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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer
In January, LVSportsBiz.com published a story on Las Vegas owner Mark Davis setting the course for his WNBA team by hiring Becky Hammon as head coach after hiring Nikki Fargas as team president.
It was clear that Davis wanted talented, strong women leading talented, strong women.
LVSportsBiz.com identified Davis’ strategy early on.
Throughout the WNBA, Davis told LVSportsBiz.com that it would take time to build the fan base, that building a following doesn’t take overnight. And the fans packed the Aces’ home court at 10,000 plus strong for Finals Games 1 and 2.
In the end, a Las Vegas team that made it to the playoffs but lost to Washington in 2019, Seattle in 2020 and Phoenix in 2021 broke through in 2022 against Connecticut with the Las Vegas market’s first major league professional sports championship.
The Aces will be staging a rally in front of the Bellagio fountains Tuesday to celebrate the WNBA title.
Here’s the info: The rally route starts at Caesars Palace and will move along Las Vegas Boulevard across the Flamingo Road intersection to the area in front of the Bellagio fountains.
Southbound Las Vegas Boulevard from Flamingo Road to Bellagio Drive will be closed from 6AM-11PM Tuesday and there will be rolling road closures during the event at Caesars Palace and Flamingo Road.