Well FSN does stuff like horse racing among other things when live local sports aren't being played. You can do UNLV. Maybe high school football and basketball games. I know Bishop Gorman would love that action as they occasionally end up on ESPN
Well FSN does stuff like horse racing among other things when live local sports aren't being played. You can do UNLV. Maybe high school football and basketball games. I know Bishop Gorman would love that action as they occasionally end up on ESPN
It is a pretty tough draw. Maybe we can share a network with FS San Diego.
That's fair. Definitely better. Utah's default hockey support goes to Colorado or Arizona I'd think.
I'm hoping for Root Sports Utah. They're rolling with the Jazz and Big 12, MWC, and Big West sports. I'd much rather work with Utah than California, I just think there's a lot more room for people to pick Vegas as their team. I doubt people in SoCal with their favorite hockey teams are in the market for a switch. Utah might be a little more open.
Plus, Fenway mentioned on the BoH that Root sends Jazz basketball into the PacNW, it would be great if we could get some Vegas hockey coverage in that region until they get into the league somehow.
I don't think they will even be considered. Can't show Jazz games per contract rules so it's not really worth it to enter the market just to show one new team.
Can't show Jazz games in Vegas? I'm not super knowledgeable on the media thing, where's there an issue?
I'm assuming Vegas is claimed by some team or a group of other teams that doesn't include the Jazz, is that correct?
Can't show Jazz games in Vegas? I'm not super knowledgeable on the media thing, where's there an issue?
I'm assuming Vegas is claimed by some team or a group of other teams that doesn't include the Jazz, is that correct?
Foley just said in the McPhee press conference that the league was very generous with Vegas' secondary market.
All of Nevada, all of Utah, all of Idaho, all of Montana, Northwest Arizona, parts of San Bernardino County, Kern County, other places in the Central Valley.
Did anyone else catch that? Did I miss any areas?
Montana eh? I thought they'd be more Calgary or Avs territory.
Utah used to be part of the Arizona market, but that's no longer the case, as Coyotes games aren't blacked out up here anymore. Avs games are, though. Right now, they have all of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of northern New Mexico and northeast Nevada as well. The Coyotes have claim to Arizona and New Mexico.
Living in Utah, most of the NHL support here tends to be for the popular, hip teams: Red Wings, Blackhawks, some Kings/Ducks/Sharks, and a few Leafs and Canadiens fans. Utah also has significant cultural (historical LDS) ties to southern Alberta, so there's also a sizable contingent of Flames fans in the area. With the nearest NHL team (Avs) being ~450 miles away, most hockey fans in the area just pick a team that they think is cool. That said, I don't see many of these folks switching to Vegas; to us here, it's just another option amongst a pool of many.
I haven't met any native (or almost native) Utahns that are diehard Avalanche or Coyotes fans. The other Arizona teams (Cardinals, Diamondbacks, and obviously the Suns) aren't well-supported up here.
Hey even if it's just small pockets of support, the Vegas team could use all the help it can get. And people from around the country come to Vegas all the time. Having a team to support just adds another reason.
Hey if we can get like a few hundred to a thousand out there, I'm peaches