The second annual International Loren Harris Jai-alai Tournament will be held at the Fronton Salas February 3-5 in Cancun, Mexico. Under the direction of Maestro Alejandro Diaz Perez, all amateur and professional pelotaris are invited to participate in this huge event. The unfortunate loss of Loren Harris was devastating and still hard to imagine. […]
In order to get a vote on an amendment to the Florida Constitution, you need to gather well over a half-million signatures of Florida voters. This was accomplished during the first part of 2004. Then, there were challenges to the legitimacy of the signatures, a challenge to the wording of the amendment. Amendment 4 was […]
Jai-Alai Battle Court 2022 II Final Championship Matches were held on Friday night Nov. 18 where the Rebote Renegades defeated the top seeded Cesta Cyclones. Congratulations Rebote Renegades! Here are the final match scores for the 5-matches where the first squad to win 3-matches wins the 2022 Battle Court Finals: 1: Goixerri-RonRon defeated Ikeda-Manny 6-3, […]
As first reported on the Say Hi Li site, the Magic City Casino is getting sold. Rumors of a sale of the valuable casino have been floating around for several months but was recently confirmed by Stu Neiman. “While a change in the ownership of Magic City Casino may be taking place, there will be […]
With Dania jai-alai making a surprising reopening in just a matter of days away, management and fans are optimistic that the 69-year-old Dania fronton can make a comeback. The season will be in a tournament form and operating during the months of December and January. Parimutuel wagering will be available for all performances. The […]
A huge jai-alai reunion was recently held in Markina-Xemein, which is in the Basque region of northern Spain. A total of 92 jai-alai players were in attendance. Some of the names and faces we were able to notice included Bolivar, Echevea, Gorostola, Salazar and Tello. You can watch the video here
This week we had an election. In Florida, there were three amendments on the ballot. None of them passed. It is very difficult to get voters to approve constitutional amendments in our state. It is virtually impossible to get any gambling amendment passed. Florida voters overwhelmingly turned down casino-type gambling in 1978, 1986, and 1994. […]
If there were any kind of a Board of Directors table for the sport of jai-alai, there is certainly one name that that would be sitting up there in the front of it. That would be Francisco Eloririaga, better known as to most fans as “Elorri”. On Saturday morning, Elorri made his debut at America’s […]
By Straymar Battle Court Jai-Alai matches and Pelota game performances (aka pari-mutuel wagering events) are set for 2023 and here is the scoop per Stu Neiman on 02-November: Battle Court and Pelota from February through mid-December with a mid-season break August will be a break from Battle Court & Pelota for some well-deserved time off […]
Note to Readers: Some might have noticed; it’s been a while since my last posting. I just returned from a 6-week road trip to the Northeast, Nova Scotia and Quebec. Feeling rested (after over 6,000 miles of driving) I will write the final chapters in my 41-year saga of my life with Jai-Alai. Thanks for […]
