Matchroom/U.S. Open is leaving Atlantic City

Frosty said:
How about just putting it back in Chesapeake Virginia where it started, and where it always was before they bought the rights and moved it to Vegas, then A/C?

Chesapeake has a great convention center, good hotels conveniently close, plenty of restaurants in the area, as well as Q-Masters nearby for all the action that was always prevalent the week of the Open.
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Or, like Corey does each yr/rental car tho.

We could fly em all in to DIA, bus em up to Saratoga WY and use their convention center/perfect/new/owned by the city.
Rooms for two are $100.
The Platte river runs Thru town great fishing I'd think town has less than 2,000 residents, the best table mechanic is in Ft. Collins Colorado, and one of the best cloth makers, Andy Cloth is a Huge supporter of pool is from there, they also invented Saratoga 8 ball.
Interesting group of pool player mindsets up NorT. In WY.
Very creative....
 
jbart65 said:
Precisely. The Peri Open, with a first prize of $40,000 this year, is the lead in to the Hanoi Open in the first half of October. If the Manila Open is a success and becomes a mainstay, the Manila and Reyes will take up late October-early November.

My guess is MR will always want the Florida Open to front run the U.S. Open. I doubt they would move the U.S. Open beyond early September. I expect them to stick to August.

The WPC takes up July, and the Scottish, UK and European opens seem to be settling in around March-April-May.

MR doesn’t really do anything the first few months of the year. Hard to see that changing.

They also have to leave space on the calendar for WPA/Predator and other events to prevent future conflict. The more MR settles on established dates, the more Predator/WPA can do the same. Good for all, ideally.
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This is definitely a well-reasoned post.
 
Bob Jewett said:
How about Corpus Christi?
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No matter where it goes in Texas, I'm for it. It's probably the only way I'd get to go to one.

I grew up outside of Corpus Christi. It's nearly as hot and way more humid than San Antonio and Austin, but it does usually have a breeze coming off of the Gulf. There are a couple convention centers that are close to the airport that would likely work pretty well.

I live in Austin and would say I think San Antonio would be a better choice. The Riverwalk area has multiple convention centers, hotels and creature comforts in the downtown area and is only like 10 miles from the airport. I like to think that it would get picked for that alone.

El Paso would be an interesting choice albeit a long drive for me.
 
Frosty said:
How about just putting it back in Chesapeake Virginia where it started, and where it always was before they bought the rights and moved it to Vegas, then A/C?

Chesapeake has a great convention center, good hotels conveniently close, plenty of restaurants in the area, as well as Q-Masters nearby for all the action that was always prevalent the week of the Open.
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I was thinking the same thing. It will never be as good as it was in Chesapeake. They can try vegas,atlantic city,or a texas casino but the tradition started in Chesapeake and there was always great action at Qmasters. Just pool.
 
cuedoctor said:
I was thinking the same thing. It will never be as good as it was in Chesapeake. They can try vegas,atlantic city,or a texas casino but the tradition started in Chesapeake and there was always great action at Qmasters. Just pool.
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Yeahhhhhh, but sadly for Emily and MR, it’s just about shekels, not pool.
 
Frosty said:
Yeahhhhhh, but sadly for Emily and MR, it’s just about shekels, not pool.
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Shekels pay Matchroom - and they pay the players. Pool has suffered for money a long time, and you still want them to suffer? No thanks.

The other U.S. Open this week has a $90 million prize fund. Now that’s shekels. Wish the billiards U.S. open got a fraction of that.

MR needs more places like Hanoi and Orlando where large fan support is there from day 1. It needs nice cities that are relatively inexpensive to run a big tourney and that are easy and cheap for players to get to. How come? Not enough shekels.

Purists and some older fans might not like it and I get it, but something had to change.
 
they pick the place that is available that gives them the best return that's good business.

places that pick things based on customers that want cheap. must have lots of customers, or they lose their short.
 
cuedoctor said:
One place is the philadelphia convention center that is the host to many attractions. 14000 hotel rooms and many different venues and layouts in this center.
www.paconvention.com

Floor Plans - Pennsylvania Convention Center | Pennsylvania Convention Center

The Pennsylvania Convention Center offers more than 679,000-sq. ft. of exhibit hall space. 7 halls, 82 meeting rooms, and the largest ballroom in the Northeast.
www.paconvention.com www.paconvention.com

And many great pool halls within 20 minutes.
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Yeah.., but your in scum bag filthy crime ridden phillidelphia. There are better places
 
“Drenalin70” up above suggested Indianapolis, and I sort of smirked to myself. But I have reconsidered. There’s an excellent international airport, and the airport is extremely close to the middle of the city with a very easy twenty-minute drive. There is a superb convention center downtown. It has successfully hosted The Super Bowl, I believe. It is a major center for amateur sports, such as the NCAA swimming finals. There are great restaurants in every price range. There is a sports book five blocks from the convention center. There’s a casino and solid race track in Shelbyville, which is an easy forty minutes to the east. There’s jazz. It is possible to walk around downtown relatively safe. Unlike places such as Houston and DFW you wouldn’t feel overwhelmed with the size. You could get around. The natives are friendly. And Indy is accustomed to dealing with events which dwarf any minuscule pool tournament, for instance NCAA Regionals in basketball, the 500 race, and, I believe, Comicon.
 
The problem with a lot of sites proposed on this thread is the crowd size is a big unknown. The South seems to be the most hospitable region in that regard and Matchroom is aiming for a triple or home run like Orlando. Texas seems like the best bet by far.
 
westcoast said:
I hope they move it back to Vegas as I might be able to attend the event. Was there a specific reason they moved it out of Vegas?
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IIRC it was only in sin city one yr, 2019. Then covid happened then it went to AC. I think MR got a better deal on the rooms/convention space. This part is only a guess but AC is closer to MR's hq in UK and they probably figured more people would come to AC. Again, purely a WAG on my part.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Houston in August? Nah.
Austin? Average high temp in August is 97. It's a dryer heat.
San Antonio? About the same as Austin for heat. I lived there for two and a half years. 80 one midnight in January. :eek:
How about Corpus Christi?

I'm guessing Dallas, if it goes to Texas.

It seems that there are no Vegas/AC-style casinos in Texas.
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Do pool players even go outside? :)
 
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