LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Lights FC has been an exciting addition to USL in 2018, and by playing in downtown Vegas the team has added a unique element around itself with an original jersey design, a mascot in Cash that screams the Entertainment Capital of the World, and, of course, Llamas. But one of the most notable elements at the games is their vocal supporters group, the aptly named Electric Company that has quickly established a supporter culture in the city.

“We are honestly still developing that and it is being molded as we go along. Maybe by the end of this season, we will be part of the way there. It’s the journey, not the destination,” said Electric Company member, Jon Fish.

Starting a supporter’s group in a city that hasn’t had a professional team before and asking getting people to join up and support an expansion professional team is not easy tasks, but both started the same way these things often do, friends coming together to support the sport, and the city they love, often around some adult beverages.

“We started by just throwing out ideas of what we wanted the group to ideally be, which at the time is completely different than reality because we didn’t understand all of the hurdles that we would have to go over along the way,” said Fish. “Basically it was just friends and people with an interest in the sport getting together and spitballing ideas. The initial meeting was a rough outline, but really more of an open discussion. We met up at Atomic Liquors and from there we just got to it.

“It would have been better in hindsight to just chat and meet new people, but live and learn.”