Matt is hosting a big tournament this weekend – October 2nd thru the 4th . Several players are expected to compete, including some top players from the Tampa Bay area and Miami. The three-day event will be hosted over the first weekend of the month, a beautiful time of the year for the Nutmeg state.
The event has a “Pick your Partner”, “Double Elimination” format.
A Singles Event will start Friday at 12 noon.
A Doubles Event will start Saturday at 9am.
Sunday kicks off at 10am, with the Playoffs and Finals for those that qualify.
First and Second place will be rewarded with trophies for the Singles and Doubles for the Elite and Major Divisions.
DiDomizio is asking for players to wear WHITE PANTS with TEAM JERSEYS of same color is highly recommended.
Entry fees have been announced at:
$75.00 for Singles and $150 for Doubles ($75 a player) for all local players.
Those travelling get a discount with fees at $50 for Singles and $100 for Doubles ($50 per player)
Miami, FLA: September 17, 2026: World Jai-alai has started its season with both pari-mutual wagering and Battle Court sports betting this week, but will have its “Opening Night” at the JAM arena Friday night, September 18th. That means “Open to the public”, and the Hard Rock app is doing an amazing promotion.
This promotion is unlike any other I’ve seen in 53 years of watching jai-alai. Up to 80% of your bet will be returned if you lose! Yep. Make a $50 wager, and if you lose, you will get back $40 of that money. The numbers are lower on smaller bets, but still a great deal.
You must be at the JAM arena in Miami – the original 100-year-old cancha and fronton to make these bets.
A booth will be set up. Smaller bets, like $10 or $20, will get a 50% return if you lose. They might be focusing on getting the slot machine players to check out jai-alai and marketing their regulars with promotions. I was at Calder Jai-alai when they opened to a packed house of over 600 spectators, all likely casino players.
St. Petersburg. FL: For years, I have been pushing Connecticut Amateur Jai-alai owner Matt DiDominzio to change the color of the pelota’s he orders to white but for some reason that never went anywhere.
His last batch of pelota’s were a heavier and faster 151-gram ball. But Matt said they were too fast on his cancha. The only way we could get more of them was to order 200 of them. He was going back to a slower and lighter ball. Two hundred! At a bulk price of just $10 each, we are looking at about $2,200 in cash – with shipping – just to obtain more of them. Two hundred balls is the minimum number the company will make at a time.
Then Puryear Park’s “Big” Mark Thornton and Mark Butler stepped up and basically rounded up the money ($2,000) with Eric Auman covering the shipping costs. Nearly 20 players have chipped in at $10 a ball, with a few players ordering 25 balls apiece.
Thorton agreed with me on the white balls. The balls are wrapped in white tape for two reasons. One is to SEE the ball better in white coming off the green wall and the other is for aerodynamics of the ball. That is the study of the properties of moving air and the interaction between the air and the ball moving through it, and air flows around it. Without tape, the ball will fly like an unlicensed pilot.
Why have a green ball or a tan colored ball that can easily get lost coming off the green wall – especially when it’s getting dark out. With the new white ball, it will remain white. And Matt DiDominzio has been adamant that after a ball is thrown a few times, it won’t need tape – period. If that is the case, tape might not be needed at all, but he noted that the ball might get some of the walls green color on it. To me, a big bonus is the potential to get rid of the white tape markings that cover the front, side and back walls over time, making them unsightly.
There will likely be a handful of pelota’s leftover for sale, and we will have them available for sale at the cancha or on this website under the link “Store” for $15 each with $5 going to the Puryear Park Jai-alai renovations fund.
The new white pelota’s will weigh 151 grams each, this being named the “Matt Barcardi 151 Pelota”. It will be anxious to see how the new pelota’s play out. The arrival time is anywhere from 1-3 months, hopefully on the earlier side.
Miami: September 3, 2026: When February of 2027 rolls around, Rob Gough will be in full control of the World Jai-alai league. Right now, he is the owner of one of the franchises (The Fireballs) with its current season about to start in a couple of weeks. His plans are to make jai-alai a major sport and hopes within thirty (30) years to make it the “next NBA”. Most of us won’t be around by then, but at the age of 42, Rob has the time, ambition, the funds, and connections to pull this off. This couldn’t come at a better time as jai-alai has suffered for the past three decades and has undergone massive changes with Magic City/World Jai-alai inception. Their social media has been phenomenal, video production and the way people bet on the sport. Gough’s plans are ambitious to say the least, and we will get into that later. He says his phone has been “ringing off the hook” with interested buyers.
Who is Rob Gough?
Rob was raised in Indiana and later attended Ball State University when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and underwent chemotherapy to overcome it. He has a degree in Business with a focus on Marketing from the Kelley School of Business. He is married to Cassie Gough and has lived in Los Angeles.
In 2002, Gough started his first business called “Bidaroo”. This was a penny auction website that later sponsored an entry in the Indianapolis 500 race. Ten years later he co-founded “Eckim” a company that operated coupon and auction websites. He was a self-made millionaire then then. He served as it’s president until it was sold to Quotient Technology in 2014. He was then operating in several private investing activities and was even profiled in the New York Times in May of 2014. In 2017, he acquired the LA based streetwear brand “Dope Couture”. He sold it three years later.
Connections made through his successful business dealings in Los Angeles led to acting roles with John Travolta, Bruce Willis, and Terrace Howard.
But movies aren’t the only thing he’s known for. He also owns nice sports memorabilia collection such as the 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card he purchased in 2021 for $5.2 million dollars, the Wayne Gretzky jersey worn while scoring his final point in the NHL (a record 2,857 points), and a Michael Jordan jersey worn in the 1998 NBA finals. He also owns Wilt Chamberlain’s rookie uniform from 1959. As a memorabilia collector myself, these are great investments that appreciate over the years. Look at the value of the Honus Wagner T206 card alone. Four years ago, one of them sold for $7.25 Million. That card is every collectors dream.
Getting into the Jai-alai Scene
Then earlier this year, Rob Gough got introduced to jai alai. How he got hooked up at this time is unknown, but he has always loved sports, and he quickly learned about the 100-year history of the sport in Miami and was fascinated by it. When he witnessed jai-alai in person for the first time in Miami he “was hooked”. And as he told Gambling Insider, “It’s amazing. The speed, the danger. I like that stuff. The dangerous consequences, I think, are very important for this sport. People don’t realize. They watch Formula 1 because of the driver could veer off and hit a wall. And there’s dangerous consequences. Or they watch UFC because a player could get hit and injured. But they don’t understand the consequences of this, when there’s a ball that as hard as a rock going close to 200 miles an hour and you get hit by that, you only have a helmet on. These guys are elite athletes. I don’t think people realize, they’re dodging this, and they’ve got to have good reflexes, and there’s a lot more that goes into it. I tried to throw the ball on the court. That’s more difficult that you could eve imagine. Once you dive in and realize what’s going on, you learn the game. I just appreciate it.”
He quickly bought a franchise, and things apparently took off from there.
Here is where things get interesting. World Jai alai was NOT for sale. However, Rob was not going to give up. He wanted to own everything. His persistence eventually convinced the Havernick family to sell. Gough said, “It was a long process, but it worked out great.” The executive structure set up on the current WJAL will remain in tack as the season opens September 15th. Gough’s plan for his additions to the program – personnel and input – to be ready for the start of the next season in February. Rob will be learning a lot about the business of jai-alai and the way it operates during the fall and winter months approaching.
The purchase price of the league is unknown, and since it was a private deal, we may never know. But who really cares? Our great sport is about to enter a new era never encountered before.
What’s Next for Jai-alai?
When asked by Gambling Insider what changes will he prioritize, Gough replied “Watching on television and watching online is a big priority for me to elevate. I think there’s a lot of ways that we can make this look a lot better for that audience. So that’s going to be a big one. The fan experience in the count, in the area, that’ll be another big one for me to elevate and make it better. We’ll obviously highlight it a fantastic sport to watch in person. But I want the fans to feel an experience, and there’s a lot of ways to do that that. I think we’re missing out on at the moment. I think we’re missing out on storytelling. It’s the Fireballs vs. the Warriors, but you don’t really know anything about the players, their backgrounds, their stories, how they are as a person. So that’s going to be very important for me. You as a fan, will want to know and it will help you become closer to the players and the teams.” Gough makes a great statement here. As a big baseball fan, we all know about the players, their background. For example, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is a very talented second baseman for the Yankees but is very immature and known to hot dog things. Just this past week, the radio announcer for the Red Sox called him a “bush leaguer” for stealing second and third base with his team enjoying a big lead and demanded his pitcher plunk the next batter to send a message. People like to know about their athletes they watch on their favorite team. You know if they are an asshole or a great guy and want to win as a team.
More ideas by Rob Gough include the uniforms themselves. “I even want to redo the uniforms and make those more elevated. Obviously, the online look and feel with the website and the social media, I want to elevate that. A big thing is, I’m going to be thinking long, long term, selling the teams to individuals, instead of just on a rental basis like we’ve been. That’s been the business models in the past. So, selling teams forever, to individuals, that have this long-term vision and can bring a lot to the table also, that’ll be something. We’ll be announcing who those buyers are in the near future. We’ve already had a lot of interest in people wanting to buy those. Also, adding more sportsbooks. I think that’ll be an opportunity for growth for us and getting the fans more opportunities and more way to bet on us. I think wagering for us, for me, is more of an engagement layer. And really my man focus is building a sports and entertainment property.
National Celebrities for Publicity
Gough has some big plans involving national celebrities for publicity. As he told Gambling Insider “The fan experience will be full of, yes, actors, influencers, celebrities, athletes. I just got off the phone with a major actor who is excited to be a part of it.” He did tell Gambling Insider who it was, but the forum did not release its detail. I have an idea who this person might be from watching a YouTube video last month made by World Jai-alai, and I can assure you as far as influencers go, this alone will be huge with millions of followers. We’ll let Rob release the details when and if a deal is reached.
Gough added “I want it to be cool for the fans and cool for those people, for them to see other celebrities that they know and recognize. And then for the fans to say, “Oh did you see that person there?”
Going National with Teams
Perhaps the biggest news about these plans is going national with the teams. As Gough said “Listen, I love Miami, I don’t want to get rid of the Miami culture or history. But the teams will have cities attached to them in the future. So, it won’t be the Renegades vs the Warriors . It’ll be….lets call it the New York City Renegades vs the Tampa Bay whatever. I will add that.” This is likely the $10 million dollar price tag for a franchise that we brought up a couple of weeks ago on this site that he is referring to.
ESPN and more Sportsbooks Plans
The streaming of Battle Court will continue under Gough’s operation on ESPN and other regional sports networks. Gough plans to investigate everything possible and get much bigger than it currently is. “I bought this thing to make it the next NBA”, Gough said.
Gough admitted he was not an expert on sportsbooks and their operations, but he will be looking into additional outlets to wager on.
Gough’s Involvement in Jai-alai
“Dude, I’m all in. I mean, I’m working non-stop on this. Obviously, Scott (Savin) is fantastic, and he’s doing a great job on this duties and what he does. On my side, I’m kind of just adding my touch and trying to implement all my crazy ideas and changes and bringing all my relationships and things to just take what Scott has bult in the past and take it, continue on that path to where everybody has dreamed that it can go to”, he told Gambling Insider.
Gough told The Sporting News that he was impressed with the leagues previous leadership for developing an online audience that includes more than 1 million social media followers and TikTok video with more than 15 million views. However, he does not intend to preserve the current operation in place. “The previous operators have done a fantastic job in a lot of ways” Gough told The Sports News. “But I plan on changing a lot. Elevating everything to make it better”. Those plans include a redesigned television production, changes to how the equipment and action is presented and an upgrade online presence and a more immersive experience inside the JAM Arena. “The fan experience will be amazing. You’re going to come and the kids and adults will feel special. It will be a unique and interesting evening, full of influencers and celebrities and a night to remember.”
Gough has been working on a television show with a major actor, along with a “docuseries” focusing on his acquisition of the World Jai alai League and his experience as a team owner. He plans to sell teams carefully, prioritizing owners who can attract attention, build recognizable identities, and invest for the long term. “I’m curating team owners” Gough told The Sporting News. “I’m selling teams which is interesting. I’m worried about who those team owners are and if they can elevate those teams, and in 30 years make this the next NBA”
“The demand for teams, for people buying the teams, as been bananas”, Gough told The Sporting News. “My phone has been blowing off the hook. I’m working crazy hours
with people trying to buy teams. It’s a lot of work!”.
Jai-alai Fans Dream Come True
For us jai alai fans, we have seen the ups and downs over the decades. The 1960s, the 1970s and most of the 1980s were incredible for those mainly in Florida, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. After more than three decades of gloom, things might be changing. I’ll be in my hundreds – 30 years from now as well as many of you reading this. Let’s hope we are still around then to see how this plays out.
Rastock’s “Rebels” Win Inaugural Battle Court Event at Puryear Park
August 31, 2026: St. Petersburg, Fla: George Steinbrenner once said there’s only one thing more important that winning, and that’s breathing. There’s one word in Rastock’s vocabulary that doesn’t’ exist, and that is losing. On a long, hot – and I mean VERY HOT day, he proved it again along with his co- MVP award players Eric Auman and Seminole King with a solid victory Saturday morning/ afternoon. I also could have added evening to that – and yes this was a long day. And I mean VERY LONG day to boot. Making it worse, the heat index on the 98% cloud-free day reached 109 degrees, making conditions for the crowd of 48 miserable.
The last two tournaments held on America’s first public court couldn’t have possibly asked for more than the two contrasting weather conditions we have experienced. Scott King’s event in early February was played under freezing conditions that even saw snow flurries in the neighborhood in the early morning of the second day of the event. This past Saturday was well above “heat advisory conditions” where you shouldn’t be out there doing anything – much less playing jai-alai.
Borrowing the format from Magic City Jai-alai, Rastock came up with the idea of hosting a similar event at his “newfound” home in St. Pete. Four of our top frontcourt players were chosen as Team Captains to pick 5 additional players to put the together a 6-player team. A draft was held earlier in the month at Glory Days Grill – who was sponsoring the event. A total of 24 players would compete in a one-day event that was held August 29th.
First Round Semi
Barracudas vs Rollers
Seed Team Scores Result
1 Brodie/Scott 3 7 6
Rule/Matt 7 6 7 Rollers Win, now Lead Total Games 1-0
4 Ty/Thomas 7 3 7 Barracudas Win, now Tied Total Games 1-1
Mike/Cachin 5 7 2
3 Brodie/Paul K 6 5 x
Daniel/Matt 7 7 x Rollers Win, now Lead Total Games 2-1
6 Armndo/Thomas 4 6 x
Cachin/Leo 7 7 x Rollers Win, now Lead Total Games 3-1
2 Ty/Scott 4 6 x
Daniel/Rule 7 7 x Rollers Win Total Games 4-1 and Advance
5 Armndo/Paul K x x x
Mike/Leo x x x
Rollers win trip to the finals 4-1
Second Round Semi
Rebels vs Aces
4 Butler/Fred 7 7 x Rebels Win, now Lead Total Games 1-0
Alex/Belota 2 4 x
3 Seminole/Garby 7 7 x Rebels Win, now Lead Total Games 2-0
Armenta/RG3 0 4 x
1 Rastock/Garby 4 7 7 Rebels Win, now Lead Total Games 3-0
Anthony/Belota 7 5 4
5 Eric/Seminole 5 7 7 Rebels Win Total Games 4-0 and Advance
Alex/Chip 7 5 4
2 Rastock/Butler x x x
Armenta/Anthony x x x
6 Eric A/Fred x x x
RG3/Chip x x x
Rebels win trip to the finals – 4-0
Finals
Rebels vs Rollers
4 Butler/Fred 4 6 x
Mike/Cachin 7 7 x Rollers Win, now Lead Total Games 1-0
1 Rastock/Garby 7 5 7 Rebels Win, now Tied Total Games 1-1
Rule/Matt 2 7 1
5 Eric A/Seminole 7 7 x Rebels Win, now Lead Total Games 2-1
Mike/Leo 2 4 x
2 Rastock/Butler 7 7 x Rebels Win, now Lead Total Games 3-1
Daniel/Rule 0 3 x
6 Eric A/Fred 7 7 x Rebels Win Total Games 4-1 and Win Tournament!
Cachin/Leo 2 6 x
3 Seminole/Garby x x x
Daniel/Matt x x x
Rebels win the Battle Court Finals 4-1
What could be done the next time we host an event list this?
Overall, the event was a lot of fun. You cannot control the weather. And taxpayers are not going to spend a dime on a roof for our cancha like the $500 Million that will be asked of the public to put a cover over the Tampa Bay Bucs Raymond James Stadium so snots like me sitting in our club seats get shade and the players get better workout conditions. Perhaps hold the event not during the summer – which runs June 21st to September 20th. Its hot and always a chance of rain showers. The other 9 months are fine. The Scott King weather we experienced was a once in a 15-year event for coldness. Saturday’s 109 degree feel like was about as hot as it can get here. About as bad as Vegas in the summer.
The event was too long. This one could have easily gone into the evening hours. Perhaps spread it out over two days – a long weekend (Saturday and Sunday) or over two weekends with the first two rounds one day and the final round another day the following weekend. There was some grumbling from players that only got to play once as their later games were not needed because their team had already lost 4 rounds and the games were not needed. Those are the X’s you see listed in the scores above. Initially those games were to be played but that was ruled out eventually due to timing and the fact that the team that had already won would have conserved their energy for the finals and not tried hard. The event lasted 5 hours and 50 minutes but could have gone much longer if all the X’s listed above had been an actual game.
I also felt players should at least wear the same designated colored shirt of their team in all the games to make it less confusing. But Matt in Connecticut has tried to make players wear white and pants only on multiple occasions to no avail. It was like security guards trying to stop spectators from taking videos on bands they are watching in concert. They finally gave up on that practice a few years ago. I always wondered, what is someone going to do with that video on his phone – sell it? Don’t bands want people promoting you and putting you up on YouTube?
Also, a banner of Glory Days hanging in the rafters would have been nice as they were the official sponsor. Maybe next time. Also broadcasting live on YOUTUBE @TampaJaiAlai.
Odds and Ends
Best catch of the day? Had to be “Sea Cow” Leo deep in the backcourt with an amazing catch that he almost lost his head on…..It was cool watching brothers Mark Butler and Daniel compete in the same game against each other. Both played great…..I was also impressed with the play of Thomas, Eric A, Fred and especially Seminole King…….Spotted in the crowd – former Tampa Jai-alai starts Corky and Art……The start time of the event was 10:28am and ending was 4:18pm…..Unfortunately we did not get a group photo of every player, so the group shot you see is missing several that left after getting eliminated. We did get a group photo of the winning team as noted on the home page……The winning team’s players each win a certificate from the sponsors – Glory Days – of free chicken wings….Several spectators donated money for the funds always needed to keep the cancha up in good playing condition….The front wall played and looked well, as well as the red markings around the perimeter of the side wall……
St. Pete: August 26, 2026: Work is moving along and on schedule at Puryear Park, as organizers scramble to get the cancha up to “Tournament” standards in anticipation of Saturdays’ Battle Court Event.
See the multiple videos taken by Rastock and a court image of the repairs now underway. The St. Pete court will remain closed till around Friday at 4pm. The first ever Battle Court Event takes place Saturday at 10:30am. It might be a long day, and rain is in the forecast sometime later in the day.
The lineups are noted here.
Here is how the event plays out:
Brodie’s team plays Rule’s team first. 6 matches with 2out 3 sets to 7 points. Whichever team wins 4 matches, that ends it. If tied at 3-3, the Division 1 teams play one 9-point tiebreaker.
Up next, Rastock’s team plays Anthony’s team. Same format at Brodie’s team playing Rule as noted above. Whoever wins 4 matches will then play the Brodie/Rule winning team.
The finals use the same format – 6 matches of doubles. Whoever wins 4 matches wins the tournament and chicken wings from Glory Days. If this is tied, again the division 1 guys play 1 set to 9 to determine the winner.
St. Pete: August 23, 2026: America’s first and only public jai-alai court will be closed to the public this Wednesday thru late Friday afternoon an in anticipation of its first ever “Battle Court” Event this Saturday. So, the cancha will be off limits on August 26th, 27th and a good portion of Friday the 28th. The event starts at 10:30am Saturday, the 29th. A large tent will be set up for spectators for shade protection, as this is Florida in the summertime and feel like temps can easily hit 100 degrees with the sun out.
Renovations are a needed, ongoing necessity for any outdoor facility that takes a daily beating like this cancha does.
Starting Wednesday, led by the great Puryear Park court contracting crew of Scott King and Eric Lanctot, court founder Paul Kubala. Volunteers Rastock, Garby, Butler, Alex will be assisting them in this week’s project.
Hopefully they will be able to complete the final repairs to the front wall (as noted in video). A stucco crew will chip off the loose areas and float out coating of sika quick VOH vertical grout. This alone is a major project.
Other work needed includes reattaching a 3” pole at the gate and fix the large overhead sunscreen that also protects spectators outside the cancha with the huge netting.
Some spline on the top of the side wall will be replaced.
And for cosmetic reasons to help judge calls going off the court, red paint metal strip on the side wall at the top and the choppa. Balls are considered off the court when it hits the top of the wall, which the red will help identify better. Same old true for the front wall’s choppa.
Miami, FLA: August 14, 2026: We have a lot more details to share on the sale of the “World Jai alai Leage” to actor & entrepreneur Rob Gough.
First, people need to know a little bit more about jai alai. There are some stories out there with the headline like “World Jai Alai League Begins its Second Century Under New owner Rob Gough”. Sorry, but I’ve got dogs, cats, and saltwater fish older than the World Jai Alai League and none of them are named Dick Van Dyke, either. OK, I know, they are trying to say Jai alai has been at that location and is entering the second century, but no leagues ever existed for 9 ½ decades plus. You ask anyone in the Tampa Bay area “What is jai-alai”, and they will tell you it is a great beer brewed here and on tab in about every bar & restaurant in the area. Jai-alai has new blood and an envision that could dramatically change its perception in America.
Attention Rob Gough: Definity get with Joey Redner at Cigar City Brewing and Monster Beverage, now owners of Jai alai beer for a unique sponsorship relationship.
Here are some details of the sale:
Scott Savin is remaining onboard and will continue day-to-day COO functions. This is a wise decision. He’s brilliant and no one has his experience in the parimutuel industry and developing casinos around it. Gulfstream Racing, Dania Beach Casino/Jai alai, Magic City Casino, Magic City Jai-alai and finally the JAM arena. No financial details have been released, but Savin is a likely investor/owner in the project and has been for 9 years now starting with Magic City Jai alai and the good old Nate “The Great” days.
There will be no Human Resource changes in the organization. Again, great news. The foundation is in place, ready to move forward. Awesome production and social media already exist, but that will be enhanced to levels never thought possible. More on that later.
Rob Gough had bought a team franchise at the beginning of the year and the plan all along was to have him take over ownership of the entire operation.
Gough has “a long-term vision to modernize one of America’s most historic professional sports traditions and carry it into its second century” according to a press release.
The press release also says that the World Jai alai league will invest in an elevated live experience, enhanced broadcast production, premium storytelling, expanded digital content and a modern commercial platform built around its athletes, teams and partners.
The league will pursue that transformation while preserving its traditions, distinctive style of play and connection to Miami that have defined the sport for generations.
Gough said “Jai Alai already has what most modern sports properties spend years and fortunes trying to create: extraordinary athletes, unmatched speed, authentic history, and a deep connection to Miami. My role is not to reinvent what makes the sport special. It is to give it the investment, presentation and platform it deserves and to build a league capable of carrying jai alai into its next century”.
This all sounds exciting. As reported yesterday, eight figure numbers ($10 million and up) is the reported cost to be a team owner. Will cities like Vegas, New York or LA have teams? Would that price include a fronton?
Gough has been a very successful entrepreneur since his mid-20s and his devotion to sports is evident in that he made international headlines by buying a 1952 rookie Topps Mickey Mantle card for a record breaking $5.2 million dollars.
Miami: August 13, 2026: World Jai-alai has been sold. Yes, that is correct. A jai-alai team owner, actor and entrepreneur, Rob Gough is now the owner of World Jai-alai and the operator of the JAM arena. He has made the purchase of the entire organization from the Havenick family, who formally owned the Flagler Dog Track where Magic City Casino stands now, and of course, the old Magic City Jai-alai.
We have no word on if Scott Savin is still involved now. This explains why there are no tournament events, normally held in early September (including the big amateur event), from being scheduled.
Big changes are coming to the sport of jai-alai, and Gough is not playing around. The entire structure of the team format that currently exists, will be go bye-bye at some point. Instead of buying the right to a team for one year, the American Siege star is now looking for team investors with the asking price of 8 figures, which equates to $10 million dollars and up $99 M. Other ideas are coming regarding the sport, and will be feature a story on that as we obtain more details on the plan.
Gough has totally fallen in love with the sport, its history, cultural meaning and says the sport has unrealized potential. He realizes this is not a one-year thing and wants investors who can envision twenty (20) years from now where the sport could be. With $10 million dollar investors, jai-alai has the potential expand and grow nationally to other cities like Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and others with investors from those areas.
This news is the best jai-alai has had in past 35-40 years. Lets wish them the best of luck, and a big thank you to the Havenick Family and especially Scott Savin for all they have done in the past 9 years.
