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Aviators’ Attendance Hits 7,683 on Toasty Tuesday Night; Ballpark to Host Movie Nights

Smaller than usual crowd at Aviators ballpark in Summerlin Tuesday evening.

By Alan Snel

LVSportsBiz.com

 

It was a Tuesday night and another 100-degree-plus day in Las Vegas. Typically, attendance used to fall off at the local minor league baseball park when the former 51s played at downtown Cashman Field this time of year.

But the Aviators announced attendance at 7,683 Tuesday as the New Orleans Baby Cakes (Triple A affiliate of Miami Marlins) defeated the Reyes de Plata (the Spanish name for the Las Vegas Aviators), 8-7.

After 53 home dates, the Aviators lead the minors in attendance, averaging 9,313 a game at the $150 million Downtown Summerlin ballpark in its inaugural year.

The website, baseballparks.com, gave its ballpark of the year award to the Aviators’ venue.

The ballpark’s location — 15 miles to the west of old Cashman — has meant big revenue for Howard Hughes Corporation. Photo by Tom Donoghue.

The baseball park is also holding movie nights called Flicks on the Field, starting Aug. 8 with admission of $2.

 

WHEN:                                                 Schedule of films includes:

  • Aug. 8 – Top Gun
  • Aug. 22 – The Sandlot
  • Sept. 12 – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Sept. 26 – The Goonies
  • Oct. 3 – Ghostbusters (original version)
  • Oct. 17 – Jurassic Park (original version)
  • Nov. 14 – Pick-A-Flick holiday movie to be selected by the general public.  Information and details forthcoming.

 

On Tuesday night, the WNBA Las Vegas Aces drew an announced attendance of 3,756 as the Aces defeated the Dallas Wings, 86-54, at Mandalay Bay Events Center to move to 14-6 in the standings.

Photo by Steve Rosenthal

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Alan Snel: Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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