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  2. Jai alai - Wikipedia

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    The first jai alai fronton in the United States was located in St. Louis, Missouri, operating around the time of the 1904 World's Fair. From 1988–1991, the International Jai-Alai Players Association held the longest strike in American professional sport. After the 1988 season, the players, 90% of them Basque, returned home and threatened not ...

  3. The fall of the frontons: What happened to jai alai? - AOL

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    There used to be 14 frontons in the United States. Today, only two in the country offer performances year-round -- Dania and Miami.

  4. Basque pelota - Wikipedia

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    Basque pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (frontis or fronton) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net.

  5. Ocala Gainesville Poker - Wikipedia

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    The establishment also had a jai alai team when in season. [2] The facility was 60,000 square feet and on a 50-acre property. [5] The institution was first established in 1973 as Ocala Jai-alai, which was a branch office of the Miami fronton. [6] [7] At one time, the jai alai performances could attract about 2,000 people. [8]

  6. Goodbye, jai alai? Players and fans hope to save the sport in ...

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    Players and fans of jai alai hope the closing of the last fronton or court in Florida doesn't mean the end of the sport.

  7. Dolphins weren’t only show in town in 1972. Jai alai, horse ...

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    The Miami Jai Alai Fronton also held concerts, so Joey got to see some of the biggest acts up close. Elton John and the Allman Brothers were among the musicians who played there in 1972.

  8. Sport in South America - Wikipedia

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    Jai alai or Basque pelota is played in many parts of South America. Although this sport is mostly played in Spain and France, there are federations of Basque ball in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil, Chile , Ecuador , Paraguay , Peru , Uruguay , and Venezuela .

  9. Jai-alai player "Danny," center, hurls the pelota during a game at Fort Pierce Jai-Alai & Racebook in April 2004.The court on which jai-alai is played is called the cancha and is 178' 8" long, 34 ...

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