We are coming July 14th through 19th for USSSA Softball World Series in Branson. The length of this tournament requires us to book six nights of hotel rooms for our team, plus there is a special night at SDC for all the teams, and many more opportunities for the girls and families to do events in Branson. White Water of all the "big" attractions looks to be a definite stop because they are open until 10:00 for several nights we are in town. We are also looking at doing a couple of shows. But this is a week long event, they stagger games and purposely schedule "Branson" events for the tournament.
Weekend tournaments are much more crazy. I've done baseball and softball, and if you are in the winner's bracket, you have a little bit more down time than you do if you are on the loser side (of course when you knocked out of the bracket you have a lot of free time then). What I really like about this concept is the idea that there would be restaurants, hotel rooms (dorms), shops, etc... right there at the fields. It would be really nice when you have the two hour breaks to be able to go to your room and cool off and relax between games. Hopefully they don't forget the little brother and sister.....ball parks make a ton of money off those guys. Also if White Water would do a "tournament pass" that would allow a multiple day admission to the park for the teams......I could see them selling a bunch of those.
Jay
