This pic is the US Open, not a pool room tournament.... two different animals.I mean, them gents don't look better that shorts and sneakers wearing SVB with the hillbilly cap..?And the ref is pimped out to boot
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My preferred attire with 10 year old worn out black sneakers.
You have a point but the Texas open is a somewhat prestigious event that attracts many top players.
Its not like your weekly pool hall tourney...
Ghost of OBC
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This definitely isn't true. Live sporting events do very well with substantial sponsorship without national TV coverage. Minor League baseball, second tier boxing, steeple chase, polo, and women's golf are all viable without a national TV audience.
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It is absolutely true. ESPN (ocho) would rather stream the Mullet hair do championship than anything billiards. That says that people are more interested in a stupid hair style than a real game…
Ghost of OBC
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You don't need to be on ESPN. Polo season in Florida and the steeplechase seasons in the mid Atlantic do great numbers on gate receipts without any tv coverage at all. Tickets packages running from $50 to $10k, great guest experiences, lots of perceived value. Likewise spring season pro football. UFL/XFL has crappy FS1 tv coverage, but their teams sell lots of premium tickets for $100+ per head because they provide a great fan experience.
This shouldn't be hard. A premium bourbon lounge with good bbq, an exclusive Calcutta for premium tier ticket holders. Exclusive player interactions and/ or clinics, product demos, skills challenges for prizes, exclusive merch. People love a door marked private.
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My point is mullets are more popular than pool…
Ghost of OBC
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I don't think that's true. I live in a major metro and we have waiting lists for most of our leagues.
Sports gambling in the US is practically a national religion.
Ok. Cool. Waiting list for leagues. Where does that “waiting list” translate to ad revenue?
Ghost of OBC
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Who's your favorite steeplechase pony? Top ticket in my area is $15k.
You don't need Rolex. Your local HVAC company makes a great sponsor.
Steeple what?
I hope you get my point.
I hope you get my point.
Ghost of OBC
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That's precisely my point. We have steeplechase races that net in the high six figures per day with no TV and no TV ads. The sponsors are some of the biggest companies on earth buying experiences for clients and employees, none of whom give two craps about steeplechase. It works because the fan experience is awesome.
Eat good food, get drunk on champagne, make stupid bets are all great for sales and client development.
This shouldn't be hard. A premium bourbon lounge with good bbq, an exclusive Calcutta for premium tier ticket holders. Exclusive player interactions and/ or clinics, product demos, skills challenges for prizes, exclusive merch. People love a door marked private.
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Wut?
I live in NA. Somewhere in the southwest. NOTHING, like that exists in my reality.
I would love to, live in a place, that had 9’ and tables in pristine condition, provided exceptional whiskey, and moderate action.
But that wet dream, again praying for that place, doesn’t add up to ad revenue…
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Ghost of OBC
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Nice, the Southwest is awesome. Go to the Waste Management next spring. Get a hospitality package. See how many bros are spending $10k+ for the weekend to get housed on light beer and cocaine. Those are our customers. Give them a degenerate weekend away from home and they'll make the players rich.Wut?
I live in NA. Somewhere in the southwest. NOTHING, like that exists in my reality.
I would live in a place that had 9’ and tables in pristine condition, provided exceptional whiskey, and moderate action.
But that wet dream, again praying for that place, doesn’t add up to ad revenue…
I would guess that I have been to the PHX open more times than you, considering I was born in AZ.
But again, what some cooperation spends in hospitality, at a mainstream golf event, is moot. We are talking pool.
You are engaging in reductio ad absurdum. Golf is mainstream. Pool/Billiards is not.
Still,
You have presented no argument as to why pool=golf….
Ghost of OBC
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I didn't say that at all. I said that sports that create good fan experiences succeed regardless of the popularity of the sport. Steeplechase is a sport that doesn't appear on TV at all. Multinational corporations spend $10k per day to tailgate their events because the fan experience is good. If pool made a good fan experience, they could get that paper
This shouldn't be hard. A premium bourbon lounge with good bbq, an exclusive Calcutta for premium tier ticket holders. Exclusive player interactions and/ or clinics, product demos, skills challenges for prizes, exclusive merch. People love a door marked private.
From your lips, to gods ears…
Ghost of OBC
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Indeed. It's too bad that pool is saddled with defeatists who don't think there is room for a gambling game in a country that worships fantasy football, Fan Duel, Draft kings et al.
Flakeandrun
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I’ll bitch and moan about covering my tattoos with dumbass sleeves. But China open dress code looks smart, it’s comfortable and professional. Dark polo shirt, dark trousers and all black dress shoes. Done a bit of a U-turn on my thoughts about it.
So what's your point? US Open creates HOF players.