Thinking about putting together a tournament in Lubbock TX, at my dad's joint, Jakes (50th and Slide), this a nice sports bar with live music and good food and COLD beer. This could be a pretty decent place to run a tournament. They currently have 4 Valley bar tables. While I am down here visiting for a week or so, I have down some work in the back to straighten up the tables, we are lowering the coin charge down to 75 cents and going to magnetic cue balls from the mud ball and improving the lights etc.
I was thinking about coming back and running a tournament, I spoke with the vending operator and we could probably get some more tables one way or another. I think with 8 more tables which could easily fit in the live music area giving us a a total of 12 tables or so which would be plenty for a tournament.
I would like to get a 64 man plus field and get some of the better players from the region. I do not want to travel back down from Indy to run a tournament in a few months or so and have a bombed out field with not so many players. The reason I mention this is over the weekend I went and played in a Fast Eddies tourney in Amarillo where they only had about 25 or so players I do not know the exact number but it was a short field.
What do the TX, OK, NM players here on AZ think it would take to fill a tournament. How much added this would be guaranteed not contingent on a full field, quarters vs. green fees.
Also another question I have is can you have a calcutta in TX. I know they did not have one at the Fast Eddies tournament. The TABC has to be taken into consideration since this is a sports bar with alcohol.
Would there be any interest in TX for a 1000 dollar added Valley bar box tourney with magnetic cue balls in Feb or so, I do not like the Nov/Dec thing due to the holidays and I will be at the Derby in Jan so Feb might work and that is far out so plans could be made. I would definitely want a date that worked so we could get a good field. If anyone on here is from TX and is knowledgeable give me a PM.
I was thinking about coming back and running a tournament, I spoke with the vending operator and we could probably get some more tables one way or another. I think with 8 more tables which could easily fit in the live music area giving us a a total of 12 tables or so which would be plenty for a tournament.
I would like to get a 64 man plus field and get some of the better players from the region. I do not want to travel back down from Indy to run a tournament in a few months or so and have a bombed out field with not so many players. The reason I mention this is over the weekend I went and played in a Fast Eddies tourney in Amarillo where they only had about 25 or so players I do not know the exact number but it was a short field.
What do the TX, OK, NM players here on AZ think it would take to fill a tournament. How much added this would be guaranteed not contingent on a full field, quarters vs. green fees.
Also another question I have is can you have a calcutta in TX. I know they did not have one at the Fast Eddies tournament. The TABC has to be taken into consideration since this is a sports bar with alcohol.
Would there be any interest in TX for a 1000 dollar added Valley bar box tourney with magnetic cue balls in Feb or so, I do not like the Nov/Dec thing due to the holidays and I will be at the Derby in Jan so Feb might work and that is far out so plans could be made. I would definitely want a date that worked so we could get a good field. If anyone on here is from TX and is knowledgeable give me a PM.
