{"id":678,"date":"2022-09-07T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-first-expansion-since-2004\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:12:27","slug":"nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-first-expansion-since-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-first-expansion-since-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Las Vegas Rumors Intensify as League Considers First Expansion Since 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-first-expansion-since-2004\/#Sports_City\" title=\"Sports City\">Sports City<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/es\/nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-first-expansion-since-2004\/#First_Expansion_in_Nearly_Two_Decades\" title=\"First Expansion in Nearly Two Decades\">First Expansion in Nearly Two Decades<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">NBA Las Vegas expansion gossip has been churned out by the rumor mill for many months. But the latest rumblings suggest a major league announcement is imminent.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230629\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230629 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-142x95.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-142x95.jpg\" alt=\"NBA Las Vegas basketball odds Seattle expansion\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1.jpg\" alt=\"NBA Las Vegas basketball odds Seattle expansion\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">The Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers play a preseason NBA game on Oct. 13, 2016, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. NBA rumors regarding an expansion team coming to Las Vegas continue to intensify. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Willie Ramirez, a veteran sports writer who covers Las Vegas for the <i>Associated Press<\/i>, said on Twitter Wednesday morning that Las Vegas and Seattle appear likely to receive NBA expansion teams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Citing \u201cmultiple sources,\u201d Ramirez says the NBA is expected to announce two new expansion teams around the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 two preseason games at Seattle\u2019s Climate Pledge Arena scheduled for Sept. 30 and Oct. 3. The team will play Maccabi Ra\u2019anana on Sept. 30 and the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Los Angeles Lakers are slated to play two preseason games in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena on October 5 and 6. The Lakers play the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 5 and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rumors about Southern Nevada gaining a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/floyd-mayweather-joins-lebron-james-lobbying-nba-las-vegas-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA team in Las Vegas<\/a> have been swirling since soon after the US Supreme Court tossed out the federal sports betting ban in May 2018. That ban allowed full-scale sports gambling only in Nevada. The NBA, along with the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NCAA, fought against the sports betting repeal on claims that widespread regulated gambling on sports could jeopardize the integrity of the leagues\u2019 games.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sports_City\"><\/span><b>Sports City<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Las Vegas has a laundry list of monikers and slogans, notably including Sin City. But Las Vegas today is as much about sports as it is about gambling and other vices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After being shunned by the major pro sports leagues for decades, Las Vegas is now home to the NFL Raiders, NHL Golden Knights, and WNBA Aces. With more than 150K hotel rooms and the eighth-busiest airport in the nation, Las Vegas is an ideal destination for major events and sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, Ramirez\u2019s report still comes as a bit of a surprise. NBA Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/silver-halts-nba-las-vegas-rumors-in-pre-finals-press-conference\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Silver said in June<\/a> that fans shouldn\u2019t expect the league to announce expansion plans anytime soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>That talk is not true. We are not discussing [expansion] at this time. At some point this league will invariably expand. Just not at this moment,\u201d<\/strong> Silver said ahead of the 2022 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The NBA league expansion speculation comes the morning after the Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm wrapped up their best-of-five WBNA semifinals matchup. The Aces won 97-92 to eliminate the Storm in four games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Aces advance to the WBNA Finals, where they\u2019ll play the winner of the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky series. That series is tied 2-2. Game 5 is tomorrow at 8:00 pm EST.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Expansion_in_Nearly_Two_Decades\"><\/span><b>First Expansion in Nearly Two Decades<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">If the NBA opts to expand with new teams in Las Vegas and Seattle, it will mark the first time the pro basketball league has expanded since 2004. It was 18 years ago that the NBA brought in the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>While Las Vegas would be an entirely new market for the NBA, Seattle has a storied past with pro hoops. The SuperSonics called Seattle home from 1967 until 2008 when the franchise was relocated to Oklahoma City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Sonics won just one NBA title (1979) during the team\u2019s 41 seasons of play.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nba-las-vegas-rumors-intensify-as-league-considers-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Las Vegas Rumors Intensify as League Considers First Expansion Since 2004<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA Las Vegas expansion gossip has been churned out by the rumor mill for many months. 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