Santa Cruz Volleyball Forum

I just started running some decent sized tournaments (16 person ones so far), and I'm planning some larger ones in the future. If I wanted to reserve specific courts down at main beach, who would I contact for that? Or is it even necessary since I run my tournaments on Wednesdays? I haven't had any problems yet, but I figured I should find out the facts just in case...

Cheers!

-M@-

M@,

I found some information for you on the SC Parks & Recreation website:

http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parks ... letic.html

I'm not sure which of the Fees would apply to your event (eg- the 'Beach Use Fee' of $350/day), but you could probably call them and find out. Or maybe you could talk to Phil about it since he runs his No Attitudes tournament down there. I hope that helps!

Nick

Thanks Nick!

I wonder if any conflicts could arise from just doing it the way I have been doing it? I mean, we had amplified sound (Troy's amp) playing music down there, and we took up four courts. I wonder if I had the same setup, but took over five or six courts, if people would get mad? Last time everyone playing on the other courts seemed to enjoy the music, but I wonder if they can ticket you or anything if you don't have that P & R permit. I think I'll just keep doing it the way I have been doing it for now, but if anyone has any information on possible negative consequences of doing so, please let me know. Thanks.

Cheers!

-M@-

Good question, Matt.

From personal experience, I would encourage you to keep it informal between friends. Once the City gets involved, a whole new ball game comes into play including permits, regulations, getting on the schedule, fees and liability insurance. I would encourage you to schedule your tournaments away from peak times, which is generally evenings and weekends. The City is pretty hands-off unless they receive complaints. Make sure courts are always available for the public and regular players. If your tournaments start growing, you likely will need to go through formal procedures.

Incidentally, amplified sound does require a permit so you may want go easy with it.

CBVA Director, Mark Hull may want to add his perspective as well.

Matt, you are doing a great job with grass roots organizing. Keep it going.

Phil

Matt this is Mark Hull CBVA director for the past 25 years The city has several hoops that you will need to jump through the moment they get wind of any type of organized event being held at MSB. You will need to file a permit use application $50 sound permit $33 court use fees $6/hour/court
$1 million dollar insurance policy naming the City of Santa Cruz as a protected sponsor. If you get any bigger you will run the risk of being shut down and thye are on the outlook for ANY source of income these days.. Desperate times make for Desperate measures.. any more question e mail me at mark@mainstreetbeach.com good luck..mhullo

Also, Phil mentioned avoiding weekends and evenings. I'm surprised he didn't explicitly point out that *he* has a bunch of courts reserved Tue, Wed, and Thurs evenings from 6-8 for his classes through the summer.

John.

Hey John,

For most of my class time, I use 2 courts, sometimes 3. I don't spread out until 7:15 pm when most of the other courts are typically wide open.

Phil