Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada

We talk about the ways the city is different for people who live there than for people who are visiting, and how movies rarely succeed in capturing this.

We talk about how young people are seeking out different experiences in Las Vegas these days than they did a generation ago, and how the arrival of things like Major League Sports franchises has turned Las Vegas into a year-round destination city rather than just a gambling hub.

You might recall that six years ago, Todd Goldberg came on the show to talk with me about his experiences with the band Jane's Addiction back in the 1990s.

Turns out this led to a writing assignment for an American Association of Retired Persons magazine aimed at Generation X.

And I had the opportunity to meet the Cincinnati Reds designated hitter and third baseman Eugenio Suarez, sporting this amazing Jesus is King shirt with his teammates.

Incredible revival is happening here in America in Major League Sports or college campuses.

And I want to give a big congratulations to Eugenio as he recently earned his American citizenship.

So good luck to the Atlanta Braves.

Major League Baseball is moving here soon, and then NBA is also exploring expansions in Vegas as well.

See, Vegas was once taboo for Major League Sports because of the gambling.

They told us we would never get a team.

And as a local, I've lived through this.

Yeah, absolutely.

You know, an article like this, you know, comes with the caveat that I think a lot of listeners already know, but unlike Major League Baseball and Major League Sports in general, you know, attendance in the minor leagues is not dependent on wins and losses.

Sure, it helps if you have a winning team, but the teams that lead the league in attendance are there is very little correlation between, Oh, they had like a awesome team this year versus they had a horrible team.

It's an entertainment product.

A playoff participant with more regular season losses than wins.

In what is still the most exclusive postseason tournament in all of Major League Sports, Major American Sports Leagues, this would be unprecedented.

With an 82-80 record, the 2005 San Diego Padres hold the dubious honor of being the worst squad ever to qualify for the playoffs in an uninterrupted season.

That distinction is in serious danger of falling.