Las Vegas Sun

May 4, 2024

U.S. Olympic basketball heads to Las Vegas

With the Olympics in Beijing, China this summer, the chances of getting up close and personal with any of the Olympic athletes would normally run you $1600 in a plane ticket, not to mention hotel fair and tickets to an Olympic event.

But on Wednesday, Las Vegans were given a better, and much cheaper chance at possibly brushing sides with the 2008 Olympians. The State Farm USA Basketball Challenge announced that it would be held in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center following a short training camp beginning July 20.

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