Gus Macker
Gus Macker takes place right in the heart of the city each year. Players come from all over the region to play 3-on-3 basketball. It's exciting to watch and literally takes up a ton of downtown real estate. Here's the history of the tournament:
The Original Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament was started in 1974 by Scott McNeal (alias Gus Macker) on his parents driveway basketball court in Lowell, Michigan. It started with 18 friends playing competitively for $18.
The tournament continued to grow and in 1987 moved from Lowell to Belding and took to the road because of a tremendous demand from communities outside of the home base. The Gus Macker All- World Tour was greeted with enthusiasm and spectacular news coverage in every area. Over 10,400 players participated in five cities in that first year. Since 1987, the Macker Tournaments has expanded, holding both indoor and outdoor tournament in over 75 cities and with over 200,000 players and 1.7 million spectators enjoying 3-on-3 competition and family fun each year.
The long range success and growth of the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is extremely important to us; therefore we will direct all our best efforts in providing a top-quality tournament. With hands-on experience since 1974, we understand the essentials necessary to organizing and directing a well run tournament for the players, spectators, and sponsors. We will not compromise our ideals while making the Gus Macker a continuing, wholesome phenomenon across the USA.
The Macker has grown to national prominence, but is still run in a hometown, friendly manner. Teams of various age, size, and talent levels pay a team registration fee for the opportunity to compete against other teams of similar make-up and the chance to win top-quality trophies. By prohibiting alcohol or tobacco-related sponsors, the Macker has maintained the wholesome nature and pure fun of the event which draws players, spectators, and media wherever it is held. It has grown because the simple essence of the event, as originally established in Scott McNeals parents driveway, is maintained. The concept of Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball is being imitated across the USA but the Macker is still the one-and-only original game that is evolving as the hottest mass participation sport today.
Info found at: www.macker.com/
June 27th and 28th, 2010
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