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NBA Plans To Hold Tournament Cup Final In Las Vegas, But Have Semifinals In Teams’ Home Arenas

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   By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Don’t say goodbye to the NBA Cup Final in Las Vegas quite yet.

A Las Vegas source told LVSportsBiz.com the NBA plans to keep the NBA Cup in-season tournament championship game at T-Mobile Arena just off the Strip in Las Vegas, but play the two semifinals games at teams’ arenas.

The NBA has staged the NBA Final and semifinals in Las Vegas annually since 2023. The Lakers won the first NBA Cup, then the Bucks took the Cup in 2024. The Knicks won the NBA Cup title last month.

There was talk of the NBA moving the NBA Cup semis and final from Las Vegas, but the source said the NBA Cup Final will be played at T-Mobile Area with the two semis played at teams’ arenas.

Knicks coach Mike Brown

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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.
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