LAS
VEGAS and CINCINNATI, March 13,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Las Vegas Aces and Scripps
Sports have signed a multiyear agreement to make Vegas 34 the
official broadcast home of the 2022-2023 back-to-back WNBA champion
Aces.
Under the new agreement, Scripps Sports will televise all
non-nationally exclusive Aces games – with distribution on cable,
satellite and over-the-air television. Financial terms are not
being disclosed.
Scripps Sports will air all locally broadcast Aces games on its
local station Vegas 34.
In addition to game broadcasts, the Aces and Vegas 34 are also
partnering to produce and air "In the Paint," an award-winning
weekly, 30-minute show featuring highlights, interviews and
behind-the-scenes access to the 2025 Las Vegas Aces.
"We are beyond excited to partner with Vegas 34," said
Nikki Fargas, Las Vegas Aces
president. "Looking at the upward trajectory the Aces are on,
winning two WNBA championships over the past three years and
playing in front of sold-out crowds night after night, this
partnership with Vegas 34 will allow even more fans the opportunity
to watch this incredible team as we to strive for our third
championship."
"The Las Vegas Aces are one of the best teams in the WNBA, and
their passionate fan base deserves to be able to see the Aces on
the largest available broadcast platform. Scripps Sports couldn't
be more thrilled to bring the exciting action of Las Vegas Aces
basketball to Vegas 34 as this team pursues its third WNBA
championship," said Brian
Lawlor, president of Scripps Sports.
Scripps also owns KTNV-TV Channel
13, the ABC affiliate in Las
Vegas, which will provide a strong marketing platform for
the Aces telecasts.
"Vegas 34 is proud to be the home of champions – as the place to
turn in Las Vegas to watch the
Vegas Golden Knights and now, the Aces," said John Cook, vice president and general
manager of Vegas 34 and KTNV-TV.
The Aces' complete local television schedule on Vegas 34 will be
made available once the full WNBA national broadcast schedule is
announced. The regular season begins Friday,
May 16.
Media contacts:
Aces – Caroline Williams, 725-289-8896,
cwilliams@lasvegasaces.com
Scripps – Jim
Weiss, 770-722-2142, jim.weiss@scripps.com
About the Las Vegas Aces
One of the WNBA's original
franchises, the Las Vegas Aces trace their lineage to the Beehive
State where they began life as the Utah Starzz. The franchise
relocated to San Antonio in 2003,
before moving to the Sports & Entertainment Capital of the
World prior to the 2018 season. Las Vegas Raiders owner
Mark Davis purchased the team in
2021, and Aces fans were rewarded with back-to-back WNBA
Championships in 2022 and 2023, becoming the first WNBA team in
more than two decades to repeat as champions. The 2022 team also
became the first major professional sports franchise to bring a
championship to the state of Nevada.
In addition to the Aces success on the court, they have been
equally successful in their off-court endeavors. In March 2022, the team moved into a 50,000 square
foot headquarters—the first complex built solely for use by a WNBA
team. In March 2024, Las Vegas became
the first WNBA franchise to sell out its season ticket allotment as
well as the first to sell out the entirety of the season, and the
Aces are on track to pack the house for all their home games again
in 2025.
About Scripps Sports
Scripps Sports serves
professional and college sports leagues, conferences and teams with
local market depth and national broadcast reach of up to 100% of TV
households. Scripps Sports currently has partnerships with the
Women's National Basketball Association, the National Women's
Soccer League, the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights
and NHL's new Utah Hockey Team, and the NCAA's Big Sky Conference..
Scripps Sports is a division of The E.W. Scripps
Company (NASDAQ: SSP), a Fortune 1000 American media company
focused on creating a better-informed world.
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