Las Vegas Invitational (basketball)

Las Vegas Invitational
SportCollege basketball
Founded2003
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Venue(s)Orleans Arena
Most titlesIllinois (2)
Kansas (2)
TV partner(s)Fox Sports

The Las Vegas Invitational is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's college basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was originally held in the gymnasium of Valley High School, until moving to the new Orleans Arena in 2006.

The tourney launched with local car dealer Findlay Toyota as its sponsor. From 2006 to 2013 the sponsor of the tournament was IBN Sports. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament. Fox Sports purchased the event and the Las Vegas Classic in 2015.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Fox takes over Vegas hoops tourneys". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  2. ^ "Fox Sports buys two Las Vegas college basketball tournaments". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2018-12-10.