2 minutes ago, SEApocalypse said:

So basically anything not too far out in the woods?
Heck, I am originally from a small 12,000 people village and there we could have such a location free of charge without much problems as long as we make our schedule long enough in advance. Club member benefits and some connections to the local school, combining two halls, overall ~2000m² floor space + a nice little bar for refreshments and snacks. No idea if having so many sports halls is special, never would have thought so. We still prefered to host events (LAN-Parties) in a youth hostel instead, because that allowed us to offer cheap rooms and closer to the city with better internet wi-fi, etc and had still a sufficient room for about ~100 party guests. Funny enough this was another free of charge thing, the hostel was happy enough about a few extra guest, some PR and to do a favor to a friend.
In big cities it should be even easier, with many actual event halls and event space avaible for rent, so you don't need any connections at all. (Though connections still help to get space cheap or for free)

Money and work required might be an issue, but it is hard to imagine that actually acquiring enough space itself would be a big problem.

The trouble for me is Timing.

And basically, local laws.

I can't hire a hall for an event for greater than 50 people without event insurance.

I can't get event insurance without booking a hall in advance (to lock in the date), and then secure the insurance, to confirm the booking. Which can take 3-4 weeks.

Plus I have to consider that most of the available halls are owned by the Legion - the unfortunate side effect of that is they are restricted to ages 18+.

SO even though I am in a major city, it can be... troubling... to do so on a whim.

To do so with months in advance? Easy.

But to have an event booked and be breaking the turnout intended... Well, that complicates things.

2 minutes ago, Drasnighta said:

The trouble for me is Timing.

Oh yeah, timing can be an issue. I can totally relate to that.
Had not to deal with event insurances myself so far. I don't think that they are mandatory nor such a pain over here. At least I did not hear any bigger trouble about them from friends who deal with those things these days.

38 minutes ago, SEApocalypse said:

No idea if having so many sports halls is special, never would have thought so. We still prefered to host events (LAN-Parties) in a youth hostel instead, because that allowed us to offer cheap rooms and closer to the city with better internet wi-fi, etc and had still a sufficient room for about ~100 party guests. Funny enough this was another free of charge thing, the hostel was happy enough about a few extra guest, some PR and to do a favor to a friend.
In big cities it should be even easier

You'd expect that big cities are easier for hosting such events, and from a capacity standpoint that's true, but this is where supply and demand comes into play. As tournaments like this fill all the restaurants and hotels/hostels in small towns, the organizers are often given a negligible price for the venue, but in big cities there are plenty of events lining up to fill venues so they tend to charge whatever they feel they can get away with.

3 hours ago, SEApocalypse said:

Why? Any decent TO should be able to get bigger locations as needed. Budget increases as player increase. Renting a place for 100 players might cost a little over $1000 a day, but at the same time you should be getting $1000 a day and make some extra on the catering.

Gonna make me explain the joke? Okay. "Stores that can realistically have unlimited space" is an oxymoronical phrase.

TOs worth their weight in salt () night be able to procure a lot of space...but likely not unlimited. Heck even a 1000 person venue has a limit. The one thousand and first person would get turned away at the door, you see.

It was super hilarious, trust me, and neatly summed up in my winky emoticon.