By Jeff “Laca” Conway Jai-alai aficionado Jesus Olivera and his wife became the first to attend the remodeled the JLaca Museum earlier this month. The museum added most of the artifacts from the Mark K collection in late March to greatly enhance the overall jai-alai experience, but the Corona virus has kept the doors locked […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway The USNJAC – better known as Magic City’s national jai-alai tournament – is still on and scheduled for the weekend of December 5-6th . This is the 4th date the highly anticipated event has been scheduled because of issues arising from the Corona virus. The event will go on unless closures […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway The house that jai-alai built. That’s how Tampa Bay tabloid Creative Loafing reported it. And now it’s for sale. Cigar City Brewing founder Joey Redner has put his South Tampa waterfront mansion up for sale. The 7,379 square-foot home was built in 1925 and has 6 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway The Pelota Press has confirmed – with 100% accuracy (barring Visa and COVID-19 issues)- that several of the top players in the world are playing at Miami Jai-alai this December and January. Star players Goiko, Lopez and Erkiaga are confirmed to play at America’s oldest fronton in Miami. This is […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway It appears the highly anticipated father-son team of Benny and Chris Bueno are out of the USNJAC tournament which is now set for December 5-6th at Magic City. The event, expected to garner a huge national “jai-alai” audience – not only in attendance but on YouTube’s Jai-alai Channel has been rescheduled with […]
By Jimmy V “Jai-Alai contains constant excitement and manly effort taken to the upmost limits.” Ernest Hemingway The Basque ballgame which Hemingway referred to has enveloped many lives including Dania’s Player Manager, Benny Bueno. Presently, Bueno is excited with jai-alai’s return following the suspension of the Merry Festival due to the pandemic. The fronton […]
By hilisusie Magic City Jai-Alai’s Scott Savin announced three major events during Friday’s noon Jai-Alai performance this week: The US National Jai-Alai Championship is now scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, December 5-6, shortly after the end of the Magic City Jai-Alai season which ends on Sunday, November 29th. There are currently 35-40 confirmed entrants with more […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway Miami Jai-alai will likely be reopening this season – December 1st as the target date. The season is expected to run for two months, during the months of December and January. The plans are for about a 20-man roster with all the games being played at singles. The roster is expected to […]
The highly anticipated Magic City tournament is still trying to pull off their national event which would feature 60 players – both amateurs and professionals – with a walloping $20,000 in prize money up for grabs. With COVID-19 causing problems more than Donald Trump could imagine, the event, originally scheduled for April 25-26 was been […]
