The Aces felt the first real roster squeeze of the 2026 offseason Friday when the Toronto Tempo selected guard-forward Aaliyah Nye in the WNBA expansion draft.

Nearly 18 months of negotiations came to a head as the process moved to in-person talks in New York that lasted 14-16 hours a day for eight days. Those meetings were attended by New York Liberty owner Clara Wu Tsai as one of the representatives of the league.

In doing so, the Aces became the first franchise in WNBA history to accomplish the feat in three consecutive years. The Aces have cultivated one of the WNBA’s most loyal fanbases over the years, and the championship-level success has played a major role in keeping fan interest both in Las Vegas and across the league.

The Atlanta Dream and Las Vegas Aces have both sold out their season tickets for the 2026 season, both marking the third straight year for the two clubs. . The Dream

The Las Vegas Aces are undoubtedly a team with championship aspirations this season. After winning back-to-back WNBA titles in 2022 and 2023, they were knocked out of the playoffs in the semifinals last year by the New York Liberty, who went on to win it all.

It wasn’t difficult to ease into the joys of another spring in Reno as the Aces opened their season Friday with a three-game series against Tacoma at Greater Nevada Field.

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The Reno Aces welcomed their highest opening three game attendance since 2015 during their three-game series against the Tacoma Rainiers.