Making Las Vegas a center of American sports makes a lot of sense. Sports betting is now broadly legal and immensely popular, and no city epitomizes the gambler’s paradise quite like Sin City. And Vegas is the quintessential live city, where being there in person is the whole point. Nobody really watches light-up water fountain shows on tape delay. At least I don’t think so — you know… I bet someone does.
Las Vegas will soon harbor five major American sports teams: the Raiders, the Golden Knights, the Aces, the Athletics and the (NBA team name here). This will take Vegas from having zero major teams as recently as 2016
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