Mascot Cosmo’s Future With Aviators? He’ll Be At New Summerlin Ballpark in 2019 But His Permanent Role Is Up In The Air
By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
The newly re-branded Las Vegas Aviators fled Cashman Field for a new luxurious Downtown Summerlin ballpark, but there was one cosmic character who is making the trip from downtown Las Vegas to the western suburbs.
It’s good ol’ Cosmo, the mascot of the former 51s team.
It’s unclear whether Cosmo’s Route 95/Summerlin Parkway journey to the new $150 million, 10,000-fan, 22-suite ballyard will result in Cosmo’s permanent residency at the Summerlin venue. But it appears as if Cosmo the mascot will be around the new ballpark during the Aviators’ season one. The Aviators are the Oakland Athletics’ Triple A affiliate.
But as Aviators spokesman Jim Gemma succintly put it for LVSportsBiz.com, “I know the Spaceship left without Cosmo a few months ago, so Cosmo is still with us in some capacity in 2019 in Downtown Summerlin.”
Howard Hughes Corporation, which owns the Aviators and is the master developer of Summerlin and Downtown Summerlin, has a Feb. 23 job fair for workers who want at job at the new ballpark. If you notice, the Aviators are looking for someone to play the mascot and the mascot handler.
It looks like Cosmo will at least start the season at Triple A baseball in Summerlin. But his future appears fluid.
Spokesman Gemma explained: “That aspect is ongoing at this time, as a far as a primary and secondary mascot…some teams in minor league sports have a couple of mascots.”
Mascots are known to endure sweltering conditions during Las Vegas summers. But the new ballpark, which opens April 9, is supposed to have a special room for the person playing the mascot to air out his or her costume and have a separate space.
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