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Mar 28, 2022 · Benny Bueno, a former jai alai player who oversees player operations at Dania Beach, attributes the decline to the sport's antiquated betting model, with casinos relying on live audiences to...
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Scott Savin is clearly in charge. Or if he isn’t, he looks like he should be. Because he has his hands on almost every aspect of the show before during and after the Jai Alai Networkwas to go live for the draft. He introduced picks. He announced when dinner was served — and instructed the children to go up first — and he handed out schedules. He sh...
After concocting Battle Court, Savin had what he calls one of his “better ideas,” convincing at least four ownership groups to pay $100,000 each season to be team owners. There would be perks of ownership without all the payroll and hassle. Magic City provides a base player salary — it won’t reveal it — insurance, and a $500,000 bonus pool. There c...
Magic City’s jai alai product, Savin said, was initially “terrible.” “The Bad News Bears of Jai Alai,” he said. And not in a good way. Now, because there are no other domestic opportunities for players, the place houses a roster of national champions and a collective of international talents from Spain, France, Mexico, the Philippines, and Phillip,...
Enter “The Ocho”. Make that tres. As in ESPN 3. The sports entertainment monolith’s voracious appetite for live content has led it to buy bowl games and explore exotic programming to sate viewers’ verifiable desire for it. This summer, ESPN and Magic City announcedthe second Battle Court season, which begins on Sept. 23, would be offered via stream...
Michael and Nina Blechman are what you’d call good friends. Very, very good friends. So good that they never balked about forking over six figures to “own” a jai alai team for a few months. It wasn’t the prospect of buying the sweet purple Chula Chargers jersey Michael wore to the draft. Or the private party deck next to the court during games. Or ...
Aratz Mendizabal is just 20 but represents both the old guard and new of jai alai. A second-generation player who was born in Connecticut — where his father was playing professionally — he traces his roots to the Spanish Basque region where the sport is religion. Mendizabal returned to Spain to study the game, then migrated to South Florida to comp...
Tanard Davis is a series of subsets all to himself. The only Magic City player to win a Super Bowl, a BCS National Championship, and work as a cop in Georgia, the 39-year didn’t take up the game until the fronton was built in 2018. His subsequent Magic City doubles championship might not exactly compare to the ring he earned as a member of the Indi...
Enjoy the best of Miami at Magic City Casino. Las Vegas style games, world-class entertainment, smoking hot Poker tables, Jai-Alai and more at Miami's Magic City Casino. 450 NW 37th Avenue Miami, FL 33125. (305) 649-3000.
Mar 28, 2022 · What could be Jai Alai’s curtain call is taking place at Magic City Casino, where a small group of committed enthusiasts are doing all they can to save the game that originated in the Basque region of Spain and France but took root in Miami during the go-go days of of the 1970s and 1980s.
Mar 28, 2022 · What could be jai alai’s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, one of the last places the game is played as a professional sport.
