The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday unanimously approved spending $2.25 million to sponsor the NBA’s first-ever in-season tournament in Sin City in December.
All 30 NBA teams will participate in the tournament with initial games that will count in the standings played at NBA sites, but the semifinals and championship game to be played Dec. 7 and 9 at T-Mobile Arena.
Las Vegas doesn’t have an NBA team, but several local parties are optimistic that one day the league would award an expansion franchise or relocate an existing team to Southern Nevada.
