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Las Vegas Aces forced to endure absurd travel delays

ByJordan Small|
LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 1: A'ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces shoots the ball during game against the Phoenix Mercury on August 1, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 1: A'ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces shoots the ball during game against the Phoenix Mercury on August 1, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Las Vegas Aces are set to take on the Washington Mystics in the nation’s capital on Friday night. The game was originally set for 7 p.m. but heavy delays for the Aces has caused tip-off to be moved until 8 p.m.

Traveling in women’s sports can be hard sometimes. Last week, a National Women’s Soccer League game had to be cancelled after Sky Blue FC, a team based out of New Jersey, had their flight to Chicago cancelled. This week, the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA are the latest team to deal with long delays at airports.

With a flight scheduled to leave Vegas at 1 p.m. local time, the team arrived at the airport at 11 a.m. Their flight was eventually cancelled and the team had to spend the night in the airport while they found an alternative route. They eventually would get out of Vegas on a red-eye flight through Dallas, which was then delayed out of Dallas.

Vegas is scheduled to get into Washington at roughly 2:45 p.m. That is just under five hours from the original tip-off.

This has many begging the question, why are professional athletes still taking commercial flights?While charter flights are expensive, if the WNBA wants to continue to play such a condensed schedule, it might just be an expense that needs to be looked at.

The game will tip-off at 8 p.m. ET and will broadcasted on NBA TV. Vegas currently sits in ninth place while the Mystics sit in fifth.