As the possibility of a Vegas-based Major League Soccer team inches closer to reality, it's never too soon to pre-think the vital issue of what to call it. Let's not unthinkingly brand the squad after some cliche feature of Las Vegas or some derivative idea of what the city "means," however accurate those concepts might be. Some names to avoid:
Aces,
Gamblers,
Snake Eyes,
The Shuffle,
The Craps,
The Sheldon,
The Dry Heat,
The Less Dry Than It Used to Be Heat,
The Sunday,
The Loosest Slots,
The Girls Direct to You,
The Tense Standoffs,
The Constables,
Dotty’s,
Bighorn: The Team,
Disgraced Educators’ Inappropriate Touching Brigade,
The Evil Clown Dentists,
The Master-Planned Communities,
The Fremont East Irregulars,
The Mulroys,
Life is Soccerful,
The Gentrification,
The Downtown Smell.
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