Levy Partner, PSC, Gets Job as Food/Bev Concessionaire at New Triple-A Ballpark in Summerlin

By ALAN SNEL

LVSportsBiz.com

 

The new Triple-A baseball park in Summerlin will have a familiar name in the sports venue food business serving hot dogs and nachos to hungry ball fans starting in April 2019.

 

Levy Restaurants won the food vending job at the new $150 million, 10,000-seat ballpark being built by Howard Hughes Corporation next to the Vegas Golden Knights training center in Downtown Summerlin. Howard Hughes Corp. is the master developer of Summerlin and built Downtown Summerlin.

 

Technically speaking, the Triple-A ball team chose PSC, Levy’s Minor League Baseball partner, said Don Logan, the ball club’s president/COO. “Given PSC’s expertise with Minor League facilities both old and new, markets large or small and having the backing of Levy locally, they won the bid. All the respondents did a great job and it was a difficult choice,” Logan told LVSportsBiz.com this week.

 

 

Levy is a familiar name in Las Vegas for sports venues because the company also has the food/beverage contracts at T-Mobile Arena and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. LVSportsBiz.com gave readers a glimpse at the Levy operation inside the arena in July 2017.

 

Besides having the arena, speedway and ballpark on its Las Vegas contract menu, Levy is going for the Grand Slam of local vendor jobs because Levy is still in the mix for consideration as the food/bev concessionaire at the Raiders stadium, which is scheduled to open in late July 2020.

 

The sports venue/arena food business is highly competitive. Centerplate, which has the food contract at Cashman Field, came up short in its bid for the new Triple-A ball yard in Summerlin. Centerplate appears out of the running for the new Raiders stadium, too.

 

Even though Triple-A baseball is leaving Cashman Field, a manager with Centerplate said Centerplate would like to continue serving food and beverages at Las Vegas Lights FC soccer games at Cashman.

 

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is getting out of the business of running the Cashman complex, including the stadium. But Centerplate hopes to stick around to work the Lights matches at Cashman. The LVCVA uses Centerplate for its facility food and bev jobs.

 

Next up for Howard Hughes Corporation is to pick a new name for its Triple-A team in Summerlin as part of the rebranding process. The Aviators name looks like the leading contender, which would be a tribute to Howard Hughes, and his role as famed pilot.  LVSportsBiz.com took a look at Howard Hughes Corporation and types of names it likes.

 

Monday’s final game for the 51s also ends the Triple-A team’s affiliation with the New York Mets. Possibilities as the new parent MLB team for Las Vegas are the Brewers, A’s and Nationals.

 

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