Las Vegas Stars? WNBA Moving From San Antonio

Say hello to the Las Vegas Stars. Currently in San Antonio, the WNBA team is moving to Las Vegas, where it will start playing in 2018. According to the league, the team was bought by MGM Resorts International and will play in the company's Mandalay Bay Events Center.

It will be the third stop for the Stars, which played the league's inaugural season in Salt Lake City before moving to San Antonio the following year.

“We are thrilled to bring the first major professional basketball team to Las Vegas,” WNBA President Lisa Borders said. “This city and MGM Resorts are synonymous with world-class entertainment.

"With its culture of diversity and inclusion, MGM Resorts is an ideal fit for the WNBA.”

MGM's Chief Experience and Marketing Officer Lillian Tomovich said they're "delighted to welcome the WNBA as our newest partner in professional sports. (For more information on this and other Las Vegas stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

"We appreciate, now more than ever, the league’s confidence in Las Vegas and believe the team will be a tremendous addition to the city.”

The company said Detroit Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer will be the team's head coach and president of basketball operations.

The Stars are the third professional sports team to announce a move to Vegas in the past year.

The Golden Knights of the NHL just started their first professional season, and the Oakland Raiders, who hope to start playing in Vegas in 2020, announced their move earlier this year.

The Board of Governors of the WNBA and NBA unanimously approved the Stars' move.

File photo of San Antonio Stars' Kayla McBride (21) in action via Darron Cummings/AP Photo.