{"id":5080,"date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:00:00","slug":"las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Aces, now women are chasing bets on a new business model."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Three weeks before the Las Vegas Aces won their second straight WNBA championship, the league announced it was adding a 13th franchise in time for the 2025 season.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The news might have led Aces owner Mark Davis to break out some additional dance moves.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Given that Davis paid a reported $2 million to buy the Aces from MGM Resorts International in 2021, the team&rsquo;s valuation in the eyes of sports business experts has dramatically shot up in just two years &mdash; especially after the owners of the NBA&rsquo;s Golden State Warriors agreed to pay a reported $50 million expansion fee to operate the league&rsquo;s newest team.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Beyond the team&rsquo;s basketball prowess and the civic pride associated with winning a championship, the Aces have become a success story off the hardwood. Spurred by a consistent investment by Davis, owner of the NFL&#39;s Las Vegas Raiders, the team has attracted major celebrity support (including legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady becoming the team&rsquo;s minority owner) and has become a model of how to successfully market and increase the visibility of a women&rsquo;s professional sports team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">The Los Angeles-based team is owned by an A-list lineup from the entertainment industry (Natalie Portman, Christina Aguilera and Gabrielle Union) and former U.S. Women&rsquo;s Soccer team members (Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach). The expansion franchise&rsquo;s initial valuation was $100 million, according to <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">Sportico<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model3.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Last month, the publication said the team was now valued at an estimated $180 million because of ticket sales and an increased public profile.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">A whole lot of women invested in a team and completely changed the model of how to market, promote and even draft an entire team,&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">She said women currently working in men&rsquo;s sports leagues could step in and help change the model for women&rsquo;s professional sports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/las-vegas-aces-now-women-are-chasing-bets-on-a-new-business-model4.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">In <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">August, <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Forbes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> ranked <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">the valuation of teams in eight professional leagues: NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, two international soccer leagues, Major League Soccer and Formula One.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The WNBA was not included in the list.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">But cracks are starting to appear in that glass ceiling. In February 2022, the WNBA completed a $75 million capital raise, the first in the league&rsquo;s history. At the time, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league&rsquo;s valuation was $1 billion, which placed the average value of a WNBA team at nearly $44 million.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles-based team is owned by an A-list lineup from the entertainment industry (Natalie Portman, Christina Aguilera and Gabrielle Union) and former U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer team members (Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5081,"menu_order":282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2294,2296,2293,2295],"class_list":["post-5080","america","type-america","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-basketball","tag-christina-aguilera","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-natalie-portman","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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