Las Vegas is one of the largest cities in the United States with no team-owned major league professional sports such as NFL (American football), MLB (baseball), NBA (basketball) and NHL (ice hockey). This may be explained by the fact that the leaders of the major leagues have some reluctance to do work in a city full of bookmakers and gamblers.
The city hosts a free professional indoor football team, the Las Vegas Gladiators which play in the Arena Football League. They share the Orleans Arena with the Las Vegas Wranglers, a ice hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) is a classic circuit located north of the city, which hosts NASCAR racing. The circuit is a "D-oval", its length is 2414 km and has a capacity of 156 000 spectators. It belongs to Speedway Motorsports, Inc. which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event the venue hosts are the NASCAR UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (Nextel Cup), the Sam's Town 300 (Busch Series) and the Las Vegas 350 (Craftsman Truck Series).
It has always been known as the home of great pay per view events such as boxing. In recent years, with the growth of MMA fighting, it is now known as the center for great MMA, mainly UFC events which are held regularly in the city.
So although the city does not have a major league team to call its own, it can lay claim to being the home of many other great events and definitely does not come up short in terms of that aspect.
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