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Old 08-07-2016, 07:52 AM
 
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Everybody thinks they are an expert on Vegas. It's a weird phenomenon. I know you did your research, but folks who spent the night at the Excalibur once think they are historians.

Hope to catch up next time you're in town.
It's funny , I actually consider myself a bit of an expert on Vegas. When I told her that I knew a lot about the place, she said "oh, me too" but made comments like the above. Also , when we were having drinks she said "I could never live here. I mean , this all the time ? It would be too much ". I asked if she had ever been actually in Vegas , as in off the strip. She said no. She had never seen the Viva Vision/Fremont Street Experience, either. Her expertise was basically a solid knowledge of video poker and cigarettes . I can give you the history of places, especially downtown which I know like the back of my hand. I can also quickly find the bathroom in any property downtown...a good skill to have. Haha
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Old 08-07-2016, 08:09 AM
 
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It's funny , I actually consider myself a bit of an expert on Vegas. When I told her that I knew a lot about the place, she said "oh, me too" but made comments like the above. Also , when we were having drinks she said "I could never live here. I mean , this all the time ? It would be too much ". I asked if she had ever been actually in Vegas , as in off the strip. She said no. She had never seen the Viva Vision/Fremont Street Experience, either. Her expertise was basically a solid knowledge of video poker and cigarettes . I can give you the history of places, especially downtown which I know like the back of my hand. I can also quickly find the bathroom in any property downtown...a good skill to have. Haha
Your friend sounds like one of the experts I was talking about. You've been here so much you are practically a resident.
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Old 08-30-2016, 06:10 PM
 
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This is what a turn-of-the-20th-century football stadium looks like. Note the goal posts:



And this is what a turn-of-the-20th-century soccer stadium looks like. Note the lack of "stadium," "seats," or "construction." Looks like they're playing at the edge of someone's farm:
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1923 is hardly "the turn of the Century," wouldn't you agree?

Face it. Soccer is the sports world upstart. The reason the rest of the world plays it is because they don't want EVERY game they play to have originated in America -- basketball, baseball, auto racing, volleyball, etc. And that leaves soccer, cricket and rugby. Rugby is too much like football. And the only thing that takes longer than actually playing a cricket match (which can last a week) is explaining the rules. Soccer became "the rest of the world sport" by default.

Interesting, but.. does looking at a stadium really tell you much about popularity of the sport back then, or are Americans just more into spending stupid money on stadiums?

It hasn't really changed, today's top soccer clubs also play in stadiums that would be considered decrepit by NFL or MLB standards.

That's despite revenues of those soccer clubs often being considerably bigger than those of NFL and MLB teams.

Stadium quality =/= popularity of the sport.

Americans always were better at sports business. Still are. Not surprising that many of the best run (financially) soccer clubs in the world are owned by Americans. Not surprising that the most successful cricket pro league in the world to date was created largely by Americans (in India).

Plus American society is more willing to spend tax money to help out pro teams, compared to many other countries. Chelsea, Real, Arsenal, Barca or Manchester United building largely publicly financed new stadiums for 1 bil, 2 bil or more? Unthinkable.
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