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Las Vegas Aces coach and president of basketball operations Bill Laimbeer. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Offer Unique Entertainment Attraction — The Tall Dude Who Likes To Berate Refs

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Kayla McBride

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA has a home in Las Vegas and some of the world’s most

Las Vegas Aces player Kelsey Bone has a hair extension business and hopes to grow it in its second year.

WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Center Earns Off-Court Income With Hair Extension Business

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Bone

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Some people talk about starting businesses. Las Vegas Aces center Kelsey Bone said she woke

WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Working On Forging Their Identity In Their New Host City, Both Off and On the Court

June 17, 2018June 18, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Kayla McBride

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces are not a new team in the WNBA. But the

MGM Resorts International VP Lance Evans, who oversees the Aces business operations, said the team is offering courtside tables.

WNBA Aces

Aces Season Ticket Holder Fans Off and Running With Seat Selections at MGM Resorts Intl Event

February 6, 2018February 7, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Kayla McBride, Lance Evans, Moriah Jefferson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com In Las Vegas, fans buy season tickets to watch their favorite local team for all

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren helped reveal the team name and logo at a Dec. 11 event.

WNBA Aces

Las Vegas’ New WNBA Team Will Benefit From Its Owner’s Vast Marketing Resources

February 2, 2018February 3, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Lance Evans, Moriah Jefferson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The newly re-branded WNBA Las Vegas Aces team may have struggled last season with

MGM Resorts International named its WNBA team the Aces.

WNBA Aces

MGM Resorts International Unveils New Name, Logo For Its WNBA Team, Las Vegas Aces

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Bill Laimbeer, Carolyn Goodman, Chuck Bowling, Jim Murren, Lisa Borders, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL The owner of Las Vegas’ new WNBA team emerged from its corporate cocoon of silence this

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook accepts every opportunity to discuss his team with the media, while MGM Resorts International has been mum about its new WNBA team. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Lights Stars

Transparency vs. Crickets: LV Lights FC and WNBA’s ‘New Las Vegas Team’ Follow Divergent Marketing Approaches

December 10, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman

By ALAN SNEL Two new professional sports teams in Las Vegas are launching in 2018. But you could

Basketball

MGM Resorts Buys WBNA Team, But How Will MGM Market Team In Busy LV Sports Scene?

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Lilian Tomovich, Lisa Borders, Nancy Lough

By ALAN SNEL It was no secret that MGM Resorts International wants an NBA team as a second major-league

July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

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.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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.