Vegas Halo Fan

9 hours ago, angelsfan100 said:

How would that video board display work? It looks like a projection display. 

As illustrated, it probably wouldn't. Even if they found a way, like how they put graphics on a curved roof over Fremont Street, it would be at such an extreme angle that it would be virtually useless to anyone sitting on the first base side.

Another observation that came from these illustrations is that there is no apparent seating in left field. I can't imagine that many people willingly standing for an entire baseball game 

2 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

So no more Rendon topics ever?

Send him low enough in the minors and he might have a shot at achieving it.

On 3/5/2024 at 7:35 AM, Jason said:

$400 round trip will keep the poors off of it 

A lot of other people too.

I'm in. Enjoy it, gents.

2 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

I heard the name Aces is already taken by another team, possibly even right there in Las Vegas.

The two-time WNBA champions. Aces is also the name of Reno's AAA team (Diamondbacks farm club).

On 3/6/2024 at 8:23 AM, Dtwncbad said:

A’s stands for Athletics.  OK, so it would be the Las Vegas Athletics.

How about keep the A’s, but change what the A stands for, and be the Las Vegas Aces?

People keep suggesting this, despite the fact that the name is already taken and copyrighted by our WNBA team.

On 3/6/2024 at 4:54 PM, jsnpritchett said:

Brilliant job coming up with so many appropriate titles.

IMO they should have stayed with the Wild Wild West location on Tropicana west of I-15. I get the idea about Strip proximity. However, traffic on the Strip is already horrible without 35,000 people trying to get to a single location at the same time right at a major intersection.

On 3/6/2024 at 4:44 AM, Redondo said:

It should be enclosed for the heat

Like they did in Phoenix

It is. The open ends are enclosed by a series of glass panels.

From a Facebook post, credit America's Pastime: The Love for Baseball

1 hour ago, Richo said:

Thanks I've grown up with the sport living in Australia and was just wondering what an American perspective of the game was. The Vegas game was pretty massive news over here and they have committed to the season opening over there for the next 4 years so if my team is playing will probably head over. 

It made me a fan of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. They have one of the most unique names in sports, and I was surrounded by their fans in the south end zone. They were a blast to be around, even though their team lost.

16 hours ago, Richo said:

Just curious what you thought about the rugby league and was it your first time watching it? 

It was my first time seeing a live match. I know very little about the game. I only went because a friend who spent two years in graduate study in Australia gifted me the ticket. I found it entertaining once I gained a little more understanding of the rules. One thing that I found interesting was when a trainer would be bandaging a player on the field, and the game clock was still running. The clock doesn't stop for much. One interesting practice was kicking the ball into the stands along the sideline. The team that kicked it out then begins play at the spot on the field where the kick went out of bounds.

8 hours ago, greginpsca said:

The better question is, has he hit the ball out of the infield yet?

He actually had a hard hit ball to the outfield, but it was right at the right fielder.

His double play partner is Jackson Nicklaus - no relation to the famous pro golfer, despite the similarity in name.

They also have twin brothers in the bullpen - from my home town of Jacksonville, FL. Both throw in the mid 90s.

I also commend the organizers for misspelling Berkeley on the scorecards given out at the game.

I am at the Las Vegas Ballpark for Ohio State-Oklahoma in the College Baseball Classic. Reggie Willits is the associate head coach for the Sooners. His son Jaxon is playing shortstop, wearing his dad's #77.

Australian Rugby at Allegiant Stadium last night, which is a story for another time.

It's finally here. The milk that will never spoil. A marvel of modern science.

26 minutes ago, Jason said:

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time should be illegal to play. McCartney should be in jail for recoding it. 

I can't tell you how many times that I heard that crap over the holidays. The wife insisted on keeping the holiday music channel tuned in on SiriusXM. I must have heard it about a billion times - along with versions of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells by every known artist, living or dead. Add to this one All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey.

Brother Louie - Stories

Lola - Kinks

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

We Built This City - Starship

Don't know what the Knights are going to do. Eichel is on LTIR, and Stone has a lacerated spleen and is out for the rest of the regular season and possibly the first round of the playoffs. Supposedly Eichel was to have become available during the current road trip, but so far it hasn't happened. According to a local news story, three days ago he skated for the first time since injuring his knee.

On 2/27/2024 at 7:46 AM, Lhalo said:

So the bank, the accessor, the appraiser and the owner all agreed it was worth more than $18 million but a NY judge comes in and fines Trump for over $400 million? You people are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. 

Not quite.

In July 2020, the Trump Organization received an appraisal with a value of $84.5 million, but on the 2020 Statement the Trump Organization valued Trump Park Avenue at $135.8 million.

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Pretty much.  It sends you alerts for any crime that happens near you and people post live video of what's going on.  There's a paid version of it that allows you to have security guards that work for Citizen show up if you need help.  Lol. 

I can't imagine what could go wrong with that.

On 2/25/2024 at 6:50 PM, Tank said:

wow, my bucket list includes such mundane things as going to a home football game for ohio state. 

I'm doing my part to draw you out of your shell.

If you're interested, the Ohio State baseball team is playing in a four team tournament at the Las Vegas Ballpark March 1-3. I'm thinking about trying to catch one of the Oklahoma games. Cal and Pitt are the other two teams.

Bucket list places to visit.

Orkney, Scotland



Austria



Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, northwest of St. John's

15 hours ago, Lhalo said:

Except it is. 

No.

PR would be the most obvious reason. It can also create ties. Because of spring training associations, George Steinbrenner made generous financial contributions to the University of Florida. He had lights installed at their baseball stadium, and their state of the art music building bears his name. I believe that the Yankees once played the Gators on campus.