US Open, vendor booths?

[hang-the-9]

Does the US Open usually have an area for vendors? Demo tables for cues/shafts, maybe the beef jerky guys that show up at SBE hehe

 

[Bob Jewett]

The International Open in Norfolk Virginia (formerly Behrman's US Open) at the Sheraton has booths and some demo tables and a cue repair guy.

The US Open that was at Mandalay Bay and will be in Atlantic City maybe had a few booths or none at all. The only things I can remember in the hallway outside the tournament ballroom were refreshment stands and a place to buy shirts and posters and such. Water was $6 but beer was $5.

 

[mikemosconi]

$6 for a bottle of water- real nice guys. Reminds me of my first visit to the "new" Yankee stadium in 2009 when I lived up north. "Conveniently", none of the water fountains in the stadium were operable YET- so in 2009 you were paying $5 for a bottle of water, and no liquid was allowed to be brought in to the stadium back then. City Inspectors were paid off to look the other way as millions $$ were made within a few months on water at Yankee Stadium- do the math - 40,000 fans a game X $5.

One of a string of circumstances that have really soured me on the Yankeees and price gouging in general.

 

[Bob Jewett]

$6 for a bottle of water- real nice guys. ...

I brought my own water. The concessions were run by Mandalay Bay. I suspect there was little the promoter (Matchroom) could do about concession prices. There are few good deals at Mandalay Bay. There are one or two reasonable restaurants.

 

[garczar]

When we go to DCC we hit a Walmart and load up on sandwich stuff, snacks, water, beer, etc. And a liquor store.

 

[eDionisio]

This thread brought back a-lot of memories for me.
Here are some photos I took, behind the scenes.

See everyone in AC ~

FYI, they had free ice cold filtered water every 20ft.

So if you were buying the 6$ water .........

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Cheers

e.