The Lights FC ranks fourth among 35 United Soccer League clubs with average attendance of 8,308 — about 1,400 fewer than the Aviators are drawing in their new stadium.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
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Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
Tickets go on sale Saturday for the Las Vegas Rollers, which will play in a new incarnation of World Team Tennis, a longstanding circuit organized by Billie Jean King in the 1970s.
Aviators’ Seth Brown caps historic three-homer night with blast into swimming pool at Las Vegas Ballpark just four days after last year’s 51s’ slugger Pete Alonso finds fountains in Atlanta.
About a half-hour after most in the Sunday afternoon announced crowd of 9,475 had left Las Vegas Ballpark, Aviators president Don Logan called his staff together for a group hug.
Las Vegan Erick Fedde pitched the first six innings and combined with two others in recording a no-hitter for the Harrisburg Senators, the Washington Nationals’ Double-A team.
Add baseball Hall of Famer and Athletics’ roving instructor Rickey Henderson to the list of those impressed by the new Las Vegas Ballpark.
High winds put damper on Aviators Opening Night at Las Vegas Ballpark in downtown Summerlin.
Despite the teams’ recent struggles, NBC hockey broadcasters say Knights-Sharks first-round Stanley Cup playoff series has the makings of an instant classic.
If the mark of a good ballpark is a distinguishing feature, Las Vegas Ballpark will have two that stand out in the manner of ivy-covered outfield walls and monuments in center field.
Giant oscillating fans, higher altitude should make watching games at new Las Vegas Ballpark a breeze, says Aviators president.
Las Vegas Ballpark, which came to fruition in fewer than 14 months, gets ready to takes its place among minor league baseball cathedrals.
Defending category and race champion J.R. Todd held off Tommy Johnson Jr. to win his third consecutive Funny Car race at the LVMS strip.
Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) led qualifying Saturday for the second consecutive day in the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Five years ago, NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd was watching the NCAA basketball tournament at Buffalo Wild Wings in his hometown of Indianapolis when his cellphone rang and changed his racing life.
Mike Salinas, Tim Wilkerson and Bo Butner posted the top times in Friday qualifying for the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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