MLS commissioner Don Garber is planning to embrace sports betting and said that even though gambling is spreading nationally, his league is considering Las Vegas as a potential new market.
The league is currently comprised of 24 teams, but franchises in Miami, Nashville, and Austin and set to launch over the next two seasons. In April, MLS announced that it intends to add another three franchises to bring the total to 30. Sacramento and St. Louis are in advanced discussions, but final decisions on the next expansion markets have yet to be made.
Former MLS Commissioner Lamar Hunt chatted about the idea with Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman during Goodman’s tenure, and Garber said the former mayor and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott held recent discussions with current Vegas mayor, Carolyn Goodman—Oscar Goodman’s wife.