[Ansteorra] Happy Medium Option-Was Story from Crown Tourney

[Owen Van Meter]

The Waco Fair complex also a place like this. 2 indoor areas and 1 outdoor.
Not sure what the cost would be.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Regan Caimbeul
<regan.caimbeul at gmail.com>wrote:

> Greeting unto the list,
>
> I would like to propose a possible happy medium option for having
> tournaments outside.
>
> Some people have brought up concerns about fighting indoors because the
> floor has no give, and one could easily roll ankles or jam knees.  What
> about finding a place (fairground, equestrian center) that has an indoor
> arena with a dirt floor, like Myers Park and Event Center in McKinney?  (I
> may be a little biased on this location, because it's less than 30 minutes
> from my home.  :-) )  The floor is dirt and soft, so that if one took a
> fall
> it doesn't hurt as badly as falling on concrete, or hard ground.
>
> Here is their link if anyone would like to check it out:
> http://www.co.collin.tx.us/parks/myers/indoor_arena.jsp
>
> I know that a couple groups have had events in other parts of the
> facility-Elfsea had (I think) Spring Faire in the "Back Forty" a few years
> ago and Steppes had a demo there for a homeschooling group.
>
> Depending on what the surface under the dirt is made of, it might even be
> possible to put up pavilions inside.  I'm pretty sure that they have good
> ventilation or A/C.  With the right decorations and accents, it has the
> potential of giving the atmosphere of a grand tourney set up with an
> outdoor
> feel, while being inside.
>
> This is just an option to put out there as food for thought.  Talk amongst
> yourselves.  :-)
>
> Good evening to you all.
>
> Regan Caimbeul
>
> --
> If everything happened when and how we wanted, then nothing would be worth
> waiting for...
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