James Dolan's aircraft lands in Las Vegas the week of his NBA expansion bid

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 (N5465M) was tracked departing DuPage Airport in Chicago at 15:53 UTC on June 24, touching down at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at 19:20 UTC, a roughly three-and-a-half-hour flight across the Midwest.

If aboard, James Dolan would arrive in Las Vegas the same week that Golden Knights owner Bill Foley, per [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-23/bill-foley-hires-morgan-stanley-to-bring-nba-franchise-to-vegas) and [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49147109/golden-knights-owner-bill-foley-launching-nba-las-vegas-bid), formally launched a bid for an NBA expansion team in the city, hiring Morgan Stanley and Simpson Thacher. As majority owner of the New York Knicks and executive chairman of Madison Square Garden, James Dolan has both a league stake and a personal interest in how the Las Vegas expansion — expected to command a $7-10 billion fee per [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/simpson-thacher-hired-to-bring-nba-team-to-las-vegas) — evolves.

The flight from Chicago suggests a connecting itinerary, as James Dolan's home base is typically in New York. No prior flights were on file for this aircraft, so this movement may be a routine business swing or could signal behind-the-scenes meetings as the NBA's expansion process accelerates in Las Vegas.