January 29, 2026: St. Petersburg, FL : Ever play jai-alai in the snow? Perhaps in the Basque region on the mountains and all if your outside. But in central Florida? Highly doubtful. That might come to an end as there is a 20% chance of snow flurries early Sunday morning, and that will be during […]
JAM Arena to Open Doors with Jai-alai and Much More Miami: January 28, 2026: The former Miami Jai-alai facility has sat dormant for many years, outside of a very short “season” of jai-alai played yearly before decoupling was approved nearly 5 years ago. The seats were literally falling apart; the old 1988 large TV sets […]
St Pete Cancha Closed till Next Thursday St. Petersburg, FLA: January 16, 2026: America’s first and only public jai-alai cancha will be absolutely closed till further notice – at least till next Thursday, January the 22nd. As reported to the Pelota Press by one of our contractors, Eric Lanctot, excellent progress was made on […]
Prior to Magic City Jai-Alai in 2018 and the subsequent creation of The World Jai-Alai League and of the Battle Court Jai-Alai team format most Americans who knew about Jai-Alai either remembered it from the opening credits of the ’80’s TV show “Miami Vice” or as a once exciting & unique sport described by their […]
Snow Flurries for a Jai-alai Tournament?
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsJanuary 29, 2026: St. Petersburg, FL : Ever play jai-alai in the snow? Perhaps in the Basque region on the mountains and all if your outside. But in central Florida? Highly doubtful. That might come to an end as there is a 20% chance of snow flurries early Sunday morning, and that will be during […]
JAM Arena to Open Doors with Jai-alai and Much More
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsJAM Arena to Open Doors with Jai-alai and Much More Miami: January 28, 2026: The former Miami Jai-alai facility has sat dormant for many years, outside of a very short “season” of jai-alai played yearly before decoupling was approved nearly 5 years ago. The seats were literally falling apart; the old 1988 large TV sets […]
St Pete Cancha Closed till Next Thursday
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsSt Pete Cancha Closed till Next Thursday St. Petersburg, FLA: January 16, 2026: America’s first and only public jai-alai cancha will be absolutely closed till further notice – at least till next Thursday, January the 22nd. As reported to the Pelota Press by one of our contractors, Eric Lanctot, excellent progress was made on […]
LIVING THE JAI LIFE VOL 1: Origins of Jai-Alai in The United States
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsPrior to Magic City Jai-Alai in 2018 and the subsequent creation of The World Jai-Alai League and of the Battle Court Jai-Alai team format most Americans who knew about Jai-Alai either remembered it from the opening credits of the ’80’s TV show “Miami Vice” or as a once exciting & unique sport described by their […]