By Jeff “Laca” Conway Cancun, Mexico: The pandemic has delayed things considerably, but the Fronton Salas in Cancun has been slowly adding on improvements to getting the long anticipated project completed. As you can see from the video, a new roof has been added and some seating area up in the front of the court. […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway In early July 2018, the owners of Magic City Casino were granted a permit from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering commission to open another jai-alai fronton in the downtown Miami area at 3050 Biscayne Blvd. Their plans were to run a jai-alai schedule from May through November and also allow […]
One of our PR goals for Ocala Jai-Alai was to help out the local community. Here we contributed baseball jerseys to the local youth baseball league in the adjacent community of Orange Lake. The headline in the Ocala Star Banner on the front page read, “Jai-Alai opens to sparse crowd.” The Gainesville Sun had a […]
Gorrono, making his return to the United States, played his first season in Tampa and the inaugural Ocala Jai-Alai season. Here he shows Ocala employees and aspiring amateur Jai-Alai players the proper way to catch the pelota. From l. to r., Rick Bergman (announcer), Steve Bourie (mutuel calculator), Gorrono, Marty Fleischman (PR Director), Andy de […]
Cancun Amateur Fronton Adds Court Additions
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsBy Jeff “Laca” Conway Cancun, Mexico: The pandemic has delayed things considerably, but the Fronton Salas in Cancun has been slowly adding on improvements to getting the long anticipated project completed. As you can see from the video, a new roof has been added and some seating area up in the front of the court. […]
Settlement Paving Way for Edgewater Jai-alai to Open?
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsBy Jeff “Laca” Conway In early July 2018, the owners of Magic City Casino were granted a permit from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering commission to open another jai-alai fronton in the downtown Miami area at 3050 Biscayne Blvd. Their plans were to run a jai-alai schedule from May through November and also allow […]
A Storm is Brewing
Marty Fleischman BlogsOne of our PR goals for Ocala Jai-Alai was to help out the local community. Here we contributed baseball jerseys to the local youth baseball league in the adjacent community of Orange Lake. The headline in the Ocala Star Banner on the front page read, “Jai-Alai opens to sparse crowd.” The Gainesville Sun had a […]
Gorrono, The Name Rolls Off Your Tongue
Marty Fleischman BlogsGorrono, making his return to the United States, played his first season in Tampa and the inaugural Ocala Jai-Alai season. Here he shows Ocala employees and aspiring amateur Jai-Alai players the proper way to catch the pelota. From l. to r., Rick Bergman (announcer), Steve Bourie (mutuel calculator), Gorrono, Marty Fleischman (PR Director), Andy de […]