Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon holds her teams final timeout before they won Game 4 of a WNBA basketball final series, and the 2022 WNBA Championship, at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, Sept ...

Sean Strickland remains suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission after he attacked a fighter at a Tuff-N-Uff event in Las Vegas in June.

Las Vegas is chasing its next round of professional sports milestones: an NBA team, a World Series and a year-round slate of major sporting events that could make the Strip and its environs the busiest sports corridor in America.

Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson, left, talks during a Las Vegas Events and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority press conference at the Fashion Show mall Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 ...

Las Vegas is home to minor league sports teams: Las Vegas Aviators (Minor League Baseball), Las Vegas Lights FC (USL Championship) and Henderson Silver Knights (American Hockey League). The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) plays NCAA Division I sports, and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts races throughout the year.

The Vegas Chambers’ annual Preview Las Vegas on Wednesday at Fontainebleau Las Vegas was dominated by one theme: sports tourism. The event, which touted the ongoing economic prosperity in ...

According to a May 2023 white paper published by the Center for Business and Economic Research, 1.8 million or more than 5% of Las Vegas’ total visitors in 2022 came to town for a sporting event.

After a slow start and multiple setbacks, World No.1 and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen mounted a big comeback to finish third at the Las Vegas leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event on Monday.

Despite playing in just three games in the Las Vegas Summer League, Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski was named the Most Valuable Player of the event. Filipowski is the first Jazz player to win the Summer League MVP award.

Allegiant Stadium has hosted myriad mega-events beyond Raiders and UNLV football, ... In this case, “they” would be sports fans, Las Vegas visitors, and their dollars.

Last year, 6% of surveyed visitors attended a sporting event, up from 3% in 2019, and 4% of visitors said sporting events were the primary reason for a Vegas trip, according to the LVCVA 2022 Las ...