Las Vegas Ballpark received the honor from Ballpark Digest for the second time in a row and third time in four years.
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Ryan Ludwick and Larry Brown, who will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, said Las Vegas is capable of being home to the Oakland Athletics.
This is a new format that creates more of a final four atmosphere with the Pacific Coast League and International League divisional winners coming to Las Vegas.
The 2022 class of the Southern Nevada Sports of Hall originally was going to be inducted in June 2020 before COVID-19 ceremony wiped out the ceremony.
Minor League Baseball increased the number of games to 130 per Triple-A team. Champions will be determined after the regular season and postseason
The Aviators took an 8-0 lead after four innings and cruised to the victory over the Sacramento River Cats.
Individual game tickets for the remainder of the season go on sale at noon June 1 at ticketmaster.com.
The Aviators are back and will play before fans this season, but COVID-19 protocols are expected to be followed. They open their season Thursday.
Generation-Z sports fans place more emphasis on social-justice issues than previous generations, forcing sports leagues and teams to take notice.
Research shows that Generation Z, those born around the mid-1990s and beyond, are huge sports fans, but they consume sports differently. Leagues are taking note.
Tickets to Aviators games at Las Vegas Ballpark this season will be digital only. The Aviators open their season May 6 at home against Sacramento.
Aviators president Don Logan said he didn’t know if the 142-game schedule would be shortened.
The Aviators will remain the Oakland Athletics’ Triple-A affiliate in the 2021 season under the new minor-league baseball structure.
Aviators president and chief operating officer Don Logan hasn’t been able to build on momentum from the first season at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Branch Rickey III runs the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. His grandfather, Branch Rickey, created the minor league system.