New York Liberty are sponsored by Draft Kings<\/a>, the daily fantasy sports giant, and were formerly associated with Foxwoods Casino. The Phoenix Mercury signed a deal with Casino Arizona three years ago.<\/p>\nAttendance has always been an issue, but that appears to be improving. In 2017, WNBA attendance averaged 7,716 per game, its most since 2011. The Aces, previously the San Antonio Stars, were one of the worst teams in the league last year, but still drew about 6,000 fans to each game.<\/p>\n
In 2015, they had a total attendance of 80,766 for 34 games. By comparison, the new home of the Las Vegas Raiders will seat 65,000 and is expected to be filled to capacity for its eight home games in 2020. The Vegas Golden Knights play at T-Mobile Arena and have had approximately 18,000 for every one of its 15 home games so far in its inaugural season.<\/p>\n
Home Team Hoops<\/h2>\n The Aces will play in the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center, which is known more for concerts than sporting events. The next WNBA season begins in May and ends in September.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAn Ace is their name, and an ace signifies that you\u2019re the best, you\u2019re at the top of the game of whatever you\u2019re trying to do,\u201d WNBA President Lisa Borders told the Review-Journal<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s who MGM is. I think they\u2019re going to pull that value and bring that to life with this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMGM welcomed the new home team, and newest addition to an expanding Las Vegas sports scene, earlier in December at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay.<\/p>\n
Amid confetti and Cirque de Soleil performers, the message was that the city was ready to embrace team, and embrace the women\u2019s game. Even if you can\u2019t bet on the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once a sports desert, Las Vegas is finding itself suddenly flooded with professional sports teams. In a city now with an NHL franchise, and soon an NFL team, the WNBA\u2019s Las Vegas Aces will join the mix having to battle for fans, but maybe not for bettors\u00a0as owners MGM Resorts announced last week that they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":65828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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