.
Of course, that 's' will become silent after any game that they lose....
Las Vegas Rockets.
Poker players will get that reference.
Of course, if some casinos had their way, they'd name them something that sounds like a winning score (albeit a winning baseball score):
Las Vegas Six2Five
Steelers? I think Pittsburg used to make steel. Didn't all the steel mills close in the sixties and the unemployed union workers all go to Mendocino, CA to take jobs in what was euphemistically referred to as the "agricultural security" field. Then all these law and order types from the Pittsburgh steel mills decided that hippies weren't all that bad and many of them decided to do more than just guard the crop.
Punter... I used to always get mixed up between Punter and Pufter. That can be a bad mistake to make. I sometimes just don't understand slang. A cut, a yard and a stretch are all different lengthed periods of incarceration. A Standoverman is different than a Toecutter. A fish bull seems a strange juxtaposition at times, as does shoulder striker.
Oh well, back to the topic: names for a las vegas football team? Hah? WHY have a Las Vegas football team. Everybody else runs around hot, sweaty and colliding with another 300 pounds of head butting major in theory of sports marketing. In Las Vegas sit the owners and bookmakers. They make the money while sitting around in their two decade old fashions and living at home with their parents lifestyles. The team members can go pound sand.
I wonder, with the advances in rastering speed and such movies as Avatar, could we have a purely notional team that existed only in cyberspace but that some clever newscasters could show on television running around kicking footballs and dropping those text-highlighters so as to put a marker on the play? After that, we could match two of those cyberteams and let people bet on them without even knowing the two teams didn't exist and we control the game. Great profit potential there.
A name suitable for Las Vegas? The Sunstrokers? The Metrocop Survifors? The Tunnelers?
Certainly the young girls at half time struttin' around would have to topless and their team name would be "Loosest Slots in Town"
Quote: NareedYou flatter your fellow posters. I don't get either.
You already got "punters," so here's PEPCON (the quick version):
PEPCON was a chemical company that had a plant outside of Henderson. One of the chemicals they produced was rocket fuel for the Space Shuttle SRBs. One day the plant caught fire. The fire spread to the stored rocket fuel. And that, as they say, was that.
I think the Henderson Shockwaves would be a better reference to it, though (although Hendersonians (Hendersonites?) might feel differently).
Las Vegas Friars.
I like your suggestion for th LAS VEGAS ACES and the LAS VEGAS ROYALS. Very fitting in my opinion.Quote: thecesspitHey hey... that's a good Fantasy Football team name anyways...
Las Vegas Aces? LV Royals? Las Vegas 21's?
The (ice) hockey team is called the Wranglers, for what it's worth.
All the good scary names are used up. All that is left now are "concept" names: "Orlando Fantasy", "Los Angeles Temptation", "Miami Caliente".... oh wait, that's the Lingerie Football League.
Quote: AyecarumbaAces are already a minor league basketball team. Royals were a minor league basketball team (and currently a MLB team in Kansas City). Even the Gamblers were a minor league hockey team.
All the good scary names are used up. All that is left now are "concept" names: "Orlando Fantasy", "Los Angeles Temptation", "Miami Caliente".... oh wait, that's the Lingerie Football League.
The Alaska Aces are a ECHL hockey team... who play the Wranglers a few times each year.
Talking of football, how long a drive is it from LV to Arizona's stadium?
Quote: HotBlondeI like your suggestion for th LAS VEGAS ACES and the LAS VEGAS ROYALS. Very fitting in my opinion.
I guess the Las Vegas Jacks just isn't the same? (And the LV Queens gives completely the wrong impression).
Las Vegas Locomotives already exists in the UFL, of course.
Quote: thecesspitTalking of football, how long a drive is it from LV to Arizona's stadium?
Five hours. About 270 - 280 miles, it's like driving to Los Angeles.
Quote: thecesspitI guess the Las Vegas Jacks just isn't the same? (And the LV Queens gives completely the wrong impression).
Which face cards hold daggers again? I forget.
I like your suggestion os the Las Vegas Aces. It woudl be an even better name for a tennis team, but there's no such thing.
Quote:Las Vegas Locomotives already exists in the UFL, of course.
Yes. But does the UFL really exist? :P
Quote: Nareed
Yes. But does the UFL really exist? :P
We're getting a UFL team here. We're already on our third head coach and they haven't played game one yet.
Quote: AyecarumbaAll the good scary names are used up. All that is left now are "concept" names: "Orlando Fantasy", "Los Angeles Temptation", "Miami Caliente".... oh wait, that's the Lingerie Football League.
I'm not averse to women showing off their bodies, or men for that matter, but does the thin veil of football add anything?
In any case, for bad football names I maintain the ultimate bad name is the New Orleans Saints. Sure, the nickname kind of fits the city's Catholic roots, but saints are not the kind of people one imagines playing football.
Quote: NareedI'm not averse to women showing off their bodies, or men for that matter, but does the thin veil of football add anything?
In any case, for bad football names I maintain the ultimate bad name is the New Orleans Saints. Sure, the nickname kind of fits the city's Catholic roots, but saints are not the kind of people one imagines playing football.
Neither are "Volunteers" but I like it. Everyone having some tough-sounding name is boring.
And no, I do not consider "Steelers" and "Packers" tough sounding as they are based on the industries of the cities involved.
Quote: CroupierI think the Las Vegas Vipers would work. Snakes are quick and deadly, and I am sure there are some snakes in Nevada, even if not vipers. Its close enough.
They say there are snakes working the pit, playing the games, or at the NGCB, all depending on your point of view.
OK, that is my last funny for the day. Off to deal a Monte Carlo Night, something like my 5th this month. Hopefully a sign of a busy year!
Quote: CroupierI think the Las Vegas Vipers would work. Snakes are quick and deadly, and I am sure there are some snakes in Nevada, even if not vipers. Its close enough.
I wouldn't name a team after a snake or other reptile. Snakes don't enjoy a good reputation in the scheme of things.
Quote: pacomartinThe Las Vegas Wynners.
Not even if Steve Wynn plays on the team :P
Quote: NareedWhich face cards hold daggers again? I forget.
I like your suggestion os the Las Vegas Aces. It woudl be an even better name for a tennis team, but there's no such thing.
Yes. But does the UFL really exist? :P
Las Vegas Locomotives are the two-time champions of the two year old league....
Quote: CroupierI think the Las Vegas Vipers would work. Snakes are quick and deadly, and I am sure there are some snakes in Nevada, even if not vipers. Its close enough.
Las Vegas Lizards? ;)
