HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces grew to become the primary WNBA staff to promote out each residence sport in a season when the ultimate tickets have been claimed Thursday for a Sept. 3 matchup towards Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.
That sport is one among two scheduled for T-Cell Area, which is larger than the Aces’ normal residence venue. The Aces will play Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever there on July 2.
The opposite 18 residence video games for the two-time defending champions are at Michelob Extremely Area.
Las Vegas in March additionally grew to become the primary staff to ever promote out its allotment of season tickets, leaving solely particular person sport tickets obtainable.
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The Aces set a staff attendance document for Michelob Extremely Area when 10,424 folks confirmed up for Saturday’s WNBA Finals rematch with New York, which the Liberty received 90-82.
Las Vegas set a franchise residence document when 17,406 watched the Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 100-85 final season at T-Cell Area.
The Aces led the WNBA in attendance final season after they averaged 9,551 followers. They’re averaging 10,379 this season, fourth within the league by Wednesday’s video games.
The Fever lead the WNBA with a 16,757 common, breaking their whole attendance mark from final yr simply 5 video games into the season.
Their rise in attendance comes at a time the league is receiving consideration like by no means earlier than it in its 28-year historical past. A lot of that’s due to a powerful rookie class that features Clark and Reese. The general league attendance common is 9,195, which is on tempo for the best in 22 years.
