There are too many events to count over the last 10 years, countless ones that have made T-Mobile Arena the home venue for massive sports gatherings in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The place that is now a decade old has hosted memorable moments in the local sports landscape.<\/p>\n
Here are just some that throughout the years have had an impact across Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n
Golden Knights win Stanley Cup, 2023<\/p>\n
What a way to end a Stanley Cup final series. The Knights won their championship in five games, blowing out Florida<\/a> 9-3 in the decisive one before a delirious 19,058. Mark Stone scored a hat trick, and Jonathan Marchessault ended the postseason with a 10-game points streak, capturing the Conn Smythe Trophy <\/a>for playoff MVP. The Golden Knights have always been flashy but no in-game entertainment topped the feeling of players skating around the ice holding aloft the Cup.<\/p>\n Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, 2017<\/p>\n This was billed as The Money Fight; Boxing vs. MMA: Champion of Champions and The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History. It was a professional boxing crossover match that saw Mayweather run his record to 50-0 with a TKO in the 10th round. <\/a>Mayweather reportedly earned $280 million from the fight and McGregor $130 million. It was fought at light middleweight and recorded the second-highest pay-per-view buy rate in history.<\/p>\n Golden Knights following 1 October, 2017<\/p>\n Who can forget the emotional speech <\/a>given by then-Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland just days following the Route 91 Harvest musical festival shooting? It was the team\u2019s first regular-season home game in history and Las Vegas was stricken with grief. The town needed something to cheer for, and its first major league professional sports franchise obliged. It beat Arizona 5-2 that evening, and Engelland\u2019s words of \u201cWe are Vegas Strong\u201d lifted the spirits of an entire community.<\/p>\n Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady \u201cGGG\u201d Golovkin I, II and III, 2017, 2018, 2022<\/p>\n Fans had been demanding such a matchup for some time before these two finally agreed. And despite Golovkin dominating much of the first fight, it was scored a split draw. The rematch saw the fourth-largest gate all-time in Las Vegas history watch Alvarez score a close majority decision and claim the unified middleweight world championship. He then retained the title with a unanimous decision in the third fight.<\/p>\n Caitlin Clark (Indiana) vs. Aces, 2024<\/p>\n An enormous gathering<\/a> of 20,366 packed the arena to watch Clark and her Fever teammates face off with the hometown team. It was the largest regular-season WNBA crowd since 1999 and the fifth-largest all-time. The Aces prevailed 88-69, and Clark struggled shooting to reach her 13 points, making 4-of-12 attempts. She added 11 assists and six rebounds.<\/p>\n UFC 216 following 1 October, 2017<\/p>\n UFC president Dana White was intent on moving forward with the event <\/a>to continue the healing of the town. The UFC even shifted away from normal protocol by having someone perform the national anthem before the pay-per-view portion of the card. But Everlast chose instead to sing \u201cAmerica the Beautiful.\u201d It was a touching scene to be sure, one that included 1,500 victims and first responders from the shooting.<\/p>\n UFC 229 post-fight brawl, 2018<\/p>\n The title match between Khabib Nurmagomedov and McGregor didn\u2019t end when the fighting stopped via the former submitting McGregor in the fourth round. Nurmagomedov immediately left the Octagon <\/a>to confront McGregor\u2019s corner. McGregor ended up in a tussle with members of Nurmagomedov\u2019s team inside the cage.<\/p>\n Strawther\u2019s shot, 2023<\/p>\n Julian Strawther, the Las Vegas native and former Liberty High star, made a shot<\/a> that led Gonzaga past UCLA in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Strawther\u2019s dramatic 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left lifted the Zags over the Bruins 79-76. It answered an earlier 3 by UCLA\u2019s Amari Bailey. The Bruins had stormed back from an eight-point deficit in the final 1:05 and took a 76-75 lead on Bailey\u2019s make with 12.2 seconds left. But then Strawther stepped into his shot to send the Zags to the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n COVID cancels Pac-12 Tournament, 2020<\/p>\n The conference followed the lead of other leagues across the nation and canceled the remaining games of its event because of concerns over the coronavirus. The decision<\/a> was made to suspend all Pac-12 sports competitions and championships immediately.<\/p>\n Golden Knights fall in Cup Final, 2018<\/p>\n The Knights lost to Washington in five games<\/a>, ruining a chance for the Las Vegas expansion team to win a title in its first season of existence. This was the first Finals series since 2007 where neither team had previously won the Stanley Cup. Washington won the clinching game 4-3 and celebrated on the T-Mobile ice. Alex Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy.<\/p>\n Duke crushes UNLV, 2016<\/p>\n The standing-room only crowd of 19,107 was the highest attendance for a basketball game in Las Vegas since 1991, during UNLV\u2019s back-to-back Final Four runs under Jerry Tarkanian. Too bad the Rebels couldn\u2019t put up more of a fight<\/a> in front of such a large gathering. Grayson Allen scored a career-high 34 points, and Duke ran away from the Rebels 94-45. It was the first college basketball game in T-Mobile history.<\/p>\n NBA Cup, 2023-25<\/p>\n The league\u2019s in-season tournament has held its semifinals and finals at T-Mobile Arena the past three years. The titles have been won by the Lakers, Bucks and Knicks. Starting with the 2027 NBA Cup, semifinal round games will be held at the home arena of each conference\u2019s higher-seeded team instead of at a neutral site. The final will still be played at a neutral site.<\/p>\n UFC 200, 2016<\/p>\n The women\u2019s bantamweight title changed hands for the third time in 238 days as Amanda Nunes dominated Miesha Tate in the main event. Before a sold out crowd,<\/a> Daniel Cormier overcame the failed drug test of Jon Jones to beat Anderson Silva, and former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar scored a decision victory against Mark Hunt. The fight was later called a \u201cno contest,\u201d after Lesnar failed two U.S. Anti-Doping Association drug tests surrounding his return to mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n Contact Ed Graney at egraney@reviewjournal.com.<\/a> Follow @edgraney<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are too many events to count over the last 10 years, countless ones that have made T-Mobile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[149,5317,5,4,74,39,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-547473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-golden-knights","9":"tag-goldenknights","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-vegas","13":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","14":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116369460525801045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}