Defending WNBA Champion Aces Have League-Leading 5,200 Season Tickets For New Campaign

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis

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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

The Las Vegas Aces have capitalized on their WNBA championship in 2022 by generating 5,200 season tickets sold for the upcoming season at Mandalay Bay’s Michelob Ultra Arena.

The 5,200 season tickets lead the 12-team WNBA.

It’s common for teams that win a championship to generate more revenues and ticket sales in the season following the title.

The Aces are favorites to repeat as league champions by adding star Candace Parker to a dazzling lineup that includes two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, Chelsea Plum and Jackie Young.

A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas ASCes — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson

The Aces, owned by Raiders owner Mark Davis, are coached by one of pro basketball’s most prominent coaches — Becky Hammon. The NBA Toronto Raptors have received permission to interview Hammon for their open coaching job.

The Aces open defense of their WNBA title in Seattle against the Storm on May 20. The WNBA season is now 40 games, up from 36.

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

July 5, 2021

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

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To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.