| Las Vegas Aces | |
|---|---|
 2024 Las Vegas Aces season | |
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| Conference | Western |
| Leagues | WNBA |
| Founded | 1997 |
| History | Utah Starzz 1997–2002 San Antonio Silver Stars 2003–2013 San Antonio Stars 2014–2017 Las Vegas Aces 2018–present |
| Arena | Michelob Ultra Arena |
| Location | Paradise, Nevada |
| Team colors | Black, silver, white[1] |
| Main sponsor | Ally Financial[2] |
| President | Nikki Fargas |
| General manager | Vacant |
| Head coach | Becky Hammon |
| Assistant(s) | Charlene Thomas-Swinson |
| Ownership | Mark & Carol Davis (majority) Tom Brady (minority)[3][4] |
| Championships | 2 (2022, 2023) |
| Conference titles | 4 (2008, 2020, 2022, 2023)[note 1] |
| Commissioner's Cup titles | 1 (2022) |
| Retired numbers | 1 (25) |
| Website | aces.wnba.com |
The Las Vegas Aces are an American professional basketball team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Aces compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team plays their home games at Michelob Ultra Arena in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada. The Aces won the 2022 WNBA Commissioner's Cup and WNBA Championship. The Aces also won the 2023 WNBA Championship, becoming the first team to win back-to-back championships since 2001-2002, when the Los Angeles Sparks completed that feat.
The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the league's inaugural 1997 season. It then moved to San Antonio, Texas before the 2003 season and became the San Antonio Silver Stars, later shortened to the San Antonio Stars in 2014.[5] The team relocated to Las Vegas before the 2018 season. The Aces, who are owned by Mark and Carol Davis, the current owners of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, and Tom Brady, are one of three WNBA franchises who compete in a market that lacks a current NBA team; the other two teams are the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm.
As the Stars, the team qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in seven of their fifteen years in San Antonio. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as all-star point guard Becky Hammon, solid power-forward Sophia Young, former first-overall draft pick Ann Wauters, seven-foot-two-inch center Margo Dydek, two-time Sixth Woman of the Year Dearica Hamby, and three-time league MVP A'ja Wilson. The franchise has gone to the WNBA Finals four times: first in 2008, losing to Detroit, in 2020 losing to Seattle, and in 2022 winning against Connecticut, and in 2023 winning against New York.
- ^ "Las Vegas Aces Reproduction Guideline Sheet". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ "The WNBA has a new Ally—Las Vegas Aces and Ally Financial Announce Multi-Year Deal". Aces.WNBA.com (Press release). WNBA Media Ventures, LLC. March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "WNBA Approves Sale Of The Las Vegas Aces To Mark Davis". WNBA.com (Press release). WNBA Enterprises, LLC. February 12, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Tom Brady purchases ownership stake in WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, partners with Raiders boss Mark Davis". www.sportingnews.com. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ "The New San Antonio Stars". WNBA.com (Press release). WNBA Enterprises, LLC. January 14, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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