One NBA star said the 2022 WNBA champions' new 64,000-square-foot home in Henderson, Nevada, would rank among the best facilities on the men's side.
The practice courts at the Las Vegas Aces' new facility.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Aces unveiled their new practice center and headquarters ahead of the 2023 season.
The 2022 champions' 64,000-square-foot home is the first such facility built for a WNBA team.
The swanky space has two courts, a film room, a locker room, training rooms, lounge areas, and more.
Welcome to the Las Vegas Aces' sparkling new practice facility and headquarters.
The 64,000-square-foot space in Henderson, Nevada, is the first project of its kind built exclusively for a WNBA team. With a pair of full-length practice courts, a film room, training and weight rooms, lounge areas, stunning locker room, and all the high-tech amenities a professional athlete can ask for, the Aces' new home has become the envy not only of the league, but of the NBA, too.
Take a tour of the gorgeous facility below:
The Las Vegas Aces have debuted their highly anticipated practice facility and headquarters.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
For the first time in the 27-year history of the WNBA, one of the league's franchises has constructed its very own space to call home. The Aces' new facility — located in Henderson, Nevada — has been years in the making.
The Aces have instantly become the envy of the entire league.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
The project, which was led by Julie Amacker and Shannon Miller of CAA Icon, has resulted in a high-tech facility complete with office spaces, practice courts, a film room, a locker room, weight and training rooms, lounge areas, and plenty more.
"Aces would have a top 5 facility in the NBA," New York Knicks guard Josh Hart wrote on Twitter
Let's take a look around.
Visitors can see the all of the advances from the first moment they step foot in the lobby.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Upon entering the facility, visitors come face-to-face with a pair of 16-foot LED barn doors. The screens can display everything from broadcast TV to custom content from the team, according to the franchise.
Beyond those giant TV-screen doors lies a pair of stunning practice courts.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Both full-length courts are covered in Aces iconography, including center-court logos that read "Las Vegas Aces World Champions." There are also shot clocks fixed atop every backboard, giving each court an actual game-day feel.
Four different LED scoreboards located around the gym help players keep track of their scrimmages, and each screen is able to display highlights, and broadcast TV. A Bluetooth surround-sound system allows players to practice with their favorite playlists blaring across the gym.
The courts also boast retractable seating for upwards of 400 viewers, with additional space for onlookers on the balcony above.
The team's film room is located just down the hallway.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Massage chairs for each player? Check. A white board where coaches can draw up plays and explain concepts? Check. An overhead projector for watching film? Check.
No wonder Aces superstar and 2022 WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson called the film room her "favorite place" in the entire facility.
"It just looks very comfortable and everyone loves a good massage chair," Wilson said in a video clip shared by the franchise.
The weight room is just a few steps away.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Complete with every piece of equipment players could need, the Aces' weight room is a professional athlete's paradise. Cardio machines like treadmills, bicycles, rowers, and ellipticals are flanked by power racks, squat racks, rows of weights, and other equipment helpful for getting into playing shape.
When it's time for recovery, the adjoining training room is sure to be a popular spot among the players.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Players can receive treatment on sore spots and injuries on the therapy tables, hop in the cryotherapy chamber, take a moment (or two) in the infrared sauna, and grab a snack from the nutrition bar.
And you can't miss the hydrotherapy area.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Players can choose between hot and cold tubs for recovery — or leisure — while watching the TV mounted on the opposite wall. Those on their way back from injuries can start returning to full speed using the team's underwater treadmill.
After a hard day of work, the player lounge is the perfect place to relax.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
A giant white couch with chaise lounges on each end is the ideal spot to unwind after practice or between meetings. With a prep kitchen steps away, Bluetooth connection for surround-sound audio, and two massive TVs that can connect to laptops and gaming consoles, players could — and probably will — treat the lounge like their living room away from home.
But the locker room may be the most impressive part of all.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
In addition to plenty of space for their sneakers, workout gear, and personal belongings, each player gets a TV and Apple computer built into their locker. There's yet another massive TV on the wall, which players can control using a built-in touch-screen.
And, of course, there are speakers throughout the room connected to Bluetooth so players can jam out before or after practice.
For Candace Parker, who told Draymond Green she has "not had a locker" in her entire 16-year WNBA career, the new digs are nothing short of extraordinary.
The bathroom area is comparable to that of a luxury gym.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
Individual shower stalls with frosted glass doors and a row of backlit vanities complete with a quartet of outlets are just some of the perks Aces players will find in their locker room bathroom area.
Back in the lobby, visitors can pop into the team store to grab some Aces merchandise.
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Aces
From standard T-Shirts and sweatsuits to varsity and jean jackets fans will have a wide range of apparel to choose from.
The swanky facility is sure to help cement the Aces' success for years to come.
But arguably even more important is the impact it will have on free agency. As the only facility like it across the entire WNBA, the Aces' new digs are sure to lure plenty of marquee free agents to Sin City.
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