Ground broken on $375 million arena on Vegas Strip

[ivyconniver]

A Multipurpose stadium would be amazing there. There doesn't even need to be a home team associated with it. Every NFL team plays 1 game a year there, and if stadium is big enough then both team's season ticket holders would get the ticket. Imagine if every season ticket holder got to look forward to 1 game a year out there as a guy's trip. Sorry honey, have season ticket, have to go!

I see zero problem with gambling, you can bet on ANY team in Vegas, why would it matter if there's one locally.

 

[Akillies]

Potential NHL Las Vegas owner Bill Foley has a plan to lure free agents: “Look at the advantage we have from a financial standpoint of being in Las Vegas: There’s no state income taxes. I can go to every guy in California and say, ‘The first thing I’m gonna do is save you 14 percent. That’s what you’re paying over there.’ And how about the Canadians? … They pay a ton.” [Las Vegas Sun]

 

[niltes]

what foley said is wrong in IMHO. my understanding is that pro athletes
pay state income taxes on a pro-rated share of salary in every jurisdiction
that they play. try being an accountant for an athlete or worse an
athlete that's traded mid season. what a nightmare.

 

[slapshot]

what foley said is wrong in IMHO. my understanding is that pro athletes
pay state income taxes on a pro-rated share of salary in every jurisdiction
that they play. try being an accountant for an athlete or worse an
athlete that's traded mid season. what a nightmare.

Yeah you're both right 41 games with state tax 41 without state tax

Isn't Florida the same

 

[guitarjosh]

Yeah you're both right 41 games with state tax 41 without state tax

Isn't Florida the same

And Texas, Tennessee...

 

[Betallsports]

Yeah you're both right 41 games with state tax 41 without state tax

Isn't Florida the same

Yes, Florida is no state tax

 

[arniesarmy]

So this stadium is going up as scheduled? And is meeting budget? I know the proposed Bucks new arena is being floated out there with a $500 million tag.

 

[niltes]

i saw it last week while driving by. looks like it is coming
along quite nicely. i can't even imagine how bad traffic
will be for very popular events, especially during rush
hour.

 

[5teamparlay]

http://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2016/01/t-mobile-buys-naming-rights-to-new-mgmaeg-las-vegas-arena/

[h=1]T-Mobile buys naming rights to new MGM/AEG Las Vegas arena[/h]January 22, 2016 by Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment

Artist rendering of T-Mobile name across top of new Las Vegas Arena.

The new 20,000-seat arena being built by MGM and AEG on the Las Vegas strip now has a title name — the T-Mobile Arena, thanks to a naming sponsorship bought by the wireless carrier for an undisclosed amount.Set to open in April, the new multi-purpose arena will be draped in the familiar magenta hues of T-Mobile branding and also offer “unique benefits” for T-Mobile customers who attend events there, including unspecified “VIP” fast-track entrances and early notification of ticket sales. Alan Snel of the Las Vegas *************** estimates that the rights fees are probably in the near-$6 million per year range, with a deal length of 10 years.
What’s unclear is whether or not the “un-carrier” will actually have any hand in the wireless deployments inside the venue, since the deal for backbone bandwidth and Wi-Fi for the Vegas arena was given to Cox Communications back in December. Among the stadiums we’ve reviewed over the past few years, T-Mobile has trailed other cellular providers in joining stadium DAS networks but it’s a good bet that T-Mobile will act differently in the first sports venue to carry its name.
On our quick trip to Vegas for CES we didn’t see the stadium, but that was because we were looking in the wrong place — it’s not being built next to the MGM but across the strip and somewhat behind New York New York, according to pictures of the building on the new arena website. More as we learn more…
T-Mobile Arena under construction in Las Vegas. All images: T-Mobile Arena.

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[RenoChazz]

The Las Vegas Knights will be playing there next season.