Sports Proliferation In Las Vegas: New XFL Team In Vegas Has A Name, Vipers
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer
There’s talk of the XFL Vegas Vipers using Cashman Field as their home field in the eight-team minor league football league that is relaunching in Feb. 2023 after the Super Bowl.
But for the record, “We are continuing to look at all of our options in Las Vegas,” said Jeff Altstadter, a spokesman for the XFL.
It seems like the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium would have too many seats and be too expensive to rent for XFL games. And Sam Boyd Stadium, former home of UNLV football, is closed. The XFL looked at the Las Vegas Aviators’ Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, but Aviators President Don “Donnie Baseball” Logan said the football field didn’t fit.
Logan said he suggested to the XFL that the rebooted football league take a look at Cashman Field in downtown Las Vegas. The city of Las Vegas controls Cashman. LVSportsBiz.com emailed the city’s PR folks about the XFL looking at Cashman but we never heard back.
Here’s the Vipers logo:
Here are the names for all eight teams:
The XFL starts after the Super Bowl on Feb. 18, 2023.
The Las Vegas market is interesting in that it has NFL, Indoor Football League and XFL teams. The XFL and Indoor Football League has a partnership to work together as fellow minor leagues for players aspiring to play in the NFL.
XFL part-owner Dwayne Johnson narrated the Vipers intro video:
The XFL games will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN+, FX, and ABC
Las Vegas has been hit with an onslaught of new teams, names and logos. The G League Ignite basketball team and the Las Vegas Desert Dogs of the Indoor Lacrosse League are also starting action soon.
