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yay for the cover of houston press!

i think i sat at a table with rippin red at a bar downtown a while back. weird.

no doubt about that! that girl loves to party!!

Wow, I didn't even know Houston had a rollerderby team, cool. And the Merrill Center would be great, but I will keep my eyes peeled.

peel those eyes to something in the 610 area thanks!

Have you called on the Trading Fair II on 610 South? I believe their upstairs is available to rent out. I know concerts have been held there by promoters in the past.

This place is on our list but there is something stalling us to moving on it. I seen on our xls file that there must be some kind of obstruction 30' apart. Polls? I'll ask the production rep what is up with it. Thanks for the heads up though!

Goodness, Miss. Choppins....if half the Roller-ladies are as 'easy-on-the-eyes' as you, I may have to become a 'roller-groupie'!

Your site shows an event in early Feb. at the Axiom?...never actaully been there, but what are the issues with that venue?

Good luck with the search

.....that is a fundraiser that is coming up. We will have bands and will show our first bout from the Pasadena Con. Center....but the Axiom will not hold our sq. footage and I believe it has obstructions.

thanks for the compliment ....you will just have to see for yourself about the other girls . Come out and meet the rest of the ladies on Feb 4th!

This is the only one I know of in our area of town. The owner, Paul Hedrick, is the father of Chad Hedrick, who's on the front page of the Chronicle this morning.

Chad Hedrick's headed to the Winter Olympics!

Thanks! I believe that place was called on but I will double check. Mel "Madame M" , the Dairy Ashford Roller Rink speed coach knows Chad, I'm sure. I believe I heard her talking about him a few times and how much he is a rock star on skates. She has been skating for nearly 20 yrs. now!

HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! Now all we need is the place and Paul Bosch to come back from the grave and promote it. I will definately help out on this.

Ummmm, Miss Choppins, have you guys derbied against that Austin team that is on Rollergirls ?

I know you would like to be in Houston, but have you considered the Murrell Center here in Katy, Almost a perfect venue for y'all if you already have the rink.

hahahaha...Paul Bosch!? Isn't that the guy who doing wrestling? HA! We would totally need him We are actually looking for an announcer as well. We dropped our head announcer. We will be going up against the Austin in a couple years, I'm sure. BUT not the "banked" track that you see on the A&E show but the "flat" track. There is actually only like 3 banked tracks in the nation and 40 flat track. And thanks for the suggestion on Murrell Center. I didn't see it on our xls list so I will be giving them a call.

welcome to the forum!

i (and others i am sure) will keep an eye out...

thank you very much! it makes me feel warm and fuzzy when people help out

Noob here and derby girl

We are in dire need to find a home for our games. We have been looking for a property that would fit our requirements for nearly a year now. You would think in this huge city it would be 'oh so' easy but not for us. Maybe someone has a secret place that we just haven't come across. Due tell!!! HELP! Our season is starting in March and need to get rolling on the search. It can be WHATEVER; club, warehouse, roller rink, VFW hall, convention center, vacant buildings, ETC.... We have tried well over 100 places and no luck. We are willing to pay $3,000 to $5,000 for a match (don't quote me but I'm almost 100% sure). Our exhibition bout was at the Pasadena Convention Center if that gives a visual to anyone(http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/citycalendar.htm#convention **checky mid page**) . Wish it were closer in town though...

Requirements are:

1) has to be covered

2) no obstructions

3) preferably seats more than 1000

4) has bathrooms

5) doesn't have a problem serving alcohol

6) has to have A/C

7) preferably in the 610 loop

8) has to have lighting

9) stays open late (11:00PM ish)

10) 15,000 sq. ft. minimum

11) a hard surface floor, like concrete or wood or linoleum, that is at least 60’ by 100’

thanks a bunch for even looking at this!

gerd

*Mary Choppins*

www.houstonrollerderby.com