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 | |
May 28 | Las Vegas | Indiana | 7:30 pm | 7:30 pm | |
June 25 | Minnesota | Las Vegas | 7:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
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 |