Boxing Guru Bernstein Sees Sports Growth In Vegas
Photo: Special to the NY Beacon
 
By Andrew Rosario
 
 
 

WHEN YOU THINK OF BOXING ANALYST THERE IS NO ONE BETTER THAT AL BERNSTEIN. HE HAS CALLED SOME OF THE BEST FIGHTS OVER THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS. SINCE 2003 BERNSRTEIN HAS BEEN WITH 

 

SHOWTIME FOR SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LAS VEGAS WAS ONLY KNOWN FOR STAGING HIGH PROFILE FIGHTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME SIN CITY IS HOSTING THE   SUPER BOWL. THEY ARE ALSO HOME OF THE WNBA ACES AND WILL HAVE A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM THE LAS VEGAS AVIATORS THIS YEAR…BERNSTEIN TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT THE NFL HAS HAD ON THE CITY. SAID BERNSTEIN ON THE IMPACT THE SUPER HAS HAD ON THE CITY, “THIS IS HUGE,” HE BEGAN. “WE ALL QUESTIONED COULD THERE BE A SPORTS TEAM HERE IN LAS VEGAS, COULD THIS BE MORE OF A SPORTS TOWN. THIS TOWN HAS GRAVITATED TO SPORT. THIS IS THE EVENT THAT I THINK PUTS IT OVER THE TOP.”

 

BERNSTEIN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE CITY MAY ONE DAY HAVE AN NBA TEAM. LE BRON JAMES HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING THE OWNER OF A NBA FRANCHISE IN SIN CITY. “THE ONLY SPORT WE DON’T HAVE IS THE NBA. I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT THIS KIND OF IMPACT WOULD BE MADE BY SPORTS IN LAS VEGAS,” CONCLUDED BERNSTEIN.

 

WITH GAMBLING MADE LEGAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS HERE IN LAS VEGAS ASIDE FROM WORLD CLASS BOXING, MMA AND UFC, LAS VEGAS HAS BECOME THE NEW CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.

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