AZB Room @ DCC
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Go bring up my thread at onepocket. Took care of it and it’s posted below.
They remodeled and there is even more space than before. The whole pool area is open space.
I took a ton of pictures that I posted on the thread Lou.
Actually I’ll go and link it here.
Steve, I didn't mean to imply it was you who offered those comments.
And honestly, from your pictures, while everything looks nice I'm not seeing enough space for the DCC at its current size. But admittedly it's tough to tell from photos. Perhaps someone else offered those observations.
Lou Figueroa
I also went over after they remodeled it and it was really nice, I think it became the Crowne Plaza, really 1st class.
I know you just went by what someone told you. I quoted you over at OP.
We be straight.
btw I believe it was always an AZB/Onepocket.org collaboration. Room monitors were an issue. Helfert kind of ran the 1P Ghost challenge there at least some years. I remember in an early year a young man figuring out a way to sleep in there lol. That was at the E West, but the room did continue at the Horseshoe at least a couple years. It was a blast! I have lots of photos going back to the first year with Tom Ferry and Jimbo 
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Listening to y'all makes me want to go and do it again, and I wasn't there the first time around. All this and the Derby, too? Don't know if I could have stood it.
I remember going to the EW when it was held there. The fields weren't like they are now but it was a nice place.
Here is what the hotel has to say about its meeting space:
CROWNE PLAZA LOUISVILLE AIRPORT EXPO CTR
Meetings & Events
Our hotel offers nearly 50,000 sq. ft. of event space near Louisville airport, including 24 meeting rooms, an executive boardroom, and an elegant ballroom for up to 1,200 guests. Host your meetings and events effortlessly in our flexible venues.
Maybe someone else has a better idea about floor space needed for pool tables in a tournament setup, but let's guess that you need 25x20 for each table. I think that leaves plenty of room for seating and walking around and such. The raw calculation would be 100 tables. Subtract the meeting rooms that are too small for a few tables.
It looks like it could be a big win on space, but I doubt they can meet the financial considerations.
When we ran low on chalk I took it upon myself to gonif some from the tournament tables. Who knewTom originally suggested something like a get together and then Williebetmore (Dr Don Wardell), Timberly and myself put it together.
There was a room down one of the hallways at the EW (Executive West) that Greg Sullivan said we could pay for it and he would put a table in it.
The first year worked out real nice and I told Greg there was room for a second table so the next year we had 2 in there.
Don and Timberly back away after a couple of years and when DCC moved to the casino there just wasn’t any space big enough for it. It was in a small room with 2 tables and after the second year it finished.
It never affected the tournament at either venue. It cost me out of my pocket making up the difference on stuff just like Bob Jewett and the straight pool but hey
I ran the One Pocket Challenge every year it was held with Steve Lomako.btw I believe it was always an AZB/Onepocket.org collaboration. Room monitors were an issue. Helfert kind of ran the 1P Ghost challenge there at least some years. I remember in an early year a young man figuring out a way to sleep in there lol. That was at the E West, but the room did continue at the Horseshoe at least a couple years. It was a blast! I have lots of photos going back to the first year with Tom Ferry and Jimbo
It would be difficult for Greg to get as good a deal as he currently has with the Horseshoe $$$!
Money talks, indeed.
Maybe, but 80 or 100 tables or the addition of a bar table tournament might be a consideration.
FYI, there was a certain European Championships back in 2010 or so with a tent w/ AC and some 6 tables within. The hotel just couldn’t accomodate all 15-20 tables required to run the even.
Also, World Series of Poker has been played in a tent outside Rio as well.
When there is a will, there is a way…
