LAS VEGAS, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As the 2019
Triple-A baseball regular season comes to a close, The Howard
Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) celebrates Las Vegas Ballpark®
being named "Ballpark of the Year" and its professional Triple-A
baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the Las Vegas
Aviators®, being named "Team of the Year", both by Ballpark
Digest, the industry reference. This is the first time
Ballpark Digest has awarded both a stadium and its
affiliated team with top honors during the same year—the latest
recognition during a record-setting inaugural season that has
redefined sports and entertainment for Downtown Summerlin® and the
greater Las Vegas Valley as the team and dedicated fanbase
celebrated the franchise's first PCL Division title since 2014.
Capturing national attention within the world of Minor League
Baseball, both the Las Vegas Ballpark and the Las Vegas Aviators
are wholly owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation. Together, they
have helped Downtown Summerlin solidify its popularity as one of
the region's premier dining, retail, entertainment and sports
destinations.
According to David R. Weinreb,
CEO of The Howard Hughes Corporation, the company's development of
the Las Vegas Ballpark exemplifies HHC's approach to creating
vibrant destinations. "Across our portfolio, we weave masterful
design and the creation of culture into the fabric of our planned
cities, making them some of the most attractive places to live in
the country. In Downtown Summerlin, we recognized the opportunity
to create an urban core and brought the only professional baseball
team in the region as a catalyst for downtown growth and community
development within Summerlin. With our remaining land being among
the best in the city, we could not be more pleased with the impact
our downtown continues to have on Summerlin as we enter the next phase of its
development."
The Las Vegas Ballpark is a state-of-the-art minor league
stadium designed to offer an outstanding experience, complete with
the largest video board in minor
league baseball and a culinary program with takeovers
by celebrity chefs, including Giada De
Laurentiis. With a capacity of more than 10,000, the
Ballpark features a wide range of seating options including 22
suites, club seats, berm seating, kids' zone, bars, party zones and
decks, as well as a pool beyond the outfield wall where one can
watch the game while floating. With average attendance of nearly
9,300 visitors, the Las Vegas Aviators led all of Triple-A baseball
in home attendance with 47 sold-out games. The Las Vegas Ballpark has become a leading
attraction in the region.
Summerlin® represents an
integrated community, featuring a dynamic urbanism that has come to
define The Howard Hughes Corporation's development of planned
cities across its portfolio. With 6,000 gross acres remaining for
future development—including 150 acres remaining for development in
Downtown Summerlin—Summerlin represents a tremendous growth
opportunity for the company. Upon full build out, Summerlin's
population will double from approximately 100,000 today to over
200,000.
"As the best place in Southern
Nevada to live, raise a family, work and play, Summerlin
continues to add to its unmatched amenity base," said Kevin T. Orrock, President of Summerlin, The
Howard Hughes Corporation. "As the recognition and enthusiasm for
the Las Vegas Aviators and the Las Vegas Ballpark continue to grow,
Downtown Summerlin has become a place where families and friends
come to gather and enjoy America's national pastime in a
one-of-a-kind environment."
About The Howard Hughes Corporation®
The Howard Hughes
Corporation owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and
mixed-use real estate throughout the U.S. Its award-winning assets
include the country's preeminent portfolio of master planned cities
and communities, as well as operating properties and development
opportunities including: the Seaport District in New York; Columbia,
Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills, and
Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston,
Texas area; Summerlin®, Las
Vegas; and Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Howard Hughes
Corporation's portfolio is strategically positioned to meet and
accelerate development based on market demand, resulting in one of
the strongest real estate platforms in the country. Dedicated to
innovative placemaking, the company is recognized for its ongoing
commitment to design excellence and to the cultural life of its
communities. The Howard Hughes Corporation is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange as HHC.
About Downtown Summerlin®
Downtown Summerlin is part
of a planned urban center, serving the entire Las Vegas Valley. It
includes retail, entertainment, office, hotel and multi-family
elements, all designed to create a vibrant, walkable urban core
within the award-winning 22,500-acre master planned community of
Summerlin®. Downtown Summerlin totals nearly 400 acres and features
more than 125 stores and restaurants in a streetscape-shopping
environment with pedestrian thoroughfares and dynamic storefronts.
The first phase of development opened to the public in October 2014. Today, Downtown Summerlin is also
home to City National Arena, practice facility for the National
Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, and in 2019, Downtown
Summerlin welcomed Las Vegas
Ballpark®, a 10,000-capacity minor
league baseball stadium. Downtown Summerlin boasts two Class-A
office towers that encompass a combined 380,000 square
feet. In addition to Downtown Summerlin's two luxury
multi-family developments, Constellation® and Tanager®, more than 4,000 attached residences are
planned to create a high-density urban residential environment
comprised of apartments, condominiums, lofts and brownstones.
Rounding out Downtown Summerlin's landmarks are Red Rock Casino
Resort & Spa, Lifetime Athletic and the City National Bank
building. Downtown Summerlin is located just east of the 215
Beltway between Sahara Avenue and Charleston Blvd. Additional
information can be found at www.downtownsummerlin.com.
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
(PCL) and affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. In the 2019 inaugural
season, the Ballpark gained national recognition, including top
honors from Ballpark Digest as "Ballpark of the Year." Las
Vegas Ballpark provides 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.
Designed to accommodate a variety of civic and community events in
addition to baseball, Las Vegas Ballpark is easily accessed from
all regions of the valley via the 215 Beltway.
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Media Contacts:
Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations
Melissa Warren
melissa@ffwpr.com
702-528-6016
Las Vegas Aviators
Jim
Gemma
jgemma@lvaviators.com
702-493-4510
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Danielle Bisterfeldt
Vice President, Marketing Director, Summerlin
danielle.bisterfeldt@howardhughes.com
702-791-4437
Cristina Carlson
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Relations
cristina.carlson@howardhughes.com
646-822-6910
For HHC Investor Relations
David O'Reilly
Chief Financial Officer
david.o'reilly@howardhughes.com
214-741-7744
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