HistoryMiami Museum Celebrates 100 years of Jai-alai On the eve of Magic City’s Jai-alai Labor Day weekend, dozens of jai-alai aficionados attended the HistoryMiami Museum for the special grand opening of their latest exhibit on jai-alai. The reception was put on by Magic City Jai-alai and the city of Miami and featured some great appetizers […]
Magic City Program Changes for Fall Pelota 2024 By Straymar First an important note is that both Jeden and Manu are not playing at the Friday 1:30-pm performance but are back for the Monday/Tuesday performances, so Ben is subbing for Jeden in games 1 & 2 along with Cabrera subbing for Manu in games 5 […]
Takeout Rate Changes for MC Fall Pelota 2024 – some Good News! By Straymar The takeout rate for trifectas has been 25% for both Magic City Fronton and Dania Beach Casino Fronton, however, starting tomorrow at the Fall opener at the Magic City Fronton the takeout rate on trifectas will be 3% lower, thus at […]
Details on Cancun Tournament – November 8-10th Here are more details on the Cancun Tournament being held the weekend of November 8-10th. For your guide, 300 MX (Pesos) is the equivalent to $15 USD. _
The long-anticipated weekend is here. Magic City Jai-alai’s big event – spreading over 3 days is upon us. This time, it is over the Labor Day weekend, allowing for what is expected to be a record player turnout. Dozens of amateur players from the USA will be competing on Friday in the U.S. National Jai-alai […]
“Bad Boys” Cap Donated to the Museum Check out this latest donation to the museum. This was donated by Michael Works, who went by the name “Cal” and wore number 44. He played at Palm Beach of course, and he also played pro in Newport. He had a strong right side and now lives in […]
Two Big Amateur Tournaments Coming Up in Cancun & St. Pete We are pleased to announce two big jai-alai tournaments coming up in the next six months – one of them in Cancun Mexico and one in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Salas brothers have set up an event for the weekend of November 8-10 in […]
Magic City’s “Battle Court” Season Opens September 2, 2024 Magic City’s exciting “Battle Court” action will be open again for a new season – on Labor Day – Monday September 2nd at 5pm. This will immediately follow the big weekend of the US National Championships and the World Super Cup the preceding three days. There […]
Dania’s 22-Player Roster Announced Dania’s has released its 22-player roster last week, as the three-month season (or shall we say “Tournament”) starts a little bit earlier this year on Friday, November 29th. By looking at Say Hi Li’s/Mo Crank’s story, it appears that there will be 7 new players making their debut, while 9 others […]
By Marty Fleischman The players, all carrying their cestas, descended the movable metal stairway which abutted the Eastern Airline prop jet. Their flight, Bilbao-Madrid-Miami-Tampa, was a long, tiring ordeal. But, these 40 young Basque athletes all had smiles on their faces, posing on the stairway for the many media assembled to get the obligatory picture […]
