The

Las Vegas Locomotives The Las Vegas Locomotives (called the Locos for short) were a professional American football team based in Las Vegas, Nevada that played in the United Football League. The team played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium, home field for the Unive ...

season was the fourth season for the United Football League franchise.

Venue

For 2012, the Locomotives opened negotiations with both

Sam Boyd Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium (formerly the Las Vegas Silver Bowl) is a football stadium in the western United States, located in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the hote ...

, the team's home for its entire existence to date, and

Cashman Field Cashman Field is a soccer-specific stadium in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It is primarily used for soccer as the home field of Las Vegas Lights FC of the USL Championship. Originally built as a baseball stadium, it was the home of the Triple-A ...

, a smaller baseball venue within the Las Vegas city limits.Forster, Chad (August 1, 2012)
The Las Vegas Locos to return for a 4th season
''KXNT''. Retrieved August 21, 2012. In the end, the Locos management elected to remain at Sam Boyd for the first two games of the season; the league suspended operations before the other two games could be played.

Broadcasting

All 2012 Las Vegas Locomotives games (along with all other 2012 UFL games) were broadcast live nationally on

CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as ...

. Unlike 2010 and 2011, there was no radio or Internet broadcast.

Personnel

Head coach

Jim Fassel James Edward Fassel (August 31, 1949 – June 7, 2021) was an American college and professional football player and coach. He was the head coach of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 to 2003. He was offensive coor ...

returned for his fourth season with the Locomotives, which makes him the longest-tenured coach in UFL history; all three of the other original UFL coaches have since left the league.

Venue

Broadcasting

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Standings

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