Aces To Be Featured On National Broadcasts 25 Times In 2021

NEW YORK, NY (May 3, 2021)—The WNBA announced today that the Las Vegas Aces are being featured on national broadcasts 25 times this season, spread out over seven different television partners.

View the Aces complete 2021 schedule.

The Aces won’t have to wait long for their first national TV appearance as the team’s season opener is slated for May 15 with a 12:00 pm PT tip on ABC. That is the first of five ABC games for Las Vegas this year out of nine total ABC telecasts.

Date Home Road Local PT Nat TV
May 15 Seattle Las Vegas 12:00 pm 12:00 pm ABC
June 5 Washington Las Vegas 1:00 pm 10:00 am ABC
July 11 Dallas Las Vegas 12:00 pm 10:00 am ABC
Sept. 5 Chicago Las Vegas 12:00 pm 10:00 am ABC
Sept. 19 Phoenix Las Vegas 12:00 pm 12:00 pm ABC

 

The Aces’ second game of the season—Tuesday, May 18 at Seattle at 7:00 pm—is being broadcast on ESPN2. Las Vegas has one other game on The Deuce—vs. Seattle on Sunday, June 27 at 12:00 pm—and four more on ESPN3—the digital streaming arm of the worldwide leader in sports.

Date Home Road Local PT Nat TV
May 18 Seattle Las Vegas 7:00 pm 7:00 pm ESPN2
June 1 Connecticut Las Vegas 7:00 pm 4:00 pm ESPN3
June 15 Las Vegas New York 7:00 pm 7:00 pm ESPN3
June 27 Las Vegas Seattle 12:00 pm 12:00 pm ESPN2
July 9 Las Vegas Minnesota 7:30 pm 7:30 pm ESPN3
Aug. 24 Connecticut Las Vegas 7:00 pm 4:00 pm ESPN3

 

Las Vegas is on CBS Sports Network five time this year, beginning with the Aces’ home opener vs. Los Angeles slated for Friday, May 21 at 7:30 pm. As part of the commitment of CBS Sports to the WNBA, the network and the league, which first partnered in 2019, have announced a multi-year extension of their relationship through which CBS Sports will present WNBA regular season games, including 40 contests this season, featuring up to three games on the CBS Television Network that will also stream live on Paramount+.

Date Home Road Local PT Nat TV
May 21 Las Vegas Los Angeles 7:30 pm 7:30 pm CBSSN
May 26 Phoenix Las Vegas 7:00 pm 7:00 pm CBSSN
June 17 Las Vegas New York 7:00 pm 7:00 pm CBSSN
July 2 Los Angeles Las Vegas 7:00 pm 7:00 pm CBSSN
Aug. 17 Las Vegas Washington 7:00 pm 7:00 pm CBSSN

 

Facebook and Twitter are home to three Aces games in 2021. As Twitter and the WNBA enter the fifth year of their partnership, Twitter will offer a 12-game slate on #WNBATwitterLive, as well as real-time game highlights and post-game interviews. #WNBATwitterLive will also deliver top voices from the sports community and several new ways for fans to engage, including fan Tweets, Q&As, votes and trivia. Facebook, now in its second straight year as a provider of WNBA game action, will present 20 games available on both Facebook Watch and Venues on Oculus Quest.

Date Home Road Local PT Nat TV
May 23 Las Vegas Connecticut 3:00 pm 3:00 pm Facebook
May 28 Las Vegas Indiana 7:30 pm 7:30 pm Twitter
June 25 Minnesota Las Vegas 7:00 pm 5:00 pm Facebook

 

Las Vegas is scheduled to appear six times on NBA TV over the team’s final eight regular season games. Now in its 19th consecutive year of carrying WNBA games, NBA TV will feature 35 games during the 2021 season.

Date Home Road Local PT Nat TV
Aug. 26 Atlanta Las Vegas 7:00 pm 4:00 pm NBA TV
Aug. 28 Indiana Las Vegas 1:00 pm 10:00 am NBA TV
Sept. 2 Las Vegas Chicago 7:00 pm 7:00 pm NBA TV
Sept. 8 Las Vegas Minnesota 7:00 pm 7:00 pm NBA TV
Sept. 13 Las Vegas Dallas 7:00 pm 7:00 pm NBA TV
Sept. 17 Chicago Las Vegas 7:00 pm 5:00 pm NBA TV