{"id":669719,"date":"2026-03-20T18:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/669719\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:33:13","slug":"nevadas-congressional-delegation-urges-nba-to-select-las-vegas-for-future-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/669719\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada\u2019s congressional delegation urges NBA to select Las Vegas for future team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 Nevada\u2019s congressional delegation sent a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver urging the league to select Las Vegas as a site for a future franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The letter, dated March 19, 2026, was signed by Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, along with Reps. Dina Titus, Mark Amodei, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford. The lawmakers urged Silver to consider Las Vegas\u2019 20-year partnership with the NBA through hosting the Summer League and NBA Cup championships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAs you consider the future of the NBA, we strongly urge you to build on the League\u2019s local momentum by selecting Las Vegas as a site for a future league franchise,\u201d the letter reads in part. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The delegation also highlighted Las Vegas\u2019 growing reputation as a premier sporting destination, with Super Bowl LVIII, multiple Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix events, the National Finals Rodeo, WrestleMania 41 and 42, and becoming home for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The letter also highlighted other expansion teams in the city that have had \u201csignificant support and success,\u201d including the NFL\u2019s Raiders, the WNBA\u2019s three-time championship-winning Aces, and the NHL\u2019s Golden Knights who brought home the Stanley Cup in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The city is scheduled to host the NCAA College Football Playoff Championship in 2027 and the 2028 NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Final Four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;We are also very proud to claim not only the Aces, but also the rich basketball history in the state,&#8221; the letter continued. \u201cThis history stems from the 1913 men\u2019s basketball program establishment at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and the 1958 basketball program establishment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The lawmakers highlighted UNR\u2019s 23 conference championships and two NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteens, alongside UNLV\u2019s 12 conference titles and four NCAA tournament Final Fours, including the legendary 1990 national championship lineup filled with NBA talent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The delegation said Las Vegas\u2019 hospitality infrastructure, world-class venues and basketball fan base position the city to host a new NBA franchise. The letter said expanding to Las Vegas would strengthen the league\u2019s standing domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe appreciate the relationship Nevada already has with the NBA and look forward to expanding it further. Please continue to give our community the strong consideration it deserves.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 Nevada\u2019s congressional delegation sent a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver urging the league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":669720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[1339,2076,18742,282775,7776,1379,282773,282774,15193,3663,214555,1260,6326,1337,4989,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-669719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-generic","tag-generic-basketball","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-keyc","tag-keyc-sports","tag-mens-basketball","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-gophers","tag-nba","tag-nba-basketball","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-rim","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116262941897888294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}