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With a blanket of snow covering the gridiron at Commonwealth Stadium, you can’t blame the Edmonton Eskimos if their thoughts turn to warmer, southern locales.

But don’t worry, they’re not about to forsake their namesake and become snowbirds over the off-season.

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The locations in question involve where the club will be holding its annual mini-camp in the spring.

And as it stands, they are looking to trade in their orange juicer for some dice, moving away from Florida and setting up shop in Las Vegas.

“That’s the target for this year’s mini-camp,” said Eskimos GM and v-p of football operations Ed Hervey, who also happens to make his off-season residence in Sin City.

But that’s hardly the reason for the move.

“Obviously, logistically it’s just better for us,” he said. “When you start talking about Florida, you’re talking about travelling all day and hauling all of our equipment down there.”

It’s not that they weren’t happy with the facilities at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, or the IMG Academy in Bradenton, where they’ve spent the past four years.