Aviators® Announce 2024 regular season schedule; Season & home opener on Friday, March 29 against Reno at Las Vegas Ballpark®
(Las Vegas, NV) – September 5, 2023 – The Las Vegas Aviators® professional baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, today announced its 2024 regular season schedule in the franchises 41st season (1983 – present). The Aviators schedule will feature a total of 150
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(Las Vegas, NV) – September 5, 2023 – The Las Vegas Aviators® professional baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, today announced its 2024 regular season schedule in the franchises 41st season (1983 – present).
The Aviators schedule will feature a total of 150 games with 75 away games and 75 home games at Las Vegas Ballpark®.
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Las Vegas will open the 2024 campaign at Las Vegas Ballpark with a three-game series against intrastate rival, the Reno Aces, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, from Friday-Sunday, March 29-31.
The 2024 season will once again feature six-game series against opponents from Tuesday-Sunday and league-wide off days on Monday, with one exception: Monday, July 1 vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers at Las Vegas Ballpark. In addition, there will also be selected “three-game series” throughout the season to maintain fluency of the schedule.
“We are excited to announce the 2024 season schedule and the third campaign of playing a 150-game slate, with 75 home games at Las Vegas Ballpark,” Aviators President/COO Don Logan said. “It will also mark the 41st season of Triple-A professional baseball in Las Vegas and our fifth season in Las Vegas Ballpark.
“Our loyal fans have once again been outstanding as we are approaching the home stretch of the 2023 regular season. We thank the Aviators fans for their great support over the 40 seasons of professional baseball in the Silver State!”
The Aviators schedule will feature home and home series against opponents from the PCL West Division:
Reno Aces (Arizona Diamondbacks) 21 games; Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco Giants) 18 games; Salt Lake Bees (Los Angeles Angels) 21 games; Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners) 18 games.
PCL East Division will feature home and series against opponents: Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado Rockies) 12 games; El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego Padres) 18 games; Oklahoma City Dodgers (Los Angeles Dodgers) 12 games (nine games at Las Vegas Ballpark); Round Rock Express (Texas Rangers) 12 games; Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Houston Astros) 18 games.
The Aviators schedule will feature one 12-game homestand against Salt Lake and Tacoma from April 9-21.
Las Vegas will embark on one 12-game road trip against Reno and Sacramento from August 20 – September 1.
Game times for the 150-game season will be announced at a later date.
The Aviators, 68-63 overall (.519), are currently in a 12-game homestand. The second-part of the homestand will feature a six-game series against the Sacramento River Cats, Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, from Tuesday-Sunday, September 5-10. Las Vegas (34-23) and Tacoma (34-23) trail first-place Round Rock (35-22) by one game in the second-half.
Las Vegas will then embark on a six-game Texas road trip. The Aviators will face the Round Rock Express, Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, from Tuesday-Sunday, September 12-17. The Aviators will then host the Reno Aces in a six-game series from Tuesday-Sunday, September 19-24 to conclude the ’24 campaign.
NOTE: The Oklahoma City Dodgers are the winner of the PCL first-half and will host the winner of the second half in the best-of-three league championship series (LCS) from Tuesday-Thursday, September 26-28 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Dodgers have the best overall record in the 10-team PCL at 80-50 (.615).
The 2023 Triple-A National Championship Game will be held at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday, September 30 at 7 p.m. PT featuring the International League Champion vs. the Pacific Coast League Champion. The game will be carried live to a nationwide audience on MLB Network.
2024 Las Vegas Aviators season ticket packages and information are available by calling the Aviators administrative offices at (702) 943-7200 or emailing [email protected].
Official licensed Aviators team merchandise is available on the “Team Shop” section of the website at www.aviatorslv.com.
About Las Vegas Aviators®
The Las Vegas Aviators® have the proud distinction of being the longest enduring franchise in the history of professional sports in the state of Nevada. The 2023 campaign marks the 40th Anniversary Season in the Silver State (1983-2023) as a proud member of Triple-A professional baseball of the Pacific Coast League and the fourth season in Las Vegas Ballpark (8,196). The Aviators led all minor league baseball in 2019 attendance with a total of 650,934 for an average of 9,299. Las Vegas recorded 47 sellouts and 23 crowds of 10,000+.
In 2021, Las Vegas led Triple-A West in home attendance with a total of 428,369 for an average of 6,590.
The Aviators were the recipient of the 2021 Baseball America Triple-A Freitas Award, given to the organization of the year at each level of the Minor Leagues.
In 2022, Las Vegas led the PCL in home attendance with a total of 518,221 for an average of 6,910. It marked the second-highest attendance total for a single season in franchise history.
The Stars (1983-2000)/51s (2001-18)/Aviators (2019 - present) have reached the 300,000 mark in “home” attendance in all 40 seasons (36 seasons at Cashman Field, 1983-2018; Las Vegas Ballpark, 2019, 2021-23). The Aviators are in their fourth season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics and the franchise won the PCL championship in 1986 and 1988.
About Las Vegas Ballpark®
Las Vegas Ballpark®, located on eight acres in Downtown Summerlin® just south of City National Arena – practice facility for the Vegas Golden Knights, is the home of the Las Vegas Aviators®, the city's professional Triple-A baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. The team is wholly owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation®, developer of the award-winning master-planned community of Summerlin® and developer of Las Vegas Ballpark. With a wide range of seating options including 22 suites, club seats, berm seating, party zones and decks, picnic tables, kids' zone, bars and a pool beyond the outfield wall, Las Vegas Ballpark boasts a capacity of 8,196. Designed to host a variety of events in addition to baseball, the site is landscaped to complement the surrounding master-planned community. The site is easily accessed from all regions of the valley via the 215 Beltway. For more on Las Vegas Ballpark, visit www.thelvballpark.com.
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