MLB Cancels Big League Weekend Spring Training Games at Las Vegas Ballpark® between Cleveland vs. Oakland on Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13
(Las Vegas, NV) – March 4, 2022 – Major League Baseball announced that Big League Weekend Spring Training Games featuring the Cleveland Guardians vs. Oakland Athletics that was scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13 at Las Vegas Ballpark® have been canceled. Fans who purchased tickets to the Spring Training games for
(Las Vegas, NV) – March 4, 2022 – Major League Baseball announced that Big League Weekend Spring Training Games featuring the Cleveland Guardians vs. Oakland Athletics that was scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13 at Las Vegas Ballpark® have been canceled.
Fans who purchased tickets to the Spring Training games for Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13 through ticketmaster.com will be refunded to the credit card used to purchase tickets.
NOTE: The 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.
“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.”
Despite the impact of the work stoppage on Major League Baseball’s season, Minor League Baseball has a full season ahead, unaffected by the ongoing situation.
The Aviators will open the 150-game schedule with the 2022 home opener on Tuesday, April 5 against intrastate rival, the Reno Aces, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Aviators single-game tickets are on sale now through aviatorslv.com and the Las Vegas Ballpark Box Office. The box office hours (off season) are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed on Saturday and Sunday.
About Las Vegas Aviators®
The Las Vegas Aviators® have the proud distinction of being the longest enduring franchise in the history of professional sports in the state of Nevada. The 2021 campaign marked the 39th calendar season in the Silver State as a proud member of Triple-A professional baseball of Triple-A West (formerly the Pacific Coast League, PCL) and the second season in Las Vegas Ballpark (8,196). The Aviators led all minor league baseball in 2019 attendance with a total of 650,934 for an average of 9,299. Las Vegas recorded 47 sellouts and 23 crowds of 10,000+. In 2021, Las Vegas led Triple-A West in home attendance with a total of 428,369 for an average of 6,590.
The Aviators were the recipient of the 2021 Baseball America Triple-A Freitas Award, given to the organization of the year at each level of the Minor Leagues.
The Stars (1983-2000)/51s (2001-18)/Aviators (2019 - present) have reached the 300,000 mark in “home” attendance in all 38 seasons (36 seasons at Cashman Field, 1983-2018; Las Vegas Ballpark, 2019, 2021). The Aviators also completed their second season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics and the franchise won the PCL championship in 1986 and 1988.
About Las Vegas Ballpark®
Las Vegas Ballpark®, located on eight acres in Downtown Summerlin® just south of City National Arena – practice facility for the Vegas Golden Knights, is the home of the Las Vegas Aviators®, the city's professional Triple-A baseball team of Triple-A West (formerly the Pacific Coast League, PCL) and affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. The team is wholly owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation®, developer of the award-winning master-planned community of Summerlin® and developer of Las Vegas Ballpark. With a wide range of seating options including 22 suites, club seats, berm seating, party zones and decks, picnic tables, kids' zone, bars and a pool beyond the outfield wall, Las Vegas Ballpark boasts a capacity of 8,196. Designed to host a variety of events in addition to baseball, the site is landscaped to complement the surrounding master-planned community. The site is easily accessed from all regions of the valley via the 215 Beltway. For more on Las Vegas Ballpark, visit www.thelvballpark.com.
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