A panel of executives representing professional sports franchises explained how the city benefits from the popularity of the teams and dropped hints about what’s next.
Aviators
The Aviators baseball team helped draw customers to local shops and eateries in and around Downtown Summerlin during the franchise’s inaugural season.
The Aviators lost the fifth and deciding game in their first-round, Pacific Coast League playoff series, falling 7-3 to Sacramento on Sunday.
The Aviators will host a winner-take-all Game 5 with the Sacramento River Cats at 12:05 p.m. Sunday at Las Vegas Ballpark.
The Aviators defeated the Sacramento River Cats 11-4 Friday night at Las Vegas Ballpark to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five Pacific Coast League playoff series.
Zach Houchins and Abiatal Avelino each hit two-out RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth inning to help the River Cats even their first-round Pacific Coast League playoff series at a game apiece with a 8-6 win over the Aviators.
Alfonso Rivas hit a three-run homer as part of a five-run rally with two outs in the third inning to help the Aviators to a 9-3 road win Wednesday night.
Russ Langer, the voice of the Aviators, is in his 20th season calling baseball in Las Vegas and his 32nd year in a career that started in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.
There wasn’t a celebration hangover in the Aviators’ 3-2 win over the Tacoma Rainiers Monday afternoon in a Labor Day matinee at the Las Vegas Ballpark.
Pacific Coast League playoff berth is cherry on top of record-breaking attendance season at new Las Vegas Ballpark.
Jorge Mateo homered and had two hits as the Las Vegas Aviators topped the Tacoma Rainiers 3-2 on Monday.
Should the Diamondbacks or another major league team move to Las Vegas, it would mean the end of Triple-A baseball in the city.
It went all the way down to the first day of September, but the Aviators earned a Pacific Coast League playoff berth with an 8-1 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers Sunday night at the Las Vegas Ballpark.
The Aviators missed another opportunity to clinch a PCL playoff berth Saturday night, losing to 3-2 to the Tacoma Rainiers at Las Vegas Ballpark.
This year’s edition of team awards for Aviators saw some fan favorites get rewarded for a season’s worth of hardwork.
