any pro or college sporting event is the biggest event in utah that night, jazz fans are die hard and consistently one of the loudest arenas, and utah is growing like crazy. NHL will do amazing, and hopefully the MLB follows
According to the owner and Bettman’s press conference, the plan is to do a two stage renovation to bring the capacity up to 17,000 for hockey. They want to stay downtown and that would be impossible if building a new facility.
Yeah, but they already had a history with Jets hockey in Winnipeg. I agree that there is enough time for Utah to come up with a name, but it’s not as simple as it was when the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg.
They also filed a trademark application for Utah Yetis and Utah Outlaws. Fury, Outlaws, Yetis, and Blizzard all could work just fine. With quality branding, and they have hired a great firm to assist with that, any of those will work.
@@EinSofQuester they will never go that way with New Orleans and the NFL owning so many of the trademarks in my opinion. I stand by that those other names are no worse than other NHL names and mascots currently being used that nobody complains about. If the branding is tight, any of those will be fine.
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller The Outlaws would mean that they take a lot of penalties, especially 5-minute majors. And many of their players often get suspensions.
If they're not going with the Utah Yeti (which flows off the tongue nicely IMO), I think Blizzard would be the best choice. What does Fury or Venom have to do with Utah...? Are there a lot of snakes in the state.....?
Relocating to Utah is not going to fail. There is a sizeable hockey group that loves hockey with the ECHL. Plus having fans here that would drive over an hour or more to come watch helps
I see no reason SLC can’t quickly evolve into a hotbed. For starters, to say that the state of Utah is hungry for another pro sports team would be a major understatement. And, secondly, some of those people that are agnostic about the NHL going to Utah are the same people that said Vegas would never work. The Utah Yeti or Blizzard would be my preferred choices. As for the colors, I would personally go with purple and light blue.
Freeze, blizzard and Fury sound like kid's soccer teams. I'm surprised they aren't considering Ice Dogs or bad checks with that line of thinking. Just call them the Smiths, give them a blacksmith logo and call it a day.
I would vote for the Utah Gulls. The official state bird of Utah is the California Gull. That one state's bird carries another state's name is odd, but there's a reason behind that choice. In the early days of settlement, they were supposedly afflicted by a locust swarm that threatened to destroy all of their crops and starve the people to death. They prayed for deliverance, and a flock of gulls arrived in the area and ate the locusts. Those gulls were later named California Gulls by the ornithological community. I don't know for certain that these events happened, but they are part of Utah legend. The account is connected to the Mormon church, and maybe neither the city nor the NHL wants to lean into Salt Lake City's Mormon heritage that much. I don't live in Utah, and I'm not a member of the LDS Church. However, I think the legend is a neat aspect of Utah heritage. I think Utah Gulls would work very well as a team name because of that connection to the past. I might not ever get to attend a game, but I would consider becoming a fan and buying a jersey. A name that would fit better with Utah's modern tourism industry would be Utah Canyoneers. While we think of canyons as being more a part of the topography of southern Utah, the entire state has some big canyons. Many people like going to Utah to participate in the sport of canyoneering which is the fancy name for hiking and exploring canyons. I could be happy enough with the Utah Pioneers, but that name wouldn't excite me as much. The other names all seem clichè.
@@UtahPropertyWorks My health has failed, so I'm not involved in canyoneering. I don't know who Aaron Ralston is, so I guess I can't imagine that. Of course, I figure that you are joking anyway about making a particular person the mascot. I would imagine a logo that featured a cartoon canyon with people climbing the canyon walls or just wading in water. I see the whole DEI thing as largely stupid. To reflect the fact that much of canyoneering is done by white men and hockey is a sport of white men, the principle character should be a white man portrayed in a positive way. At the same time, "canyoneers" would fit with multiple characters in the logo, and female and minority characters could be portrayed in a way that wouldn't turn the whole logo into a political statement. Many sports fans are tired of politics being dragged into sports. This name and logo would be a departure from traditional types of team marketing. Canyoneering is seen as a new-ish sport and a non-traditional sport in the sense of it not having a scoreboard. The idea would be very out of the box, and maybe it wouldn't work. Overall, hockey people are somewhat traditional. On the other hand, the idea would be a rejection of clichés, and that might appeal to Salt Lake City. For the state of Utah, the logo would be a chance to introduce people to the sport and possibly build more tourism. Of course, canyoneering is one of those activities that becomes less enjoyable when too many people start filling the canyons.
Utah Yeti, Utah Blizzard are my picks. But I also like Utah Wolverines, or Utah Grizzlies but with Grizzlies they’d have to buy the rights from the ECHL team Utah Grizzlies so I mean, they might even just wait and do the big reveal at the draft this year too
I think blizzard would be a little too close to something like avalanche. Yes they’re very different natural disasters but you know they both include snow and stuff so people might think they’re too close to each other
@@thefox47545but now it's the C shown on the Colorado state flag they represent and the Avs mascot is a St. Bernard replacing the Yeti mascot and Footprint shoulder patch plus in hockey its the rise of mythology creatures, Seattle Kraken andthe Coachella Valley Firebirds
Go with what Utah is known for. 'The Utah LDS - The Utah Pioneers (also connected to LDS) - The Utah Sin (if caffeine and alcohol are served in the arena). Oh and yes, I don''t think the move to Utah was good for Coyotes. We'll see if long term Utah sticks for the NHL, I'm not sure it will
They should be like the Jazz and use another genre of music from New Orleans, and call themselves the Utah Bounce! 🤣 And every home game during player intros, they should play Triggerman and Brown Beats 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a MN Wild fan, I'm not high on "Fury". As much as I like my team, there's always people asking "What is a Wild?". You're gonna get the same thing with "What is a Fury?".
I really like the Wild name though. It's unique, and fits. It's kinda like a predator...what's a predator? Hopefully, you won't have to explain that cause that could get weird...but it's more of an idea...a unit, a sign, a state of being.
To me it's a shame they don't use the Salt Lake denomination, such a commercial fame since the olympics. I thought of Salt Lake Crystals but Utah Raptors would be the best in this case.
one of the early names i saw listed was the Utah Stone Cutters which i really like & thought was unique. One name that would fit is Lakers but i don't think Jazz fans would go for it
@thefox47545 They sure did, and lots of Avs fans still rock and want that foot to come back. Yeti's feels like such a second-hand name...they need something cool and unique, like Skin Walkers or Swarm.
1: Utah Salty Dogs 2: Utah Stingers ( for the state’s insect, the western honey bee) 3: Utah Coyotes ( yes there are coyotes in Utah) 4: Utah Venom ( for the state reptile, the venomous Gila monster 5: Utah Rattlers ( for the rattlesnake)
The Blizzard logo with the Stag/elk looks pretty sick. Plus we already have the hurricanes, lightning and avalanche, why not a fourth weather based team?
I currently live in Colorado and am from Salt Lake City my dad who’s grew up in salt lake told me Utah had a team a long time ago called the golden eagles which I thought sounded like a good name for the team
Austin is not going to get an NHL team. Anyone who's actually familiar with Texas knows that just because Houston isn't "trendy" doesn't mean it's not fit for a team. It's a massive market with far more infrastructure and land options than Austin, which is hopelessly crowded and doesn't have the space for a new large arena unless it's built 30+ minutes from city center.
Utah Stingers! ‘The Hive’ is the arena; fans would be ‘the Swarm’. Honeybee is the state insect. Beehive is the symbol. And pros know the fans can be a loud, angry, obnoxious Swarm!
Utah Red Herrings The Seattle Kraken did the same thing. They had all kinds of names trademarked and then they surprised us all with Kraken. My money is on the Utah Yeti.
@@KP-wt8qr Correct, trademarks go deep and long. Anything that is even close might get a called out. They go back decades looking at trademarks even names from the USFL or other leagues no longer around are still protected.
Yet again. It's like you look at Cliff notes from some obscure report and then make up some conclusions based on that. No new arena is planned, they are going to renovate the old one to stay down town. Should end up with 17.5k unobstructed seats by the end. Trademarks filed for yeties and outlaws as well. Jazz attendance is crazy, 290+ sellouts in a row with a team that just finished the season on a 13 game LOSING streak. Officials from the league and team want to make sure this gets branded correctly since you really only have one shot. So yes, no name first year. Since this team took 6 weeks to come to Utah rather than 2 years like a normal expansion, there just hasn't been time to find a name. This is the 2nd and last video I watch from you on this topic.. It's clear you would rather be early in reporting than accurate. All you had to do was watch the 40 minute press conference from Friday to get any of this right
@@LucasPelussoI have always wondered about “Real Salt Lake”, what king gave the Salt Lake team a royal warrant? Much like those foolish teams that have “FC” in their name but play in the MLS.
Well knowing how stupid the internet is on most things, I sure hope they don't listen to the internet on this one. They should really talk to the natives and see what they think.
If they choose Blizzard they may want to stay away from using a yeti in the logo. Green Bay has an arena football team called the Blizzard which uses a yeti in the logo. Might cause problems. I would probably choose either Fury or Venom.
Utah Stingers ⚫️🟡🐝🏒🥅⛸ Utah the bee state the beehive is on all of the State Troopers cars and the entire state goes with the Bee theme so just name them the Utah Stingers makes perfect sense.
