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MLB Labor Impasse Means Big League Weekend Spring Training Games At Las Vegas Ballpark Are Canceled March 12 and 13

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

The labor stoppage in Major League Baseball means the spring training games between the Cleveland Guardians and the Oakland Athletics at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin March 12 and 13 have been canceled.

The Big League Weekend games, which match two big league teams in Las Vegas every year, are a big attraction for spring training fans who enjoy visiting the Triple-A ballpark to see MLB spring games.

Aviators President Don Logan said MLB labor strife means no Big League Weekend in March.

“We hate to see the news that these Major League Baseball Spring Training games are canceled at Las Vegas Ballpark featuring our Aviators major league affiliate, Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Guardians,” Aviators President/COO Don Logan said. “We are looking forward to the beginning of the Minor League Baseball season with the Aviators home opener vs. Reno on Tuesday, April 5.”

Photo by Tom Donoghue

The team owners’ lockout of the players at the Major League Baseball level means that the first week of the regular season has been scrubbed, but the minor league team games are a go.

It’s Las Vegas and the LVCVA is the main sponsor of the ballpark so it’s usually showgirls for Big League Weekend.

Fans who bought the MLB spring training games for March 12-13 through ticketmaster.com will be refunded to the credit card used to purchase tickets. The Aviators noted refunds through ticketmaster.com can take up to 30 days.

Aviators season and group ticket buyers will be contacted directly by the ticket office with various options for Big League Weekend tickets that were purchased.

Photos by Tom Donoghue

PSA

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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