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College Hockey: Is A Frozen Four In Las Vegas a Possibility?

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The cool, fun idea never gets picked, so no.

But that would be outstanding.
 
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The odds of this happening are about the same as hitting the 00 three times in a row on a single zero roulette wheel...
 
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Is there an ice arena that could host the event out there? As in a professional arena and not a minor league facility.
 
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Rover said:
Is there an ice arena that could host the event out there? As in a professional arena and not a minor league facility.
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I don't think there really is.

The Las Vegas Wranglers used to play at the Orleans, in their arena. But as I recall that seats about 10,000, tops. And the Orleans kicked the Wranglers out so for all I know they've dumped the ice set up.

I suppose it's possible that someplace like the MGM was built with the equipment necessary to house an ice sheet, but I don't recall ever hearing of anything like the U.S. Figure skating championships or anything else held in Las Vegas.

A few months ago when I was out there they were talking about having the Wranglers play on the top of the Plaza casino in downtown Las Vegas, which I thought was a spectacular idea. Have a puck get fired over the end glass, off the roof and down about 40 stories before nailing a 50 year old Missouri housewife wandering stupidly down Fremont street with her Yard of margarita.
 
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Rover said:
Is there an ice arena that could host the event out there? As in a professional arena and not a minor league facility.
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MGM-AEG Arena is currently under construction, will have a hockey capacity of 17,500, and is the centerpiece of efforts to bring an NHL team to Vegas.

That being said, Vegas sucks. It's soulless and fake and I'd rather go back to Detroit. (To be clear, this means I'd rather attend an event in Detroit than one in Las Vegas, not that I'd rather attend a Frozen Four at Ford Field than one in a brand new arena.)
 
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jmh said:
That being said, Vegas sucks. It's soulless and fake
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When was the last time you went?

Vegas sucked in the 80's -- it was awful. Then they figured out how to thrive by going all in on the joke. The Strip is now just performance art. It's the most Absurdist place this side of Alfred Jarry's bathroom; I love it there.

The other thing about Vegas, albeit less relevant for a weekend hockey trip, is if you go 30 minutes west to the edge of the caldera, or 30 minutes east to the rocks, it's one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
 
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Kepler said:
When was the last time you went?

Vegas sucked in the 80's -- it was awful. Then they figured out how to thrive by going all in on the joke. The Strip is now just performance art. It's the most Absurdist place this side of Alfred Jarry's bathroom; I love it there.

The other thing about Vegas, albeit less relevant for a weekend hockey trip, is if you go 30 minutes west to the edge of the caldera, or 30 minutes east to the rocks, it's one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
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I was there four weeks ago. It is indeed absurd but calling it art of any type implies that they actually recognize that it's absurd - like as if Vegas is the inversion of hipsters going to TGI Friday's for the sake of irony. I don't think that's actually the case. I mean, I guess that isn't necessary for one to enjoy basking in the absurdity, but it doesn't do it for me.

All that being said, Red Rocks is gorgeous, and the Hoover Dam is magnificent (in a nerdy way).
 
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jmh said:
I was there four weeks ago. It is indeed absurd but calling it art of any type implies that they actually recognize that it's absurd - like as if Vegas is the inversion of hipsters going to TGI Friday's for the sake of irony. I don't think that's actually the case. I mean, I guess that isn't necessary for one to enjoy basking in the absurdity, but it doesn't do it for me.
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I think they're in on it. But then again, I'm very forgiving -- I always think preachers and politicians are in on their jokes, too.

The best capture of LV's special ambiance I've read is HST's:

"The Circus-Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This is the Sixth Reich. The ground floor is full of gambling tables, like all the other casinos . . . but the place is about four stories high, in the style of a circus tent, and all manner of strange County-Fair/Polish Carnival madness is going on up in this space."
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I'm pretty sure they're winking. I hope so, anyway.
 
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As a warning - they held the ECAC's in Atlantic City for 2 years and the city has never recovered.
 
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