After looking to invest in a USL franchise for some time, former MLB slugger Jose Bautista jumped at the opportunity to buy the Las Vegas Lights.
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Las Vegas Lights owner Brett Lashbrook is unapologetic about this weekend’s “Vegas Loves Oakland Sports Teams” promotion.
In a partnership with the Southern Nevada Health District, all Lights FC home games will be smoke free.
In Las Vegas, it’s about cheap tickets, cheap pizza and cheap beer. And driving your car onto the pitch and parking it behind the bench, if you happen to drive a Toyota.
Las Vegas was recently named one of several expansion possibilities by Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber.
The Lights FC returned to an empty Cashman Field on Saturday for its home opener in the United Soccer League, losing 1-0 to the Reno 1868 FC in the Silver State Cup.
Ten months later, the Lights on Saturday became the first local professional sports team to compete in Las Vegas since the onset of a global pandemic.
The Lights FC kick off its third United Soccer League season in a nationally televised game on Saturday, March 7.
The team got its first bonding experience this weekend when the Lights traveled to Utah for a scrimmage with the MLS’ Real Salt Lake.
In true Las Vegas fashion, the Las Vegas Lights FC are going to drop over $10,000 in cash and prizes from a helicopter Saturday night during its match against the El Paso Locomotive.