Is the option of holding the event at a venue in the city (like a conference hall) no longer being considered?
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You were in Michurinsk for the CIS Championship, staying in a dormitory – what kind of conference halls are there? The first two options were just the same university dormitories. Add to that the typical, slight snobbery of city dwellers towards less affluent people from other cities... who would give me a conference hall for 4 days, including the Christmas holidays? And what if I were a terrorist? Wouldn't it be unpleasant to come in the morning for the tournament and find a huge, heavy lock on the conference hall door? Guys, the most important thing in tournaments is reliability, so that players have 100% confidence that the tournament will take place.
As an option, we could play in the hotel rooms. The rooms are for 4 or 6 people; we can rent an extra room specifically for playing... our guys are used to playing in any conditions, as are Yama-Dharma and Stinger; the others might not like it.
The club is not far away; the tournament could start around 10-11 am, and the last matches could end around midnight. The metro runs until 1 am, and it takes 4 minutes to walk to the metro station.
Maybe you could post the rules and templates so that we can start preparing? And in general, it would be good to design the first page.
OK, I'll do it this evening.