“FOOSBALL MASTER TOUR” TO DEBUT ON VERSUS NETWORK JUNE 3, 5, 10 & 11, 2009 -- Top Table Soccer Players from Around the World Face Off in Ultimate Challenge Match --
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“FOOSBALL MASTER TOUR” TO DEBUT ON VERSUS NETWORK JUNE 3, 5, 10 & 11,
2009
-- Top Table Soccer Players from Around the World Face Off in Ultimate
Challenge Match --
Las Vegas, NV – Remember foosball? That crazy soccer-like game at the
video arcade or rec center from when you were a kid? You know, the
one with the little plastic soccer guys attached to rods that spin
around on a table-sized play field. Maybe you even played it at a
sports bar, bowling alley, college dorm or more recently, in a break
room at work. Most everyone has, and you might even have seen (or
been) a pretty good player yourself. But there’s good players and
then there’s so good (as the June 3rd debut of the Foosball Master
Tour on the Versus network at 5:30 EST will demonstrate) that it’s
more than amazing -- it’s sick.
Filmed at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in a special arena that
“foosers” call “the pit,” you’ll see foosball – that old, classic
arcade game – taken to an extreme level of speed, power, control and
competitiveness as top players from across the USA and around the
world compete for high stakes on the “Foosball Master Tour.”
The competition will feature match-ups between a wide array of
the game’s legends, flamboyant champions, international stars and most
cunning hustlers, all brought together by Master Tour promoter Phil
Schlaefer. To provide audiences with the maximum effect, Phil has
teamed with award winning producer Mark Teague of Dreamhaven Studios,
Emmy winning producer Derek Hastings, Emmy-winning photography
director Bill Evans and Grammy nominated audio engineer Vince Sanchez
of VSO Productions. In addition, the Foosball Master Tour’s corporate
partners already include Brunswick, the Versus Network, Dave &
Buster’s, Sloshspot.com, Leverage Advertising Agency of New York, and
the Riviera Hotel and Casino, among others.
With custom-made tables, innovative camera angles and “goal cams,”
and play-by-play commentary by Foosball Hall of Famer Jim Stevens,
foosball (a.k.a. table soccer) has never before been played with such
intensity in front of TV cameras and broadcast on a national stage!!
See it happen on the Versus network June 3, 5, 10 & 11th, at 5:30
EST.
For further details about the event and the sport of table soccer, see
the following websites:
www.foosballmastertour.com - Official web site of the Master Tour
www.ustsf.org - U.S. federation web site/U.S. National Team
sponsorship opportunities
www.table-soccer.org - International federation web site/international
rankings/news
www.foosball.com - General info about the sport of table soccer, USA
Tour Calendar
For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this
release, please contact:
Phil Schlaefer, Tournament Director, Tel: 1- 408-315-1965; Email:
philsc...@me.com
Brad Laurine, Technical Advisor, Tel: 1-503-931-9115; Email: brad@rod-
lock.com
Larry Davis, President, USTSF, Tel: 1-563-580-9485; Email:
larry...@ustsf.foosball.com
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