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Baseball
The Las Vegas 51s , a class AAA team affiliated to the San Diego Padres,
have in recent years repeatedly triumphed in the Pacific Coast League.
They recently changed their name from the Las Vegas Stars, in honor of
Nevada's legendary Area 51, and play around seventy home games between
April and Labor Day each year at Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd N (phone
386-7200, ). Admission prices start at $4.
Boxing
In the last 25 years, Las Vegas has taken over from New York as the
world capital of boxing . A heavyweight title fight brings so many
high-rollers into town that the major casinos will pay almost any purse
to the boxers concerned (upwards of $20 million per in some cases), and
they're still doing so despite fiascos like the infamous ear-biting bout
between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.
The three principal players have long been Caesars Palace , which for
big fights erects an arena in its back lot capable of holding up to
30,000 people; the MGM Grand , with its 15,000-seat Garden; and the
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Mandalay Bay has ventured into hosting championship boxing
and Ultimate Fighting Championship as well, and
some fights also take place at the University's Thomas & Mack Center,
4505 S Maryland Parkway (phone 895-3761). Ticket prices depend completely
on demand; the cheapest seats for a welterweight fight can be as little
as $50, but for Oscar de La Joya they're more likely to range between
$500 and $2500.
In addition, the Orleans, 4500 W Tropicana Ave (phone 365-7570), stages
Friday-night boxing roughly once a month in its Mardi Gras ballroom,
featuring three men's bouts and one women's, with tickets priced at $15
to $40.
College Sports
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, plays its home basketball games at
the Thomas & Mack Center, 4505 S Maryland Parkway (phone 895-3295), from
November to May, and home football games at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
Stadium, Boulder Hwy (phone 895-3900), between September and December.
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