The Las Vegas Aviators, Triple-A affiliate of the someday-to-be Las Vegas Athletics, play in a city that is constantly growing and changing. To that end, the Aviators will play one game this season as the Cone Jesters, a tribute to the perpetual construction in the city, and what the team
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Las Vegas Aviators celebrate buffets with Belly Busters alternate identity
The Las Vegas Aviators, Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics in the Pacific Coast League, will celebrate almost 80 years of Las Vegas buffet heritage when they play one game as the Belly Busters. The first Las Vegas buffet opened in 1946 at the El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino. Since
Las Vegas Aviators to play as Gamblers
Since 1983, the Triple-A franchise that plays in Las Vegas, Nevada, has had three monikers, which have highlighted celebrities, aliens, and the aviation industry. None of those brands has featured what the city is best known for—the gaming industry. In a promotional video unveiling a new alternate identity this week,
Taking Flight: The Story Behind the Las Vegas Aviators
The 2019 season brought an armful of change for the Triple-A baseball team in Las Vegas. After 36 years playing in downtown Las Vegas at Cashman Field—a symmetrical 18 seasons as the Stars and 18 as the 51s—the team moved to a jazzy new ballpark in nearby Summerlin, signed a
Las Vegas Aviators officially announced as new name of MiLB team
The Triple-A minor league baseball franchise in Las Vegas is undergoing an offseason of change. They switched parent clubs from the Mets to the A’s; they’re building a new ballpark in Summerlin, 10 miles west of Cashman Field, their home since the franchise’s days as the Las Vegas Stars beginning
Aviators Appears to be New Name for Las Vegas 51s
The Las Vegas 51s will still be looking up to the sky for their new identity… just not quite so high next year. According to some Grade-A sleuthing by Clark Rasmussen of DetroitHockey.Net we’ve learned that it sure looks like the 51s (New York Mets-AAA, for now) will be using