Confirmed: XFL leaving Cashman Stadium; Vegas too?

[johnnyangryfuzzball]

They shouldn't - this would be the third stop of the Vipers name in the past three XFL seasons. How can you ask fans of a city to embrace a club in which the team name is a hand-me-down of a hand-me-down? While "Guardians" is pretty generic and could fit with any city, I don't think the same applies to "Vipers."

That being said, part of the reason one hopes the XFL acts quickly is we've seen it's not a fast process to create a whole other franchise brand. There's coming up with team nicknames, filing for trademarks, soliciting logos, trademarking logos, creating uniforms, etc., etc. In 2020, I believe the XFL trademarked many "alternate" team names that were left on the cutting room floor; perhaps they could expedite part of the process by using one of them (if those TMs are still active).

I don't remember any alternate team names showing up in the trademark databases.

In 2020 they did:

https://xflboard.com/news/new-york-goth ... onsidered/

I'm not sure if the nicknames can be separated from the city for trademark purposes, or if they're even still active. If they are, they would've been transferred to the new ownership group in the sale.

You're right. Now I remember. Each team had five different names (I think Seattle's was first because they wanted to make sure they got their preferred choice before the Kraken chose.)

[Sykotyk]

If they stay in Vegas can either get a way into UNLV, Allegiant or even Bishop Gorman.... They need a new identity and start fresh.

Nobody is allowed to play at Sam Boyd Stadium anymore.

Unless the raiders give permission. Hence the "get a way into"

[Logofan]

Could a pro team play at Hillsboro? I know next to nothing about it.

I'd never heard of it so I looked it up. Seats only 7,600 and has option to expand to 10,000.

That's no better than what they had in LV, size-wise.

I think a good size for most teams at this point is 20K minimum, with 17K to 18K being the lowest acceptable if nothing else is available. You start getting to 10K and below and it looks like high school.