Las Vegas Aviators


Photos Credit: Steve Spatafore

Aviator and Spruce are the mascots for the Las Vegas Aviators, formerly known as the Las Vegas 51s and Las Vegas Stars. They play in the Pacific Coast League. They are an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Summerlin, Nevada, a community in Las Vegas

Aviator is a bit of mystery…no one knows exactly where he came from or how he ended up at Las Vegas Ballpark but his flight suit and gear are really out of this world!...Aviator is an ex-pilot once stationed at Nellis Air Force Base where he was testing the top secret "Intergalactic Jet Propulsion System" that appears on his flight suit today!...still engaged in classified missions and, for this reason, he can never reveal his true identity…Aviator loves helping young flyers get off the ground and achieve the impossible…loves The Hercules hotdog, part of the specialty FlyDog collection served at Las Vegas Ballpark…favorite movie is "The Aviator.” He resides at the Las Vegas Ballpark.

Spruce is a goose who lived in the Bellagio fountain as a gosling…his friends at the Las Vegas Ballpark named him "Spruce" after the Spruce Goose, the unofficial nickname of Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules aircraft, which flew just 70 feet above Long Beach Harbor before landing on the water…Spruce now lives at the ballpark full-time and dreams of being a great flyer and adventurer like his hero and fellow mascot, Aviator…his favorite food is the Hungry Hotshots Kids Meal at Las Vegas Ballpark; and his favorite film is "Top Gun."

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