The Las Vegas hockey team has averaged around 18,000 every season in an arena with a capacity of 17,500 so they seem to do ok. Of course, they're inside and cooler compared to an outdoor stadium in the summer.
From what I've read, the planned baseball stadium capacity is only going to be 33,000 but won't have a roof. The minor league stadium currently in Las Vegas seats close to 10,000 and also doesn't have a roof. They average a little under 7000 per game. I would think that the heat would be a deterrent, but if I was going to Las Vegas, I would definitely make time to go to a game if there was a major league team there. I'm not sure I would want to go to more than one, but maybe if you lived there, the heat wouldn't be as big a problem.
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