BCA修补9球冠军
更好促进体育的新的神色、名字和格式目标
美国(BCA)的台球国会宣布了它提高了它的9球冠军事件在2008年。 事件的名字也被更改了到“GenerationPool.com 9球冠军”。 GenerationPool.com是为发射提名的新的BCA消费者网站在2008年的早期。
第一次， 2008年GenerationPool.com 9球冠军与国际台球一道将举行 家庭休闲商展， 6月12-14，在夏洛特，北卡罗来纳。 比赛的半决赛和决赛事件在盛大舞厅将发生6月11-12在夏洛特会议中心。
“我们想导致一个出色的事件，并且我们知道我们会需要改变我们的比赛品质达到这个目标”，说BCA Ivan ·李总统。 “我们改变竞技场、格式、生产技术和比赛的环境为了突出发生戏剧的专业水平。 球员在一个高级演奏的环境里将被对待到一个头等事件”。
进一步， 2008年ESPN在ESPN和ESPN2承诺更多时间给显示GenerationPool.com 9球冠军。 在讲话与ESPN以后对创新变动为比赛开发了，他们兴奋增加二个另外的小时编程为事件，意味事件将宣扬最小限度于六个小时。 这些另外的小时airtime将增加得超过30%一跑在电视上显示的覆盖面。
“ESPN高兴地报道三个小时从人的2008年，并且妇女的GenerationPool.com 9球冠军事件”，程序管理员说尼克Dawson，同事为ESPN。 “事件每年是其中一个大门罩台球事件在世界，并且增加的小时将给观察者机会与另外的比赛竞争一起享受半决赛和冠军从每分裂”。
竞技场将包括后备的VIP就座，包含高级皮椅、矮茶几和体育场就座，创造最后观察环境。 The event will also feature a VIP hospitality area with all-inclusive food and beverage service, early access to the arena, and a high-end hospitality area. The new championships will provide a visual backdrop for television that promotes the game in a first-class, appealing format.
The 2008 event will continue to feature a men’s and women’s division. Both divisions will begin with 32 players on Monday. The semifinals that will take place the evening of Wednesday, June 11, and Thursday, June 12, will consist of the men’s and women’s finals. Both events will begin with a VIP reception.
In an effort to keep the linearity of the Women’s Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) tour, the women’s event will begin with 64 players June 6-7 at Smokin’ Cue, which is located at 10901 University City Blvd. in Charlotte. Once narrowed to 32 players, the event will move to the Charlotte Convention Center.
“The WPBA fully understands and supports our desire to redefine our event,” said Lee. “But they requested that we allow them to keep the field size from years past. Faced with our constraints in time and location, we worked cooperatively with the WPBA to arrange an off-site start for the women’s side of the event so that they can deliver 32 players to the start of the event on Sunday night. The willingness of the WPBA to work with the BCA to resolve this issue illustrates a new spirit of cooperation in our industry.”
Tickets for the GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships can be purchased by phone beginning March 31, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. EST. Information on ticket prices and the phone number to order tickets will be announced in March.
The BCA will also be inducting its fifty-second member into the BCA Hall of Fame during the intermission between the men’s and women’s GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships final matches on Thursday, June 12. This exclusive ceremony will take place in the main arena and will continue the long tradition of recognizing and paying tribute to the world’s greatest billiard players and contributors.
“Hosting the 2008 BCA Expo, the new GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships, and the BCA Hall of Fame induction ceremony all in close proximity will allow many facets of the industry the opportunity to reconnect with each other.” said Lee. “The week will truly be a celebration of billiards.”