Sin City Motorsports Dominates Grand Prix, Defying Gravity's Laws!

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 15: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media prior to the game of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Orlando Magic as part of the 2026 Berlin Games on January 15, 2026 at Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Mansoor Ahmed/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images 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 to having a full house (pun extremely intended, arguably the most intended pun in history) in just over a decade.

That growth was planned and profoundly intentional , as the winds of legalized sports betting took gambling from under the table and into the mesosphere. That’s higher than the stratosphere — we’re way past the stratosphere at this point. Vegas has always been a destination for combat sports and major, one-off live events, and thus transitioning the city to be the great American sports boomtown feels like a worthy effort.