Individual sports Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area

1 individual sports

1.1 boxing
1.2 golf
1.3 mixed martial arts
1.4 motorsports
1.5 professional wrestling
1.6 rodeo
1.7 running , triathlon

individual sports
boxing

las vegas host many professional boxing matches , has hosted many championship bouts, including following notable bouts:

larry holmes vs. muhammad ali (1980)
the battle of little giants (1981)
sugar ray leonard vs. thomas hearns (1981, 1989)
larry holmes vs. gerry cooney (1982)
marvin hagler vs. thomas hearns (1985)
julio césar chávez vs. meldrick taylor aka thunder meets lightning (1990)
julio cesar chavez sr. vs. hector camacho sr. (1992)
michael carbajal vs. humberto gonzalez (1993)
oscar de la hoya vs. julio cesar chavez sr. (1996, 1998)
the bite fight (1997)
fight of millennium (1999)
barrera vs. morales trilogy (2000, 2002, 2004)
oscar de la hoya vs. floyd mayweather (2007)
floyd mayweather vs. ricky hatton (2007)
bernard hopkins vs. joe calzaghe (2008)
ricky hatton vs. manny pacquiao (2009)
floyd mayweather vs. manny pacquiao (2015)
canelo Álvarez vs. amir khan (2016)
sergey kovalev vs. andre ward (2016)
floyd mayweather vs. conor mcgregor (2017)
canelo Álvarez vs. gennady golovkin (2017)

golf

las vegas hosts 2 pro tour events:

pga tour shriners hospitals children open (historically known las vegas invitational)
pga tour champions las vegas open

the las vegas country club hosted lpga takefuji classic 2003 until 2006.

mixed martial arts

along significant rises in popularity in mixed martial arts (mma), number of fight leagues such premier mma organization in world ufc call las vegas home headquarters of world operations due number of suitable host venues annual international fight week held near july 4. mandalay bay events center , mgm grand garden arena among of more popular venues fighting events , have hosted several ufc , other mma title fights, addition of new t-mobile arena.

motorsports

nascar racing @ las vegas motor speedway

las vegas has become internationally known motor racing locale, having hosted elite formula 1 racers @ caesars palace , championship auto racing teams (cart) indy racers in 1980s. las vegas home mint 400, off-road race run in unforgiving nevada desert outside las vegas. during race s classic era 1967 1987, many 100,000 spectators lined 100-mile (160 km) loop view 500-plus off-road racing vehicles. sponsored del webb s mint hotel , casino, event largest , richest event in sport. technical , safety inspection held on famed fremont street , became 1 of major must-attend sporting events in las vegas history. after 1987 race, del webb organization sold mint hotel adjacent horseshoe owned legendary binion gaming family, , race discontinued after 1989 edition. in 2008, mint 400 revived under new management, , since 2012 has been held on new 100-mile desert loop.

over years, vegas host caesars palace grand prix.

the can-am challenge cup races in 1966–68 held @ old stardust raceway , officially called stardust grand prix.

in july 2006, las vegas city council approved 2.44-mile, 14-turn, counterclockwise street circuit in downtown area champ car event slated april 6–8, 2007.

las vegas hosts these motor sports @ las vegas motor speedway:

nascar cup series: kobalt 400
nascar xfinity series: boyd gaming 300
nascar truck series: las vegas 350
denso spark plugs nhra nationals (april)
nhra toyota nationals (november)
monster jam world finals @ sam boyd stadium (march)

professional wrestling

over years, las vegas has housed many wrestling events wwe such wrestlemania ix @ caesars palace, no way out (2001) housed @ thomas & mack center, vengeance (2005), monday night raw, , no way out (2008). las vegas hosted world championship wrestling s halloween havoc 1996 2000 , tna wrestling s tna impact! along numerous ring of honor pay per view , televised events including 13th , 14th anniversary shows, along death before dishonor xiv , death before dishonor xv.

rodeo

the national finals rodeo has drawn thousands of fans city since 1985; contract extension signed in 2005 keeping event in las vegas through 2014, followed extension keep event in las vegas through 2024. professional bull riders circuit holds world finals in las vegas. before 2016, both held finals @ thomas & mack center, pbr holds finals @ t-mobile arena.

las vegas has hosted 3 professional rodeo events:

bighorn rodeo
pbr world finals (1994–) — built ford tough world finals
national finals rodeo (1985–) — professional rodeo cowboys association wrangler national finals rodeo

running , triathlon

rock n roll las vegas marathon — marathon organized al boka in 1983, sold marathon in 2005 devine racing, chicago-based race organization company responsible several other races, including los angeles marathon. devine redubbed race new las vegas marathon , , updated course include strip. introduced on december 4, 2005, new course marks 1 of race occasions strip closed traffic. prior that, course had run on old los angeles highway, beginning in community of jean, nevada, , ending inside las vegas proper (sunset park). additionally in 2005, date of marathon changed january december ensure better weather. in 2009, las vegas marathon acquired competitor group, inc. , renamed rock n roll las vegas marathon, part of company s rock n roll marathon series.
baker vegas challenge cup relay – vegas end point annual baker vegas challenge cup relay. 120 mile long foot race run in april of each year law enforcement teams around world. race starts in baker, california , run on 2 days. largest law enforcement athletic event in world.
the world triathlon corporation (wtc) had hosted ironman 70.3 world championships in las vegas metropolitan area 2011 2013. swim portion of competition held @ lake las vegas, , bike , run portions held in henderson, nevada area. in 2014, race renamed ironman 70.3 silverman championship race began practice of changing new location each year going forward.
the lake las vegas/henderson, nevada area host itu long distance triathlon world championships on november 5, 2011 , organized international triathlon union. venue featured same course held nevada silverman triathlon.




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