LOS ANGELES — The Las Vegas Aces tip off Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Connecticut Sun Sunday at 12 p.m. PT in southern Nevada.
Some 85 minutes later, and 280 miles away, the Las Vegas Raiders kick off the season at the Los Angeles Chargers. Mark Davis, who owns both Las Vegas franchises, is in Southern California as he chose to attend his football team's season opener.
But not without first putting together a list of pros and cons, he told ESPN Saturday night. «As I've said before, I feel like a single parent with two children and each one of them have something different to do on the same day at the same time, and you have to make a decision,» Davis said with a laugh. «After thinking it through, with Josh (McDaniels) coaching his first game here with the Raiders, and the Aces playing at home, it just made it easier for me to make that decision to come to the Raider game.
Because (the Aces) have the home crowd in Las Vegas and they're rabid (fans) and I don't know that I'll be missed as much. »So, it just made sense to do that.