Combat sports The arena hosts
boxing matches, including the high-profile
Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah Light welterweight title unification, match on July 23, 2011. As of July 2018, the Mandalay Bay Events Center has held 31
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events, starting with
UFC 33, and most recently,
UFC Fight Night 88. It held the largest UFC weigh-in show in history in conjunction with International Fight Week 2012 ahead of
UFC 148 welcoming 10,000 fans. UFC cards in Vegas have since moved to
T-Mobile Arena as part of a comprehensive marketing and tenancy agreement. The 999th episode of
WWE Raw was held at the arena on July 16, 2012, the first time the WWE performed at Mandalay Bay.
Basketball Las Vegas Aces and the WNBA The Las Vegas Aces are the primary long-term tenant of the arena. The NBA and WNBA officially announced on October 17, 2017, that the
San Antonio Stars would relocate from San Antonio, Texas, and would be playing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center starting in the 2018 season as the Las Vegas Aces. They played their first home game on May 27, 2018. The arena has hosted the Aces in the
WNBA Finals twice, in
2022 and
2023. The Aces have four banners hanging from the rafters at the arena: one for the retirement of
Becky Hammon's number 25, two for their WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023, and one for their
2022 Commissioner's Cup championship. The arena has hosted the
WNBA All-Star Game and related All-Star events three times:
2019,
2021, and
2023.
NBA The first
National Basketball Association game on the
Las Vegas Strip since 1981 was at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 6, 2012, a preseason contest between the
Denver Nuggets and the
Los Angeles Clippers. The teams returned for preseason games in 2013 and 2014.
NBA G League During the
2021–22 NBA G League season, the Michelob Ultra Arena would serve as one of the temporary home arenas for the
Capitanes de la Ciudad de México during their inaugural season at the
NBA G League despite also being temporarily stationed at
Fort Worth, Texas at the time due to the long-term effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Not only that, but it would also serve as the neutral hosting site for the Showcase Cup Tournament for the G League (which would continue its existence following the 2021–22 season), as well as the home arena for the
NBA G League Ignite during that entire season for them, including a couple of exhibition games played against the Capitanes.
USA Basketball In 2021, Michelob Ultra Arena hosted a training camp for
USA Basketball prior to their departure for the
2020 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo, Japan.
College The arena hosted the NCAA Men's basketball postseason tournament
Vegas 16 in its only season, 2016. In 2021, the arena hosted the
UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball for a game against
Seattle Redhawks while the
National Finals Rodeo occupied UNLV's home arena, the
Thomas & Mack Center. Michelob Ultra Arena also played hosted to the
Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament from 2021 to 2023.
Box Lacrosse On August 29, 2017, the
National Lacrosse League (NLL) announced that Las Vegas had been awarded an NLL franchise to begin playing in December 2022 for the
2022–2023 season. The team became known as the
Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The team moved to the nearby
Lee's Family Forum in
Henderson starting with the 2024–25 season.
Esports The
2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series Finals were hosted at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 16 and 17, 2016. From
2016 to
2023, the
Evolution Championship Series fighting game tournament has held its final day of competition at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. ==Entertainment events==