The Las Vegas Showgirlz is a professional women’s tackle football team here in the city of Las Vegas. They were started in the summer of 2005 by CEO and Head Coach Dion A. Lee, and on November 19th 2005, the Women’s Professional Football League board members and owners voted the franchise into the league.

Mr. Lee started the Showgirlz after seeing for himself the WPFL’s Championship Game in the fall of 2004, “It was a great experience to see women playing football, the skill level was incredible, and I said right then and there, that Las Vegas needs a team”. Vegas has had a very warming welcoming for the team, “we have been conducting “Football 101 Camps” for the ladies for the past 8 weeks, to prepare the ladies for the May 6th tryouts. Interest as grown from 15 ladies the first week, to over 55 participate each week, with more calling and e-mailing on a daily bases”, says Lee. “We are growing everyday as more and more people are hearing about and see us at the parks practicing”. In this town there are not many outlets for women to play sports outside of high school and college, let along playing tackle football. The team is comprised of women that played sports in high school and college and want to live out a dream of playing football on an equal field against other women. The minimum age is 18, with the average age in the league being 28. “We have 6 ladies that have played tackle football before with one being an all-pro player in 2004 with the Houston Energy, and with the increasing numbering people moving to the valley, we are able to seek more athletes that have played the game”, states Lee. “Las Vegas locals are dying for a local team to cheer for”.