{"id":250873,"date":"2025-10-30T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250873\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:05:10","slug":"unlv-lady-rebels-coach-lindy-la-rocque-on-the-impact-the-wnba-has-had-on-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250873\/","title":{"rendered":"UNLV Lady Rebels coach Lindy La Rocque on the Impact the WNBA has had on Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UNLV Lady Rebels’<\/a> tip-off for the women’s college basketball season is just around the corner on November 5. However, while we anxiously await the start of the season, Lady Rebels head coach Lindy La Rocque spoke to Las Vegas Weekly<\/a> about the professional basketball scene in Las Vegas with the Las Vegas Aces.\n<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s been tremendous. Being born and raised here and exposed to basketball at an early age, my parents took us to Rebel games and that was all there was in town. I have a soon-to-be 3-year-old daughter and we go to Aces games and it\u2019s interesting to reflect on how that can be impactful for her. Basketball is basketball, but to see women playing at the highest level is tremendous for the young girls in our community, whether or not they want to play sports, and [the Aces\u2019] success has been amazing. Las Vegas loves winners and that\u2019s what the Aces have done, with great crowds and great players.”\n<\/p>\n

“Oh, definitely. These are pros playing at the highest level and the more young adults who are exposed to that at the earliest age, the more it invites their imagination to really consider what they can do. It\u2019s huge for the overall development of our community, and for us at UNLV, it\u2019s been great. We\u2019ve got a lot of women\u2019s basketball fans here in town and our seasons don\u2019t overlap. So we are continuing to figure out how we can get all 10,000-plus of those Aces fans to our Lady Rebels games, because clearly they love the sport, and we\u2019ve done some winning, too. It\u2019s helped us in recruiting. We try to do some crossover things with tickets and marketing. And I\u2019ve definitely had a number of people come to our games and acknowledge, \u201cWe love the Aces and now we love you guys.\u201d Even if it\u2019s just a handful, that\u2019s meaningful.”\n<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not sure that suits my leadership style or is where my passion lies. I\u2019m never gonna say never, but what I really enjoy is the educational piece, the teaching, the impact, the relationship building. From what I hear, it\u2019s a little more transactional and business driven; those are grown women with their own families. Not that it isn\u2019t a great opportunity, but for me and where my passion lies, some of that doesn\u2019t translate.”
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