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This story was originally published on September 21, 2023, and was updated on November 16. With the hype reaching a fever pitch for what is possibly the most anticipated race in Formula 1 history, some of the top drivers in the circuit have very different views of the inaugural Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas […]
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Major League Baseball’s owners voted to allow the Oakland A’s to move to Las Vegas at the MLB’s annual owners meetings on Thursday in Arlington, Texas. The vote required 75% of owners to vote yes but ended up being unanimous to allow the franchise with the third-most World Series championships to relocate from its home […]
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The NBA season may have ended June 12 in Denver when the Nuggets captured their first championship. But the NBA never truly sleeps. The league took over Las Vegas starting July 7 with Summer League games tipping off at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Simultaneously, the inaugural NBA Con — a massive […]
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The NBA’s long-reported plans for an in-season tournament will be realized in the 2023–2024 regular season with the semifinals and finals of the event scheduled for December 7-9, 2023, in Las Vegas. The exact dates for the tournament’s Las Vegas residency were reported by ESPN on Wednesday. The news breaks as Las Vegas prepares to […]
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The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof. The Assembly approved the final version of the bill with $380 million in taxpayer money on […]
Continue ReadingThe Oakland A’s have made the next move toward relocating to Las Vegas, announcing that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Las Vegas Strip for the site of a future ballpark. In a statement, the team, which for years has negotiated with the city of Oakland […]
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Manchester United has announced it will play Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas in July as part of its summer tour of the United States. The match will be at Allegiant Stadium on July 30, the second fixture of the club’s tour to be announced. Manchester United last week announced a game against Wrexham at Snapdragon […]
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There was a time not long ago that sports betting was taboo. Lawmakers scoffed at the idea of legalizing it. If somebody wanted to put down money on a game, they would have to find a bookie in their town. The entire industry was frowned upon. Las Vegas was the sole refuge for sports bettors […]
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As with other women’s sports, USA Hockey has seen an explosion with its women’s national team in recent years. It used to be fans could only see the U.S. women’s team play in exhibitions around the time of the Olympics. Now, that’s all changed with the Rivalry Series. Team USA and Team Canada have had […]
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Having already secured an NHL and NFL team in the past five years, Las Vegas has been on a heater when it comes to bringing professional sports to the desert. There has been no shortage of rumors and rumblings in the past year about the city adding both an MLB and NBA team in the […]
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The SEC Football Championship Game will be held in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium through at least 2031, an extension of the current contract that was set to expire in 2026.
Supporting the U.S. Olympic movement runs in the Belk family — the latest sign of which is in establishing the U.S. Performance Center in Charlotte as one of the biggest facilitators of Olympic dreams.
The Army Navy Country Club – Arlington in Virginia will host the 2024 Ping Junior Solheim Cup, @AJGAGolf has announced.
The @RoseBowlStadium has seen and hosted almost anything in the world of sports for a century. It was fitting then that last weekend it hosted the final game of the Pac-12 as we know it, a fitting sendoff for the conference so deeply linked to LA.
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