USA Deaf Basketball Tournament Coming To Round Rock

ROUND ROCK, TX — The USA Deaf Basketball National Championship Tournament will take place in Round Rock this week, a setting organizers said is replete with logistical advantages to stage the meet.

The event will be staged at the Round Rock Sports Center in a city that has dubbed itself the "Sports Capital of Texas" this Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, and at Round Rock High School April 14. The USADB Art Kruger and Thomas Elliott National Tournament is the men’s 74th annual and women’s 28th annual championship. This year, the three-day tournament features 36 of the best deaf basketball teams from all over the U.S., organizers noted.

“We chose Round Rock as the location of our national Deaf basketball tournament for a number of reasons," USA Deaf Basketball Commissioner Christina Costello said. "First, we needed a facility in our Southwest Region, which includes Texas. Second, we needed a venue that met the majority of the requirements on our tournament checklist."

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Available meeting space added to the appeal of staging the event in Round Rock, she added: "The meeting room at the Round Rock Sports Center was an added bonus. We will host our team meeting there, which allows teams to see the courts in advance and become familiar with them,” Costello explained. “We also liked the location’s close proximity to the Deaf community and the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.”

The Youth All Star Deaf Basketball game is at noon Saturday at Round Rock High School and includes the top high school senior boy basketball players from all over the U.S., according to organizers.

“We are so honored to host the USA Deaf Basketball National Championship for the first time here in Round Rock,” Round Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Nancy Yawn said. “We were happy to collaborate with the tournament organizers on their requirements for this exciting national tournament. We look forward to hosting the players, their families and all the fans who come to Round Rock this weekend to enjoy watching high-level basketball, eating at our restaurants, shopping at our stores and staying at our hotels.”

To download the event flyer, click here. Here's what that flyer looks like:

EVENT DETAILS

WHEN: April 12-14, 2018

WHERE: Round Rock Sports Center, 2400 Chisholm Trail, Round Rock, Texas (April 12-13) and Round Rock High School (April 14)

ADMISSION COST: Buy tickets at www.usadb.us/2018tickets or at the door.
$65 online and at the door
$35 Seniors/students
$25 lifetime pass holders
Children ages 6-13 years old $25 tournament pass/$10 per day
Children 5 years and younger are free.

PARKING: Free onsite parking is available at the Round Rock Sports Center.

ABOUT USA DEAF BASKETBALL (provided text):

United States of America Deaf Basketball (USADB) is a national basketball organization serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing athletes who desire to participate in organized sports activities. There are eight regional units sponsored by USADB, which come together at annual national tournaments and summer basketball camps, thus to develop a sense of good sportsmanship, congeniality and leadership skills among interested and talented players. Participants for Deaf Olympics and International Basketball games are selected from the most promising players at these tournaments, to represent USADB internationally. For more information, visit www.usadb.us.

ABOUT ROUND ROCK SPORTS CENTER (provided text):
The Round Rock Sports Center is a $14.9 million indoor sports complex with 82,800 square feet of indoor space, including 47,775 square feet of flexible, open, playable space. Featuring six basketball courts and 12 volleyball courts, the sports center offers seating capacity for up to 1,300 spectators and more than 500 parking spots. The venue includes locker rooms, a training room, LED scoreboard screens, and three large multi-purpose rooms that can be subdivided into nine smaller rooms.

The facility is also easily converted into a space for hosting expos, meetings, keynote speakers, formal banquets, dances, corporate brainstorming retreats and concerts. Dozens of events have been held at the Round Rock Sports Center since it opened approximately 18 months ago, including: the Heart of Texas Wrestling Nationals, the Texas Power League Volleyball Qualifier, the Blue Diamond - The Freeze Baseball Tournament, and the TJ Ford Basketball Invitational. Visit www.rrsportscenter.com.

ABOUT SPORTS TOURISM IN ROUND ROCK (provided text):
The Round Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, a division of The City of Round Rock Sports Management and Tourism Department, is dedicated to bringing revenue to the great city of Round Rock. Using hotel occupancy taxes, (funds paid by visitors who stay in our hotels,) the Round Rock CVB promotes Round Rock as The Sports Capital of Texas for youth, amateur and recreational sports to tournament and meeting planners across the nation. A central location in Texas, unique shopping opportunities and an abundance of tournament-ready fields, courts and courses are helping Round Rock quickly become the top choice for planners when selecting a location for their next big event. For the members of our community, hosting more events means hosting more visitors—and more visitors means more profits for local businesses, plus lowered property taxes for Round Rock citizens, for which we can all be big fans. Here’s to Round Rock: a great place to live and a great place to play. Game on! For more information, visit www.sportscapitaloftexas.com.

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