- Formula One or Grand Prix motor racing uses an on-street circuit that includes The Strip. The next are 20-22 Nov 2025 then 19-21 Nov 2026.
- UNLV Rebels, ☏ +1 702 739-FANS (3267). The athletic teams of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, better known as UNLV, are also popular in the area. The Rebels are members of the Mountain West Conference, which has 12 members in football and 11 members for other sports. The most famous UNLV team is the men's basketball team, known as the "Runnin' Rebels"; though not as strong as in their heyday from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, they remain solidly competitive and very popular. Most of the school's sports venues are on campus, but the football team shares Allegiant Stadium with the Raiders. The central ticket office for all UNLV sports is at the Thomas & Mack Center.
- The semifinals and final of the Emirates NBA Cup, an in-season tournament within the NBA (basketball) regular season, also take place within T-Mobile Arena, generally around the middle of December.
- Las Vegas is also a major regional center for college basketball tournaments every March. As of the upcoming 2024–25 season, four NCAA Division I conferences hold their annual men's and women's tournaments in the area; each of these tournaments sees the winner receive automatic entry to the NCAA tournament.
The Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball will move to Las Vegas in the near future. With plans for a new stadium in the Bay Area having fallen into development hell, and the team's lease on the Oakland Coliseum running out after the 2024 season, the A's pivoted to Vegas. A new ballpark on the Strip at the site of the Tropicana resort is set to open in 2028. The team will play at a minor-league park in West Sacramento while the Vegas park is being built.
Finally, Las Vegas is one of the world's main centers for combat sports. For decades, many of the biggest championship events in boxing have been held at venues on or near the Strip. The Strip has also become an epicenter for mixed martial arts; the world's biggest promoter of MMA events, UFC, is based in Las Vegas.
