Las Vegas’ Busy Sports Night With Aces, Aviators, Lights In Action
By Alan Snel
LVSportsBiz.com
LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
Raiders owner Mark Davis and MGM Resorts Intl President Bill Hornbuckle sat side-by-side courtside at the Las Vegas Aces game and they — like the rest of the crowd — enjoyed an easy Aces win over Dallas Saturday night.
Davis’ Raiders stadium project and Hornbuckle’s MGM Resorts hotel-casino properties will be intertwined when the $1.8 billion domed venue project is complete is mid-2020.
But Saturday night, Davis and Hornbuckle were probably talking more about the Aces’ Dearica Hamby pouring in 27 points for the Las Vegas WNBA team owned by MGM Resorts. The Aces defeated the Dallas Wings 86-68 and now stand 5-4. An announced crowd of 4,347 watched the game at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
A fan also sank a Hop-a-$hot over the Aces’ mascot, Bucket$, to win $2,000 during a game break. MGM Resorts International has enough cash to cover the 2K.
Over in Downtown Summerlin 12 miles to the west. the Las Vegas Aviators had another sellout with an announced crowd of 10,143 — the Pacific Coast League team’s 28th sellout in 38 home games.
The first 2,500 fans in the first-year ballpark received a bobblehead of Finn the Bat Dog. There was a big crowd of fans waiting outside the ballyard along South Pavilion Center Drive in anticipation of receiving the collectible.
The Las Vegas Lights FC soccer team also scored a win on the road Saturday night, defeating the El Paso Locomotive FC, 1-0, in Texas for the soccer team’s first win on the road.
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