I still wish somebody would give us a rotation event with all 15 balls and ball in hand after any miss.
Emily interview: new US events coming?
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Ten ball is my least favorite to watch. IMO people overestimate the “ease” or luck factor of nine ball, although it is easier and luckier than ten ball. You want a bit of luck for spectators and overall popularity IMO. I’d much rather watch one pocket as to me it is way more interesting than ten ball. I’d rather watch pros play bar box 8 ball. I’d rather watch Bergman run 20 racks of template racked 9 ball. Not sure why I like ten ball the least. I really don’t get amateurs who don’t run nearly as many racks as they think want to play ten ball. That’s just me.
If I was running MR I wouldn't spend another cent on pool in the USA, we have 1 player that is honestly able to win one of these events and another that's a maybe.
We have 334 million people here and have 1 person that has good odds to win, what a joke the US is for pool.
You have Shane at 4th, the next 2 don't play and then you have Sky at 28th, then you go to 80, 82, and 85 for Oscar, Pinegar, and Robert's, who's going to bet a $1 on them having any kind of chance of winning one of these big events(and no, a big event doesn't mean a lot of average players) it means a field with these champions from all over the world.
MR coming here to promote WORLD CLASS POOL is the same as having an APA 5 and under tournament, without the big names carrying the burden of expenses to come to this pool wasteland they've got nothing, not to mention pool players are so cheap and broke they won't pay to watch online or in person PERIOD, and when they do its crocodile tears for weeks.
We have 334 million people here and have 1 person that has good odds to win, what a joke the US is for pool.
You have Shane at 4th, the next 2 don't play and then you have Sky at 28th, then you go to 80, 82, and 85 for Oscar, Pinegar, and Robert's, who's going to bet a $1 on them having any kind of chance of winning one of these big events(and no, a big event doesn't mean a lot of average players) it means a field with these champions from all over the world.
MR coming here to promote WORLD CLASS POOL is the same as having an APA 5 and under tournament, without the big names carrying the burden of expenses to come to this pool wasteland they've got nothing, not to mention pool players are so cheap and broke they won't pay to watch online or in person PERIOD, and when they do its crocodile tears for weeks.
One thing she kept stressing is the viewer numbers. A lot of pool players seem to forget that what eventually pays the bills and the prize money is the number of eyeballs watching the event. It is no longer the "dead money" entries that are funding the events. Emily was amazed by the number of viewers they were seeing for the first four days of six-day events, so even that portion of the big events will be making money.
I think moving the invitational events out of the UK is not surprising. The Mosconi Cup can sell 2500 tickets in London but it is unique. The UK Open had somewhat sparse attendance the first year -- the Copper Box can seat several thousand and I don't think they went past a few hundred until the finals. An event like that will take a while to develop repeat attendees. I wonder if it picked up much this year.
Emily mentioned the huge interest in playing in the just-announced Asian Open (Oct. 10-15) and that there would be qualifiers. I hope they institute qualifiers for all their Opens, both near the venue and internationally.
She also mentioned a big push coming in the US. I'm guessing some kind of national tour.
I think moving the invitational events out of the UK is not surprising. The Mosconi Cup can sell 2500 tickets in London but it is unique. The UK Open had somewhat sparse attendance the first year -- the Copper Box can seat several thousand and I don't think they went past a few hundred until the finals. An event like that will take a while to develop repeat attendees. I wonder if it picked up much this year.
Emily mentioned the huge interest in playing in the just-announced Asian Open (Oct. 10-15) and that there would be qualifiers. I hope they institute qualifiers for all their Opens, both near the venue and internationally.
She also mentioned a big push coming in the US. I'm guessing some kind of national tour.
Market size. I think it's worth the investment. I think that if they draw in viewers, the players will start to show up, but it might take half a generation.
Yeah, I was wondering the same. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.Hmm was there any indication of where it might be? My first thought would be Vegas, but there is other places too. I suppose I would know the answer but I can't watch Youtube at work.
People didn't show up before Covid, everything costs quite a bit more now due to inflation, nobody is showing up.
Just spent 3 weeks in Vegas - an IPA was $17 at most places
.I hope I'm wrong.
Yes, especially given the fact that the US Open 9ball in Atlantic City is incredibly well attended. Although, due to its lack of a major airport, it's not the most accessible city in America, Atlantic City is reasonably close to all of New York, Boston, New Haven, Hartford, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and all of Northern Virginia.
I predict the Vietnam event will have great attendance. I base this on the super high number of Vietnamese fans in the youtube chat anytime one of their players is on.
The last Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas in 2022 was sold out -- about 2300 seats. But I mostly meant stream/broadcast viewers.People didn't show up before Covid, everything costs quite a bit more now due to inflation, nobody is showing up.
Just spent 3 weeks in Vegas - an IPA was $17 at most places
As for Vegas "hospitality", yeah. $4 for a small, unripe banana at the snack bar. It seems to get worse every year.
yes, and the field was filled up within minutes. crazy.
Emily said that spots were reserved for the top 128 in the rankings.
I'd like to see them fill maybe 32 spots through qualifiers. It's a lot of work to organize qualifiers but it gets more players directly involved. I think there were a lot of qualifiers for the first Matchroom US Open.
Unfortunately that's the current reality. Now consider how much worse off Canada is...lol. We have Alex who's claimed by another nation and then Johnny. At #21 and #48 respectively, and even though Alex is an 800 player, we aren't threatening a win either.
At best Canada is a charity case at this point for MR. Stronger odds that they use our side of Niagara Falls due to venue costs in NewYork...lol
This a thousand times over... Also in my totally un-invested opinion. I'd extend this a tiny bit and reserve at least a couple of spots for Junior qualifiers as well.
Not sure you should be counting the invitationals here (PLP, WCOP, WPA, Mosconi Cup) because these events are the domain of the elite. For most, the Matchroom lineup is the World Pool Championship, the UK Open, the Spanish Open, the Asian Open, the European Open and the US Open. Yes, there are many other events offering Matchroom ranking points.
Nonetheless, six Open events on the Matchroom calendar is a lot and the future looks bright.
I think the Lugo, Spain (population 98,000) experiment validated Emily's view that the demand for the pool product (as measured by TV, online and live viewers combined) is what matters, not the size or population of the host city. If Canada is generating a big number of viewers for Matchroom's events, their chance of getting an event down the road is significant.
Mexico City for sure!there will be, she said. going "BIG" in the US... let's see
if the demand is this big, independent promotors could organize the qualifiers? the end result would probably be the same, 32 regional dead money players, but with qualifiers these 32 would be slightly stronger and it's a more fair way of filling spots