Why did they get rid of 'Las' in 'Las Vegas'?

[Frank Garrett]

They could have tried: Viva Las Vegas! As chant. ☺

That's brilliant. There's still time. It can happen.

 

[Lempo]

Trademarks aren't a globally applicable thing. They are meant as a way to ensure there is no confusion between two companies in the same field of work. McDonald's, for example; if you wanted to open anything to do with food or food service and call it "McDonald's" you're going to be shot down in a hurry. However, if you were opening, say, a hardware store called "McDonald's" then you should be perfectly fine because you're not infringing on the fast food empire's domain.

And if you were to open a restaurant under the aegis of the MacDonald's franchise as an independent entrepreneur, MacDonald's will make it very clear to you that *your* company, which you will set up for the purpose (and which will then sign the franchising agreement with MacD), will not have "MacDonald's" in any way as part of its legal or auxiliary or any name. You're gonna be "Thompson Food-Service Hut" or something in your own official entrepreneurial dealings, and will have absolutely no claim to the trademark.

 

[Caeldan]

This is nonsense.

I'm pretty sure the London organization was vocal about the fact that they were never approached by the Las Vegas ownership group it at all and the notion they had any legal ability to block it is fuzzy at best. There is no realistic expectation that one would infringe on the other and there is already precedent for an OHL team to have the same name as an NHL team with Kitchener and New York. Somehow the public wasn't woefully confused by this situation.

Winnipeg re-acquired an NHL team and named it the Jets. Certainly you would think the NFL's New York Jets would be more powerful than the London Knights? They had no issue with Winnipeg having that franchise operating in several US markets. The New York Rangers and Texas Rangers share the same name. The Florida Panthers and Carolina Panthers co-exist. We have the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Kings. There's the Carolina Hurricanes and the Miami Hurricanes (and the Lethbridge Hurricanes too.) The Houston Oilers and Edmonton Oilers were operating at the same time.

But somehow those multi-million dollar organizations had no power to stop a team in a different league from using the name but the London Knights were gonna pump the brakes on a half-a-billion operation that existed in another country hundreds of miles away?

Nope.

Most of your examples are between different sports so no confusion.
Kitchener and New York have a historical link, hence the shared name.

However, the statement "tonight's hockey game : Rangers vs Knights... See it live at 7pm" would definitely cause trademark confusion in southwest Ontario had Vegas not applied an adjective.

Really, Foley should have gotten over his ego and used a name that actually represented the area and totally move away from anything Knights related. Though, Las Vegas Desert Knights or even Las Vegas Silver Knights would have rolled off the tongue better.

 

[JLP]

Hadn't noticed but I'd guess maybe because the Spanish language didn't fit the image or the times in the USA. Branders thought tightening it up would make it more sexy for the comped tourists who will be a huge part of the crowd.

 

[Not So Mighty]

It's puzzling to me how "Let's go <insert team here>" is the only chant NA sports fans can come up with.

Except plenty of teams use "Go [team], go!" Knights fans can do the same.

 

[Its a Trap]

Ding Ding Ding! The only possibly correct answer.

Neither the T-Mobile arena (Paradise NV) or the Knights practice rink (Summerlin NV) are located in the city of Las Vegas.

Kind of a silly argument to make when the city limit is...what a mile down the road? Paradise isn't even a real town. It's a CDP. So is Summerlin.

 

[mikee]

The real question is why do two different teams in two different sports feel the need to add Bay to Tampa, Florida?

Just so the people living in Sarasoto don't feel left out?

 

[Its a Trap]

The real question is why do two different teams in two different sports feel the need to add Bay to Tampa, Florida?

Just so the people living in Sarasoto don't feel left out?

Because it's the Tampa Bay area...All three Tampa teams are called the "Tampa Bay Rays/Lightning/Buccaneers". And both the Rays and Lightning play across the bay in St. Petersburg. So actually it's St. Petersburg that doesn't feel left out. Not Sarasota.

 

[glovesave_35]

Hadn't noticed but I'd guess maybe because the Spanish language didn't fit the image or the times in the USA. Branders thought tightening it up would make it more sexy for the comped tourists who will be a huge part of the crowd.

I can't imagine this being any further from the truth.