[4] [5] After finishing last in the Southern Division for the 1976 North American Soccer League season, the team announced it would move to Las Vegas.

[6] The Quicksilvers opened the season on April 9, 1977, at home with a 1–0 win against the New York Cosmos with 11,896 fans in attendance at Las Vegas Stadium.

[7] After starting the season with nine wins and three loses, the team lost seven of their next eight games; head coach Derek Trevis was fired and replaced by Jim Fryatt.

[8] The team finished the season in last place of the Pacific Conference Southern Division with eleven wins and fifteen losses and averaging 7,092 fans a game.

[10] However, less than a week later the Clark County District Attorney filed civil suit against the team for deceptive trade and false advertising.