Conference USSSA Schedule 2022
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TWmccoy
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I saw that. I'm a little miffed. I won't call Loveland a "premier" event, but it was still a fairly large tourny. I heard from some local players that the tourny wasn't well received among traveling teams, and that there were problems with bat testing.
I'm surprised Oklahoma's gone too. That's not a bad place to play. Really shocked Houston's gone. Wasn't that a huge event for years?
I'm surprised Oklahoma's gone too. That's not a bad place to play. Really shocked Houston's gone. Wasn't that a huge event for years?
EAJuggalo
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Houston was a shock when I realized it. That part of Texas is huge for USSSA, only thing I can figure is they are limited because it's a BLD. The new park in Dallas is amazing, but still, Texas is too big to only have one Conference event. Especially when you look at DC getting two and Chicago getting two, I don't know how much USSSA is played in DC, but there is no USSSA left in Chicago, you've got to go to St. Louis or Minneapolis to find any. 3 duals in five weeks late in the season too.
TWmccoy
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I don't play a ton of conference softball, so I don't know exactly what goes into choosing locations and venues. All the places I've played conference events before aren't on the schedule anymore (Houston, Mansfield, Tulsa, CO).
CO needs their conference event back, but it needs to be held at Aurora Sports Park rather than Loveland. I'm not sure if you're familiar with ASP, but it's like 20 minutes from the airport, and has 12 320' fields, which are the nicest in CO. The conference event used to be there, but ASP has decided in recent years that they would rather host youth events. Loveland isn't quite a nice enough facility to have conference events at.
CO needs their conference event back, but it needs to be held at Aurora Sports Park rather than Loveland. I'm not sure if you're familiar with ASP, but it's like 20 minutes from the airport, and has 12 320' fields, which are the nicest in CO. The conference event used to be there, but ASP has decided in recent years that they would rather host youth events. Loveland isn't quite a nice enough facility to have conference events at.
EAJuggalo
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I've never been there, but I think I've seen the complex from the highway when driving around.
Distance from the airport, quality of the complex and lack of top teams would be my guess. Looking at last year, only 3 A teams and 7 Conference teams total. Same reason Tulsa is gone.
Complexes choosing youth baseball and fastpitch is a big problem with many of the nicer facilities nationwide. And many don't want to deal the drunks that come with a top end Conference event.
Distance from the airport, quality of the complex and lack of top teams would be my guess. Looking at last year, only 3 A teams and 7 Conference teams total. Same reason Tulsa is gone.
Complexes choosing youth baseball and fastpitch is a big problem with many of the nicer facilities nationwide. And many don't want to deal the drunks that come with a top end Conference event.
EAJuggalo
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I would pretty much guarantee it. I was told Helmer also owns part of it, the National Director of Officials runs it and they have a second park with six more fields a couple miles down the road. Where else in the Tri-state would be able to host it? And that wants it?