Garish clothes and grandstanding in Las Vegas – Tyson Fury’s a master at it too.
The new two-time World Heavyweight champion brought the house down this morning in the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
And it will be to Neon City that I will bring my shirt – and the rest of my wardrobe in May.
They already know me on The Strip… Strip… the light fantastic
Where there is a host of sporting opportunities.
Ice, ice baby
Ice Hockey: The Vegas Golden Knights only got to the Stanley Cup final, North America’s prime competition, in their inaugural season.
The Golden Knights play in the T Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, near Vegas.
See https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights.
Touchdown Vegas
American Football: It is not uncommon for American sports to up sticks and move town.
And Oakland, California’s loss is Las Vegas’s gain with the Las Vegas Raiders kicking off the 2020-2021 season at the Allegiant Stadium, also in Paradise.
Visit https://www.raiders.com/lasvegas/.
Sports mad
Also throw in the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA who play their games at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Minor League baseball and second-tier soccer, golf, the USA Sevens tournament, the biggest in North America, and speedway.
And it is clear to see that Vegas is a knockout city for sport. Visit https://www.lvcva.com.
Skates Czech, ice Czech
In other ice hockey-related news… it’s only the Czech Republic’s national sport.
And as you can see from this picture in Zatec.
Where they hold two major hop festivals a year and also boast a hop museum and the Temple of Hop and Beer they start them early.
Lucasz, our host is a referee while his seven-year-old Vladi has dreams of playing for the local club.
And even better the Czech national team.
It is well worth a visit… http://chchp.cz/cz/chram-chmele-a-piva.
And www.czechtourism.com. A couple on these travels Hungry and Thursday – Czech please, Hotel Beethoven – Fur Elise and Bye, bye baby – Cerny’s Prague.
And one I prepared earlier Hope springs eternal.
