Thursday, April 22, 2004
Vegas Not Getting Expos, Says MLB Insider
An unidentified "well-informed major league source" has told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that "there's little to no chance" the Montreal Expos will be moving to Las Vegas, because the region lacks the population to support the club. Another unnamed insider stated the obvious: MLB is "using Las Vegas to get a better deal somewhere else."
The first unnamed source also said: ""There are a lot of offers on the table. There are other offers that are better than Las Vegas." I suspect the MLB Extortion...er, Relocation Committee won't be happy with that comment, which will make the Commissioner's inevitable delays, hesitancy and waffling about the future of the Expos sound even lamer than usual.
In addition, Robert Walker, sports book director of the MGM Mirage, said he would be opposed to giving up casinos' ability to handle wagers on baseball games as part of the price for landing a team. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, baseball accounts for about 20%, or $378.5 million, of the annual sports wagering at casinos.
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An unidentified "well-informed major league source" has told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that "there's little to no chance" the Montreal Expos will be moving to Las Vegas, because the region lacks the population to support the club. Another unnamed insider stated the obvious: MLB is "using Las Vegas to get a better deal somewhere else."
The first unnamed source also said: ""There are a lot of offers on the table. There are other offers that are better than Las Vegas." I suspect the MLB Extortion...er, Relocation Committee won't be happy with that comment, which will make the Commissioner's inevitable delays, hesitancy and waffling about the future of the Expos sound even lamer than usual.
In addition, Robert Walker, sports book director of the MGM Mirage, said he would be opposed to giving up casinos' ability to handle wagers on baseball games as part of the price for landing a team. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, baseball accounts for about 20%, or $378.5 million, of the annual sports wagering at casinos.
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