Cunningham and Wilson dove into a conversation after touching on reigning WNBA MVP A\u2019ja Wilson, of the Las Vegas Aces<\/a>. Cunningham asked her co-host whether he was a fan of Vegas. He said he wasn\u2019t and revealed he lived there for a year when he was with Bleacher Report.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n Concerns have grown about Las Vegas’ decline. (iStock)<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t like Vegas,” Cunningham said on the “Show Me Something”<\/a> podcast. “When people are like, \u2018Oh, Vegas!\u2019 I\u2019m like, ah s—.”<\/p>\n Wilson suggested he was creeped out with some of the visitors.<\/p>\n “I would leave work at like 10 p.m. (from Caesars Palace) and you know how you kind of just clock people when you\u2019re leaving, and you\u2019re by yourself and listening to music? I\u2019d come back in the morning, like 9 a.m., same people, same chairs \u2026 It\u2019s like a sad city,” he said.<\/p>\n Cunningham has been in the WNBA for a few years, and her travels, especially when she was with the Phoenix Mercury, brought her to Las Vegas to play the Aces several times.<\/p>\n “Every time that I\u2019m there, there\u2019s just that smell Vegas has, and I have to wash everything. It\u2019s just like that smell,” she said.<\/p>\n Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, #8, reacts against the Phoenix Mercury during an WNBA game at PHX Arena in Phoenix on Aug. 7, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n LAS VEGAS CASINO CULTURE SUFFERS REJECTION BY GAMBLERS OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n Cunningham added that people she\u2019s talked to enjoyed the suburbs around the city more than what\u2019s happening on the Las Vegas Strip. “Everyone that lives in Vegas, like off the strip and in the suburbs, everyone says it\u2019s awesome. But I just never experienced that so I\u2019m just like eh. But everyone loves it,” she said.<\/p>\n The narrative about Las Vegas over the last few weeks has been that the city is “dead” for different reasons \u2013 the economy, tariffs and just being uninteresting.<\/p>\n However, Circa CEO Derek Stevens expressed optimism to Fox News Digita<\/a>l earlier this week that things will turn around for the city over the next six months.<\/p>\n Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, #8, reacts to a call from the referee on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Hollars\/IndyStar \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n “I think in six months, I would believe that Vegas tourism and our economy overall will be in a much better place,” he said.<\/p>\n Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0sports coverage on X,<\/a> and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n![\"Las](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/vegas.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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