US Open 2026: Frisco, Texas

Frisco is a nice suburb. Been there a few times for FCS National Championship games (Go Bison!).
Easy access to DFW, lots of good bars/restaurants in the area.
I think the area feels like MSP, but super sized.
 
sjm said:
In 1985, I spent a week on business in the Dallas area in August. It was over 105 degrees every day and humid. It was the worst (not hottest) weather I have ever experienced. When my company's headquarters chose to relocate there in 1988, I very quickly chose NOT to go with them. I'm definitely planning on going to the US Open 9ball, but it sure sounds like six days indoors. Thankfully, the indoor proceedings should be fantastic.

I'll keep an open mind here, but Dallas (actually, Frisco is 27 miles from Dallas) in August seems a very strange choice. Other than the Jeddah WPC event that is always played before countless empty seats, the last time a Matchroom major was staged in a really hot, humid city in the hot weather season was when they staged the Spanish Open in June 2023 in Lugo, Spain. I cannot remember an event after which the players complained so much about the humid playing conditions, and to nobody's surprise, Matchroom never returned there, If Frisco is going to be Lugo all over again, heaven help all of us who plan to attend.

I'll trust Matchroom to make this work, but they have got their work cut out. Let's hope they will manage the playing conditions more skillfully than they did in Lugo.
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I’m hopeful that this will be the start of rotating the us open around the country each year, which i think would be good for the event and the sport. Whether it makes business sense i of course don’t know.

But I can drive (8 hours) to Plano and stay at any number of clean, inexpensive, and safe hotels, where AC is an expensive headache for me.
 
if the event is about filling the spectator seats and getting lots of entries, they do a good job of that by getting great hotel deals in off seasons.

with so many tournaments nowadays a point is coming where they will burn out their regular crowd and start losing business.

to get or improve the crowd, having places where the family can attend and do fun things while the pool player in it can spend his or her time at the event.
that is why las vegas had so much success with these kind of things before it got so expensive but for vacations it works better for that crowd.

seems orlando area is a prime spot, as well as dirty atlantic city as there is much to do in short driving places. and at least casinos to entertain other people joining the players and spectators.
 
garczar said:
not sure what you're saying here. there is no 'Colonial Open' for one just 'The Colonial'. People that live in Ok,Tex,La,etc are used to it. If you haven't faded a hot/humid summer it can be taxing as hell. I played golf in Vegas when it was 115deg and it was nothing compared to a 95deg/70%humid day in Tulsa. Your sweat never evaporates, constantly wiping down with a towel. not pretty.
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We get that in MN too, just not as often or for as long.

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity..." - Minnesotans in summer
"It's not the cold, it's the wind..." - Minnesotans in winter

I'll take the cold all day, every day.
 
I think the location will be fine regarding playing conditions. The Florida Open was in Orlando in mid-August last year and it was comfortable inside.

But yeah, getting in your car at mid-day to go out for lunch...
 
TexasShooter said:
Think of Phoenix with humidity. It is worse.
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No it's not. I grew up in Alabama and Texas and I worked in Texas as recently as 2022. Yes, it is miserable and sucks taking a shower and then immediately needing another one; however, it doesn't come close to not being able to touch a car or when you step out of a casino (Bullhead/Laughlin) when it's 126 outside and that hot air smacks you in the face like a 10 lb sledgehammer.
 
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Sounds like a great time! Maybe I can talk to the wife into making the drive from Abilene. Eat some Pappadeaux’s, catch a triple A Roughriders game also.
 
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