Bill Foley honors Oct. 1 responders with potential MLS team name

It appears the contention to bring a Major League Soccer squad to Las Vegas could beryllium a conflict betwixt “Heroes” and “Villains”.

Foley Entertainment, founded by Golden Knights proprietor Bill Foley, connected Aug. 25 filed to trademark Las Vegas Heroes, tied to an enlargement shot team, according to United States Patent and Trademark Office records.

The trademark filing comes connected the heels of a radical led by billionaires Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris, who co-own the Premier League’s Aston Villa shot club, filing to trademark Las Vegas Villains, besides tied to a imaginable shot team.

Foley said the sanction helium filed to trademark is inspired by the area’s effect to the Oct. 1 shooting.

“We thought Las Vegas Heroes would beryllium a large sanction aft the calamity of October 1st,” Foley told the Review-Journal connected Monday.

Foley said his radical could spouse with a squad from England’s Premier League, thing Edens’ radical plans with Aston Villa.

MLS officials weren’t disposable for remark connected the trademark filing.

“It’s a dilatory process and we’ve talked to the (MLS) and there’s evidently a franchise disposable arsenic the Sacramento franchise didn’t travel together,” Foley said. “We’re moving with a section entity successful presumption of gathering a stadium and that looks precise positive.”

MLS is looking astatine expanding to a 30th franchise, and league commissioner Don Garber has said that Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix are possibilities. The league is acceptable to grow from 27 teams to 29 with the summation of Charlotte successful 2022 and St. Louis successful 2023. Sacramento mislaid is fiscal backing aft it had been awarded the 30th franchise.

Foley said the unnamed radical Foley Entertainment is moving with has a ample portion of onshore and beardown sports and amusement ties to the valley. Plans would besides telephone to physique retired shot and tennis academies astir the imaginable stadium.

“We would ain a portion of the stadium and of people we would ain the team,” Foley said. “Our portion of it is chiefly the beforehand bureau and past I would beryllium progressive connected the shot side.”

When asked astir the opposing radical who is besides trying to onshore a MLS squad successful Las Vegas and their “Villains” name, Foley said, “I deliberation the Heroes ever win.”

Foley said the MLS franchise pursuit has a batch of moving parts, but helium likes however his radical is positioned.

“Lots of antithetic things going connected benignant of each astatine once,” Foley said. “It’s been moving on and we judge we’re successful a beauteous bully presumption to execute connected this.”

Contact Mick Akers astatine makers@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers connected Twitter.