America’s first and only public jai-alai court has just completed a total makeover, with a huge expansion of the court, bringing it in line with standard amateur courts around the world. This weekend will be filled with jai-alai excitement with over 30 players expected to play over the weekend with several Magic City players joining […]
There’s going to be a true “Magical” weekend at the “New” St. Pete Cancha. Yes, Walt Disney World is only 83 miles to the east. And yes, Magic Mike’s Computer Repair Store is just 1 mile to the west, but it’s going to be a different kind of magical weekend. While Magic Mike will be […]
The St. Pete Cancha is now closed as resurfacing of the entire court and out of bounds area is getting a major makeover. This is the last major step in the renovation and expansion of America’s first and only public court. The flooring was in pretty bad shape and was last recovered about 6 years […]
The J Laca Museum is expanding for the 4th time to make room for a large collection of jai-alai memorabilia just obtained since visiting Dania for the final weekend there. Additional walls are being extended and the Babe Ruth section getting relocated to make room for a whole bunch of new jai-alai stuff. The crown […]
A four-minute story that ran on NBC National Television is now available to view. Check it out https://www.nbcnews.com/video/it-s-the-end-of-an-era-for-jai-alai-in-the-u-s-127845445819
On December 2nd, 2022 Stu Neiman confirmed the following additions at Magic City. “Manu Ladutxe, Jairo Baroja, Robin Flores, Nicolas Eyheragaray, Inaki Goitiandia, Aratz Mendizabal & Ekaitz Mendizabal will join the roster in 2022. Each will play either parimutuel games, H2H matches or both.” “Based on the success and enthusiasm surrounding our annual U.S. National […]
Dania Jai-alai may have closed its doors last weekend with record crowds in their remodeled fronton last weekend, and the St. Pete Cancha is hoping to get their newly remodeled and expanded court broken in next weekend with about half the Magic City roster coming up to play, but that’s not stopping Matt DiDomizio from […]
We were still reeling from the early evening raid on Miami Jai-Alai. Fortunately, most of the media frenzy had died down. But it was definitely a challenge to keep a major corporation running after having all your current and past documents confiscated. Dan Licciardi, Operations Manager, had somehow gotten permission from the authorities to enter […]
Dania Jai-alai staged it’s last performances this past weekend, likely bringing an end of full court, goatskin covered pelota’s, a full roster with parimutual wagering jai-alai in the United States. It was an emotional farewell for a sport that has endured a 120-year run in the United States.. Dania had run itself for nearly 70 […]
Gentlemen, Attached is a spreadsheet of the contributions and expenses through 10/01/2021 and the Venmo Qrcode to send funds. We need people to dig down deep and contribute to this incredible renovation we have embarked upon. I will provide updates periodically to keep things transparent. Here is where we stand on the funds. Lower section […]
