Over 100 Team USA Athletes Take Over Las Vegas for Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend, from Parade on the Strip to F1 Racing at the Sphere

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Over 100 Team USA Athletes Take Over Las Vegas for Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend, from Parade on the Strip to F1 Racing at the Sphere

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January Nelson

Updated 11 minutes ago,
July 19, 2026

Six months after the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, the American women who repeat the country trade medals for racing wheels and a night in the Sphere. Flavor Flav turned Vegas into a four-day tribute to Team USA’s Olympic and Paralympic women.

Alysa Liu sits in an F1 simulator at the F1 Paddock at Grand Prix Plaza in Las Vegas during Flavor Flav's SheWeekend — Photojournalist Alysa Liu takes in the F1 replica at Grand Prix Plaza during Flavor Flav’s SheWeekend in Las Vegas, where Team USA athletes compete together on July 18, 2026. Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images.

The WEEKEND ran from July 16 to 19 in Las Vegas, created by Flavor Flav to honor US women competing in the 2026 Games. The lineup is full of Las Vegas Boulevard parades, fan gatherings, game nights, concerts, and sports dinners at venues like the Park MGM and the Sphere.

Flavor Flav dons watch necklaces to match skaters Madison Chock, Alysa Liu, and Amber Glenn at a dinner inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas — Flavor Flav presents Shinola watch necklaces to match skaters Madison Chock, Alysa Liu, and Amber Glenn at a VIP athlete dinner inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on July 17, 2026. Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images.

Figure skater Alysa Liu, the 20-year-old Oakland native who won America’s first women’s Olympic singles gold in 24 years, was among the most recognizable names. On July 18 he climbed into the world-class F1 simulation at the Grand Prix Plaza, complete with cockpit seat, steering wheel, pedals and headphones, along with fellow racers including Amber Glenn, Madison Chock and Ellie Kam.

Alysa Liu smiles and reacts to a chocolate cake at a VIP dinner, with Amber Glenn posing for a photo next to her. — Photographer Alysa Liu beams after receiving a chocolate sculpture marking her ESPY win, while colleague Amber Glenn poses for photos at a VIP dinner inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on July 17, 2026. Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images.

The night before, Liu and other skaters met the Backstreet Boys backstage at the Sphere, with Nick Carter and Howie Dorough joining Team USA for a meet and greet as celebrity guests.

Nick Carter, Madison Chock, Alysa Liu, Evan Bates, and Amber Glenn pose together at the Team USA meet at the Sphere in Las Vegas — Nick Carter joined figure skaters Madison Chock, Alysa Liu, and Amber Glenn, along with Evan Bates, at Team USA’s meeting inside the Sphere during Flavor Flav’s SHE weekend on July 17, 2026. Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc via Getty Images.

Liu entered the weekend fresh off a run in New York, accepting Best Breakthrough Athlete at the ESPYs and speaking at the TIME100 Sports Gala earlier in the week.

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