{"id":161387,"date":"2021-01-14T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T05:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=161387"},"modified":"2021-01-15T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:36:58","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-owner-mark-davis-agrees-to-buy-wnba-aces-from-mgm-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-raiders-owner-mark-davis-agrees-to-buy-wnba-aces-from-mgm-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis Agrees to Buy WNBA Aces from MGM Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Aces are set to get a new owner. But don\u2019t expect the WNBA team to be on the move.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, left, sits with Laborers Union Local 872 Business Manager Tommy White at a Las Vegas Aces game at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in August 2018. On Thursday, the Aces announced Davis would purchase the WNBA team from MGM Resorts International. (Image: Las Vegas Aces)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The women\u2019s basketball team announced Thursday that Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> owner Mark Davis has agreed to buy the franchise from MGM Resorts International. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Davis said in a statement issued by the team that he was excited about the purchase. He would have more to say once the league\u2019s board of governors approve the transaction and he can speak with the players, coaches, and staff.<\/p>\n

While the Raiders just moved to Vegas this past year, Davis has attended several of the Aces games since they arrived in town in 2018.<\/p>\n

Mark is a longtime champion of women\u2019s basketball, and we believe he is the right person to lead the Aces into a new era,\u201d said George Kliavkoff, MGM Resorts President of Entertainment and Sports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kliavkoff added that the Las Vegas-based gaming and entertainment company would maintain its \u201centhusiastic support of the WNBA, NBA, and basketball in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s home arena is the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay Events Center.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Aces a Top WNBA Team<\/h2>\n

MGM purchased the Aces from Spurs Sports and Entertainment in 2017 and moved them from San Antonio for the 2018 season. The team became the city\u2019s second top-division major professional sports franchise, following the NHL\u2019s Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

After finishing 14-20 and missing out on the playoffs in their first season in Vegas, the Aces has since become one of the league\u2019s top teams.<\/p>\n

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After going 21-13 in 2019 and reaching the conference finals, the Aces – thanks largely to A\u2019ja Wilson and Angel McCoughtry, two of the WNBA\u2019s top scorers – posted a West Conference-best 18-4 record in the truncated 2020 season. The team reached the WNBA Finals before losing to Seattle in a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It’s entirely possible the 2021 season may come up, pardon the pun, aces for Las Vegas. The 2020 season saw the Aces play without premier center Liz Cambage. The 6-8 center, considered one of the top post players in the world, stayed in her native Australia for the 2020 season after the WNBA granted her a medical exemption. Getting Cambage back would likely make them the favorites to win the league title.<\/p>\n

MGM Resorts Making Moves<\/h2>\n

The sale of the Aces comes at the same time MGM Resorts pursues a takeover of Entain Plc, formerly known as GVC Holdings.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, MGM offered more than $11 billion for the British-based sports betting and gaming company. The two companies already work closely with each other. The two companies have a joint partnership in ROAR Digital, the online sportsbook and iGaming app operating as BetMGM.<\/p>\n

A week after Entain turned down MGM, Entain\u2019s CEO Shay Segev<\/a> announced he would leave the company and become the co-CEO of sports streaming service DAZN.<\/p>\n

With Segev to leave from Entain within the next six months, Reuters<\/em> reported this week that stock analysts believe MGM will keep up its pursuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing is especially awkward given the ongoing situation with MGM. But we think MGM may now be more encouraged to opportunistically raise its bid,\u201d<\/strong> Jefferies said, according to the news service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Aces are set to get a new owner. But don\u2019t expect the WNBA team to be on the move. The women\u2019s basketball team announced Thursday that Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis has agreed to buy the franchise from MGM Resorts International. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. 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