LAS VEGAS -- It’s only appropriate the Chicago Cubs play a set of exhibition games against the New York Mets on Thursday and Friday in Las Vegas before opening the season against the Los Angeles Angels next week. After all, Las Vegas is the city that has made the Cubs the favorites to win the World Series in 2016.
“First time I can remember so much hype and buzz about the Cubs in Vegas sports books,” Chuck Esposito, race and sportsbook director at Sunset Station/Station Casinos, said Thursday. “They are currently 3-1 favorites to win the World Series.