Not all of this is confirmed in media, but here's what appears to be happening.
The Broadview has been bought by Drury Hotels. The plan is a total gut of the building and a total rehab. That will leave the Broadview closed for about one year.
The plan is to start the rehab in about one year. That leaves the Air Cap in great shape for 2009, but without a home in 2010.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Air Cap moves to $8,000+
2 events have been added to the Air Cap.
Ladies Singles Cricket has been requested for years. It's on the schedule.
301 has been added as an early bird event. It starts at 6:30 Friday. This is an ADO points event. Entry fee is $20 with a total payout of $480. The finals of this event will be best 3 of 5. We will need chalkers, so plan on showing up early, chalking a few games, and relaxing with your friends before the blind draw starts at 8:30. There is a sponsor for this event who will cover shortages if we don't have enough entrants to cover the payouts.
Speaking of finals. We're having a stage built and donated to the WDA. The stage will have 2 boards and all top 4 matches will be played on the stage. The stage can be disassembled into small pieces that we can transport and store in our facility.
There's a change in the facility setup. All the boards are going up on the wall by the alley. 24 boards along that wall and 2 boards on the stage for finals in each event.
Speaking of boards. The WDA is selling Nodor boards for $25. These boards have been used at the regional. That's it. Some may have never had a dart stuck in them.
Christy found a special price for some Razor boards. Razor boards are the ultimate premium board. No staples. Wires are buried in the board and very narrow. These boards have the least bounceouts of any tournament-approved boards. I've thrown on them a few times and they are wonderful. Using the premium boards is not going to cost the WDA anything. Arrangements have been made to cover the cost. If you have any questions, send me an email. I'm not going to discuss much about finances here.
We will offer used Razor boards at $40. These boards are $65 - $70 new.
To recap:
1) $8,000+ tourney with the additional $500 covered by an underwriter.
2) New floor plan increases darters space and spectators view.
3) Finals on a stage.
4) 2 new events.
5) Additional ADO points available.
6) Best boards made are used for the tourney.
7) Event schedules changed to reduce waiting time between board calls.
And there's the 2 big screen TVs we're going to have to display brackets and board calls. They are being donated for the weekend in exchange for some promotional signs on them.
Ladies Singles Cricket has been requested for years. It's on the schedule.
301 has been added as an early bird event. It starts at 6:30 Friday. This is an ADO points event. Entry fee is $20 with a total payout of $480. The finals of this event will be best 3 of 5. We will need chalkers, so plan on showing up early, chalking a few games, and relaxing with your friends before the blind draw starts at 8:30. There is a sponsor for this event who will cover shortages if we don't have enough entrants to cover the payouts.
Speaking of finals. We're having a stage built and donated to the WDA. The stage will have 2 boards and all top 4 matches will be played on the stage. The stage can be disassembled into small pieces that we can transport and store in our facility.
There's a change in the facility setup. All the boards are going up on the wall by the alley. 24 boards along that wall and 2 boards on the stage for finals in each event.
Speaking of boards. The WDA is selling Nodor boards for $25. These boards have been used at the regional. That's it. Some may have never had a dart stuck in them.
Christy found a special price for some Razor boards. Razor boards are the ultimate premium board. No staples. Wires are buried in the board and very narrow. These boards have the least bounceouts of any tournament-approved boards. I've thrown on them a few times and they are wonderful. Using the premium boards is not going to cost the WDA anything. Arrangements have been made to cover the cost. If you have any questions, send me an email. I'm not going to discuss much about finances here.
We will offer used Razor boards at $40. These boards are $65 - $70 new.
To recap:
1) $8,000+ tourney with the additional $500 covered by an underwriter.
2) New floor plan increases darters space and spectators view.
3) Finals on a stage.
4) 2 new events.
5) Additional ADO points available.
6) Best boards made are used for the tourney.
7) Event schedules changed to reduce waiting time between board calls.
And there's the 2 big screen TVs we're going to have to display brackets and board calls. They are being donated for the weekend in exchange for some promotional signs on them.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Red Division Ends In A Tie For 1st Place
Going into the last week of the season, Dairy Air was third and playing the team in first. Dairy Air was 11 wins behind Mz Thang's Gang and 10 wins behind the Lizzards.
Against Mz Thang, Dairy Air went 9 - 5, leaving them 7 wins behind. The Lizzards went 10-4 against the Outlaws. That put Dairy Air in second. 7 wins behind Mz Thang and 11 wins behind the Lizzards. Dairy Air had a makeup. 8 wins was a guarantee of getting into the playoffs. 12 wins was undisputed first place.
Dairy Air went 11-3 against Generation X3 in their makeup game. Those 11 wins tied the Lizzards for first place in the league.
Against Mz Thang, Dairy Air went 9 - 5, leaving them 7 wins behind. The Lizzards went 10-4 against the Outlaws. That put Dairy Air in second. 7 wins behind Mz Thang and 11 wins behind the Lizzards. Dairy Air had a makeup. 8 wins was a guarantee of getting into the playoffs. 12 wins was undisputed first place.
Dairy Air went 11-3 against Generation X3 in their makeup game. Those 11 wins tied the Lizzards for first place in the league.
Monday, August 04, 2008
General Membership Meeting Highlights
The next Thursday session starts September 11.
We have a couple of players going to National playoffs. Dan Zimmerman and Leanna Clifford are going to Stamford, CT for the East-West All-Stars. Accompanying them will be Zach Zimmerman and Katherine Fitch playing in the National Youth Playoffs.
Thanks to Sandy Diel's hard work, some alternate funding methods were found to send more players to Oklahoma City than the WDA was willing to spend out of their funds. Gary Boisen qualified to go to Austin, Texas for a national playoff.
Annual memberships are now $10 a year and are due before anybody plays three times in league play. Lifetime memberships had previously been set at 10 times the annual rate. Lifetime memberships remain at $75.
David Garrett will have some recommended Bylaws changes to bring to the Board based on fixing Lifetime Membership prices and some clarifications about Director's meetings held at smoking establishments that can't admit members under 18.
The Youth Fund was $400 short of what's needed to send Youths to the Nationals. The WDA will contribute whatever is necessary and the blind draw after the meeting was played with all payouts going to the Youth Fund. Bubba offered 2 rib slabs for an auction to benefit the Youth Fund. David Garrett mentioned that without Kraig there to offer $100 for 3 slabs, there might actually be an auction.
The rib auction was interesting. It started with Dan and Christy bidding against each other. Then I opened my mouth and said, "I'll buy all 3 for $100, oh sorry, there's only two". Bubba immediately said he'd throw in a third slab and I had the top bid.
There were some awkward moments. Everyone realized I had tried to make a joke and got called on it. For a minute or two everyone was wondering if I'd try to weasel out or if I'd honor my bid. There were offers to split the cost and the ribs when I whipped out 5 $20 bills, slapped them on the table, turned to the crowd and said, "Beat my bid". Dan bid $110. David bid $125.
After the meeting, we raised $300 of the $400 we needed for the Youth.
David says he's going to wait on delivery of the ribs until his housewarming. You are on notice. Bubba's ribs at David's housewarming when David announces the date. That should bring some people out to David's party.
We have a couple of players going to National playoffs. Dan Zimmerman and Leanna Clifford are going to Stamford, CT for the East-West All-Stars. Accompanying them will be Zach Zimmerman and Katherine Fitch playing in the National Youth Playoffs.
Thanks to Sandy Diel's hard work, some alternate funding methods were found to send more players to Oklahoma City than the WDA was willing to spend out of their funds. Gary Boisen qualified to go to Austin, Texas for a national playoff.
Annual memberships are now $10 a year and are due before anybody plays three times in league play. Lifetime memberships had previously been set at 10 times the annual rate. Lifetime memberships remain at $75.
David Garrett will have some recommended Bylaws changes to bring to the Board based on fixing Lifetime Membership prices and some clarifications about Director's meetings held at smoking establishments that can't admit members under 18.
The Youth Fund was $400 short of what's needed to send Youths to the Nationals. The WDA will contribute whatever is necessary and the blind draw after the meeting was played with all payouts going to the Youth Fund. Bubba offered 2 rib slabs for an auction to benefit the Youth Fund. David Garrett mentioned that without Kraig there to offer $100 for 3 slabs, there might actually be an auction.
The rib auction was interesting. It started with Dan and Christy bidding against each other. Then I opened my mouth and said, "I'll buy all 3 for $100, oh sorry, there's only two". Bubba immediately said he'd throw in a third slab and I had the top bid.
There were some awkward moments. Everyone realized I had tried to make a joke and got called on it. For a minute or two everyone was wondering if I'd try to weasel out or if I'd honor my bid. There were offers to split the cost and the ribs when I whipped out 5 $20 bills, slapped them on the table, turned to the crowd and said, "Beat my bid". Dan bid $110. David bid $125.
After the meeting, we raised $300 of the $400 we needed for the Youth.
David says he's going to wait on delivery of the ribs until his housewarming. You are on notice. Bubba's ribs at David's housewarming when David announces the date. That should bring some people out to David's party.
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