Dodgers fans in Las Vegas have a new way to watch games: 5 things to know

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Spectrum SportsNet LA, the exclusive television home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is now available to Spectrum customers in Las Vegas

Dodgers fans successful Las Vegas person different mode to ticker their squad arsenic the nine enters the last agelong of the regular season.

Spectrum SportsNet LA, the tv location of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is present disposable to Spectrum customers successful Las Vegas and different erstwhile Cox markets passim the Dodgers’ broadcast territory.

Cox was the predominant TV supplier successful the Las Vegas market.

Las Vegas is unsocial due to the fact that it is the location TV territory for six MLB teams — the Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants and the Athletics. That volition alteration successful 2028, erstwhile the Athletics determination to Las Vegas and person exclusive rights to the market.

Here are 5 things to cognize astir SportsNet LA successful Las Vegas.

1. Why is SportsNet LA present disposable successful Las Vegas?

The network’s accomplishment successful Las Vegas is tied to the Spectrum’s acquisition of Cox Communications.

Charter Communications, which operates Spectrum, completed its antecedently announced transaction with Cox Communications, bringing erstwhile Cox markets nether the Spectrum umbrella.

That means Las Vegas customers who antecedently received their tv work done Cox are present portion of Spectrum’s expanded erstwhile Cox market, with SportsNet LA disposable to customers with the due tv package.

The web besides is present disposable to Spectrum customers successful different erstwhile Cox markets passim the Dodgers’ broadcast territory.

Previously, the Dodgers were the lone franchise of the market’s six location MLB teams that Las Vegas fans could not ticker consistently. That was due to the fact that of a carriage quality betwixt the Dodgers and Cox.

2. What Spectrum bundle bash you need?

Not each Spectrum tv subscriber automatically gets SportsNet LA.

In Las Vegas, the web is disposable to subscribers of Contour TV Preferred and Contour TV Ultimate.

Former Cox customers who person transitioned to Spectrum tin entree SportsNet LA if they person 1 of those packages.

3. What transmission is SportsNet LA successful Las Vegas?

For Spectrum customers successful Las Vegas, SportsNet LA tin beryllium recovered connected Channel 50.

That gives Dodgers fans a dedicated transmission for the team’s unrecorded games, arsenic good arsenic pregame and postgame coverage.

The transmission fig is circumstantial to the Las Vegas market. SportsNet LA is disposable connected antithetic transmission numbers successful different erstwhile Cox markets, including Orange County, Palos Verdes and Santa Barbara.

This alteration doesn’t alteration DirecTV’s Dodgers carriage (Channel 690).

4. What tin you ticker too Dodgers games?

SportsNet LA provides much than unrecorded crippled coverage.

The network’s programming includes pregame and postgame shows, subordinate interviews, highlights, investigation and behind-the-scenes entree to the Dodgers.

LeadOff LA begins 1 hr earlier astir games, followed by Access SportsNet: Dodgers 30 minutes earlier archetypal pitch. The postgame variation of Access SportsNet: Dodgers features crippled highlights, clubhouse interviews and analysis.

5. Why does the timing substance for Dodgers fans?

SportsNet LA’s accomplishment successful Las Vegas comes with the Dodgers entering the last agelong of the regular season.

Los Angeles has 31 regular-season games remaining earlier the MLB postseason begins Sept. 29 and presently sits successful archetypal spot successful the National League West, No. 2 successful the wide league standings.

The Dodgers are besides attempting to go the archetypal squad since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000 to triumph 3 consecutive World Series championships.