Thursday will bring about plenty of fanfare with the Los Angeles Dodgers and across Major League Baseball for Opening Day of the 2021 regular season. In addition to a wide array of programming on SportsNet LA and MLB Network, the festivities will include a release of the Nike Cortez ‘Los Angeles’ at select retailers.
The pair originally was made available during the summer of last year in limited quantities. It is similar to a blue version Nike released of their famed Cortez model at the start of the 2019 season.
That version of the shoe was made available at the Nike store located inside Dodger Stadium, among other locations, and grew in popularity with Walker Buehler and Joc Pederson serving as model athletes.
For Opening Day 2021, Nike has outfitted the Cortez in an all white upper with an accompanying blue swish that features red stitching to further tie in the baseball theme. “Los Angeles” in red cursive that mimics the Dodgers’ logo is layered on top of the swoosh.
Similar to what @NikeLA did in 2019, Nike Cortez 'Los Angeles' releasing tomorrow at select retailers for #Dodgers #OpeningDay pic.twitter.com/ZXdiIbYHzR
— Matthew Moreno (@MMoreno1015) March 31, 2021
The shoe also has a blue collar and on the tongue is “LA” with a red swoosh underneath it.
The Nike Cortez debuted in 1972 and has been commemorated with city-specific pairs such as the City of Angels, and various collaborations, including one with Compton’s Kendrick Lamar.
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