The idea of bringing major league teams to Las Vegas seemed taboo, but now the city is hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. An ice hockey team, based in the desert, defied the odds and showed that team sport can thrive in Vegas.
Ten years ago, I would not have seen myself sitting here for a Super Bowl . You really have become Sports Town USA. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was not the only one who did not envisage Las Vegas becoming the new frontier of American sports. For decades, the idea of bringing major league teams to Sin City seemed taboo. In 2003, the NFL even decided that a television commercial for Vegas - tagline 'what happens here, stays here' - was too unsavoury to run during the Super Bowl coverage.
But the biggest game in American sport will be held on the Strip for the first time this Sunday and, aptly, it took a big bet from a high roller to spark the city's latest transformation.An ice hockey team, based in the desert, was always a long shot. Vegas then suffered a seismic tragedy just days before the new team's first game. But the community and the players rallied together to defy the odds and show that team sport can survive and even thrive, in Vega
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