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On Sports Radio this morning they announced that a venue has yet to be chosen and that an announcement will be coming soon in the next few days. I am guessing that it will be in CB - they have been using Omaha/Council Bluffs as the designation city.Swift wrote:River City, that means it's in Council Bluffs right?
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This league is full of stupid names and only a few acceptable names.
(West)
Bellevue Blackhawks
Calgary Drillers
Fresno Heatwave
Las Vegas Rattlers
Long Beach Jam
Los Angeles Stars
Ontario Warriors
Orange County Crush
Portland Reign
Dragones de Tijuana
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Colorado Storm
Kansas City Knights
Kentucky Colonels
Louisiana Cajun Pelicans
Detroit Wheels
St. Louis Rotts
Texas Tycoons
(East)
Atlanta Vision
Boston Frenzy
Carolina Thunder
Reigning Knights of Georgia
Harlem
Jacksonville Wave
Maryland Nighthawks
Mississippi
Nashville Rhythm
New Jersey Skycats
Philadelphia Fusion
Pennsylvania Pit Bulls
(West)
Bellevue Blackhawks
Calgary Drillers
Fresno Heatwave
Las Vegas Rattlers
Long Beach Jam
Los Angeles Stars
Ontario Warriors
Orange County Crush
Portland Reign
Dragones de Tijuana
Utah Snowbears
(Central)
Arkansas Rimrockers
Cincinatti Blaze
Colorado Storm
Kansas City Knights
Kentucky Colonels
Louisiana Cajun Pelicans
Detroit Wheels
St. Louis Rotts
Texas Tycoons
(East)
Atlanta Vision
Boston Frenzy
Carolina Thunder
Reigning Knights of Georgia
Harlem
Jacksonville Wave
Maryland Nighthawks
Mississippi
Nashville Rhythm
New Jersey Skycats
Philadelphia Fusion
Pennsylvania Pit Bulls
The "ballers" will fit in with those teriable names. Also River City will not work for a sports team(example lancers), Omaha and CB want teams named after the home city. Anyways who watches basketball, I was a little young but what was the crowd size like at the racers games?
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Seriously...Add this to the already rich list of stupid team names in Omaha history. So, we can cheer on our Omaha BEEF and our River City BALLERS...Beefy balls?
Whoever started this "River City" naming nonsense needs to be smacked in the head. "River City" and Tri-City" are names that can apply to hundreds of areas around the country, yet, Nebraska takes full advantage of the originality these names have never possessed.
Bring back the Racers!
Whoever started this "River City" naming nonsense needs to be smacked in the head. "River City" and Tri-City" are names that can apply to hundreds of areas around the country, yet, Nebraska takes full advantage of the originality these names have never possessed.
Bring back the Racers!
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I would have to say my favorite name is the Louisiana Cajun Pelicans. Sooooo....do they eat the pelicans then? Are they cajun flavored? I definitely agree with you guys, they need to drop the name River City. Ballers is a stupid slang word but will probably catch on, its better than some of those names. I barely remember the Racers, but I remember going to the games a few times. What ever happened to that league?
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Even though Qwest, Civic, and Mid-America have dates filled - they are still optimistic about finding a venue. Maybe they can play at UNO.
Even though Qwest, Civic, and Mid-America have dates filled - they are still optimistic about finding a venue. Maybe they can play at UNO.
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One of my jobs is at a sports bar bartending. No one liked the Ballers name. Most favored the racers name comming back. The other suggestion was to try to pick local talent like former Creighton and NU players for the roster to create local interest.
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"What ever happened to that league?"
The RACERS were also ABA...
Steve Idelman, owner of Idelman Telemarkemarketing, was the owner. He was losing money, he wanted more local businesses to buy season tickets to help cover his costs, he threatened to shut down the team if he did not sell a certain number of tickets by a certain date...he didn't come close and the team folded.
The RACERS were also ABA...
Steve Idelman, owner of Idelman Telemarkemarketing, was the owner. He was losing money, he wanted more local businesses to buy season tickets to help cover his costs, he threatened to shut down the team if he did not sell a certain number of tickets by a certain date...he didn't come close and the team folded.
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The racers were in the CBAThe RACERS were also ABA...
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What's with the rolling eyes? For most people in Omaha, it's roughly the same distance to the Qwest or MAC, so I don't see this as a problem for the team, wherever they decide to have games.Swift wrote:River City, that means it's in Council Bluffs right?
As to the name, personally I'm glad the River City is in there, as I'm sure most folks around here wouldn't want BALLERS attached to their city's name. Geesh!
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Since when has Omaha/Council Bluffs wanted to be known as River City or River Cities fo that matter? I don't know how long AkSarBen has been running the River City Roundup and I'm sure people have referred any city on a river as the River City, but who is responsible for O/CB receiving this moniker?
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I have no problem with the 'River City Roundup' name. It sounds better than 'Omaha Roundup'.Swift wrote:
River City, that means it's in Council Bluffs right?
What's with the rolling eyes? For most people in Omaha, it's roughly the same distance to the Qwest or MAC, so I don't see this as a problem for the team, wherever they decide to have games.
But using 'River City' in this case (and that of the Lancers) is/was just a way to appease the people of Council Bluffs with it being hosted by their arena while attempting to not disassociate themselves from the much more important Omaha market overall. Last I looked though, the New York Giants were still the New York Giants even playing in New Jersey's 'Meadowlands'.
I personally have no problem with the Mid America Center hosting some of our sports franchises. It is a fantastic facility and as icejammer said, is just as convenient to most Omahans as downtown.
But the franchise should carry the 'Omaha' name. That's where the vast majority of fans will be coming from, that is the locale which the team represents. And calling it 'Council Bluffs' would would undermine the geographic importance of the franchise ('River City' has the same effect... leaving people scratching their heads just as we do when we see 'Round Rock' playing the Omaha Royals... they're a freaking suburb of Austin?!)
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That may have been true with the Lancers originally (which was silly, imo), but I don't think a venue has been selected for the BB team yet, so it may be a little premature to assume 'River City' was selected to appease one segment of the metro over another.loyalomahan wrote:But using 'River City' in this case (and that of the Lancers) is/was just a way to appease the people of Council Bluffs with it being hosted by their arena while attempting to not disassociate themselves from the much more important Omaha market overall.
Frankly, I generally don't care what it's called, and neither should anyone else. There's no sense in being territorial over a team's name, or what it should be. Though it's not quite the same - just look at the Royals when they switched the name to Golden Spikes; some people actually stopped going to games just because the name was changed - that's just plain nuts. It was the same team, same players, same big league affiliation, just a different name. I don't care if the Royals are playing Round Rock or Austin or Central Texas - I'm going to the game to watch the Royals.loyalomahan wrote:But the franchise should carry the 'Omaha' name. That's where the vast majority of fans will be coming from, that is the locale which the team represents. And calling it 'Council Bluffs' would would undermine the geographic importance of the franchise ('River City' has the same effect... leaving people scratching their heads just as we do when we see 'Round Rock' playing the Omaha Royals... they're a freaking suburb of Austin?!)
And like I said before, if they're going to call the team Ballers, please, oh please, let's use River City rather than Omaha or Council Bluffs. Please.