James Dolan's Gulfstream lands in Las Vegas as Sphere expansion talk intensifies

James Dolan's Gulfstream G550 (N5465M) was tracked flying from San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport on June 26, 2026, a short 1-hour-19-minute hop across the Sierra Nevada. The aircraft touched down in Las Vegas just after 3:35 a.m. local time.

If James Dolan was aboard, the arrival comes at a moment when Las Vegas is once again at the center of NBA expansion speculation. Golden Knights owner Bill Foley announced this week he is launching a bid to bring an NBA franchise to the city, hiring Morgan Stanley to advise on the effort, per a Bloomberg report on June 23. Dolan, who owns the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, has a direct stake in the league's expansion calculus — and his Sphere venue, which Knicks front-office sources say has served as a welcome distraction from team meddling, per Awful Announcing, remains the Strip's most talked-about entertainment asset.

The flight follows a pattern of back-and-forth movements between the Bay Area and Las Vegas over the past 48 hours. Dolan's aircraft also flew from Las Vegas to San Francisco on June 25, and from New York to Las Vegas earlier that same day. The rapid shuttling suggests business at both the Sphere and Madison Square Garden Entertainment's West Coast interests remains active, even as the NBA's next move in Nevada takes shape.