(also ripped from poor Oakland), and an all but assured NBA expansion franchise. The city hosted its first Super Bowl earlier this year, and will welcome the second Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix this month. Nothing soothes an urban identity crisis like the sweet Xanax of professional sports...
“Vegas is a unicorn,” said Michael Leeds, a sports economist and professor at Temple University. The combination of the city being a major tourist destination and booming sports town are going to make an NBA franchise a “huge draw.” There’s been mounting speculation that the NBA...
NBA’s In Season Tournament, NBRPA’s Legends of Basketball Invitational, the WNBA’s Success and a Potential Las Vegas Based NBA Franchise Make This Desert Oasis Fertile Ground For NBRPA Members ByChris Sheridan LAS VEGAS – A’ja Wilson of the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces did not know sh...
Speaking at the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance 2023 Perspective gathering, Leiweke said the company’s strategy is to get the 20,000-seat arena built and available to an NBA franchise should the league choose to expand or relocate a team. That’s what he did in Seattle with ...
Las Vegas has been mentioned as an NBA destination many times before and the timetable for when the league will add new franchises to its existing group of 30 clubs is unclear. The NBA has another year after this season on its $24 billion, nine-year media rights deal and Silver has lon...
The NBA's anticipated expansion into Las Vegas could set new benchmarks for team valuations, significantly affecting the financial landscape for franchises like the Dallas Mavericks.
"The real question I think is, is Vegas still toxic?" Ralston said. Last year, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made this admission about gambling: "It's good for business, I don't want to hide from that... that it creates more engagement." ...
The city already hosts the league's annual Summer League extravaganza, has been an All-Star host, now has the NBA Cup final four and one of the WNBA's top franchises in the Las Vegas Aces. Put it this way: In a city where no wager is a sure thing, betti...
1.Las Vegas Aces Record:21-2 Previous ranking:1 This week:at Chicago (Tuesday), vs. Dallas (Sunday) The Las Vegas Aces keep doing what we've come to expect from them this summer: win. With comfortable victories over Seattle and Minnesota, the Aces' plus-357 point differential this sea...
It's no secret that when NBA expansion happens — nobody has revealed exactly when that will be — Las Vegas will be at the front of the list of candidate cities to get one of what will probably be two new clubs, pushing the league to 32 franchises. And given the way the NBA Cup...