hold a basketball tournament in my job parking lot how do i go about this?
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Well, the first thing you should do is ask the owner for their blessing.  Let's face it you are going to have to tie up the parking lot as well as possibly paint lines.  They might not like that.  If you already have permission you need to look at whether you have the proper equipment.  Do you have portable hoops and balls?  You'll need money for officials and scorekeepers.  Do you have money?  Maybe you could get a local sporting goods store or restaurant to sponsor you.  You know if you made it a hoops for charity event you could probably get more sponsors.  You could collect money for entry fees, and donations.  You might be able to get the officials to do it for free.  You could pay off any fees or winners prizes, then donate the rest to charity.  Lots of people might be willing to help.  I know that Outback steakhouse donates food for charity events where I live.  You might be able to get stuff like pizza or subs too.  There are so many possibilities.  Once you get the sponsors you just have to market your event to get people to come out.
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Is this question for Donald Trump? ;)\n\nThink outside the box is the answer to this question.\n\nIdea 1) This idea you have to find out if it is legal. Buy a 10K car (negotiate for less than 10K). Sell $5 raffle ticket to anyone who wishes to win a brand new car. Market this and advertise. Sell over 2000 tickets and the rest is profit. Make sure you keep track of all records and have a 3rd party to handle raffle and to choose a winner.\n\nIdea 2) Let's say you have 10K. You want to make 200K? \nFind 20 ambitious people in this world that has 10K to invest just like you. Or let's say you have 20 families and friends.\nEach month, everyone puts in 10K to the pot, draw a name, then whoever wins, gets the 200K for that month. If you win, every month after, you still put in 10K. Continue this for 20 months and everyone will have 200K at one time. How you use that 200K in that month that you get, is up to you.  If 10K a month is too much, than 1K a month is fine, but do it more often with more groups of friends.\n\n\nIdea 3) Buy 10K of products, make changes to it or add something new to it, and sell it for 30K. For example, let's say you buy 10,000 water bottles at $1. Your costs is 10K. Now, let's say you think outside the box. You put those water bottles into cooler or container that is cold (assume you already have a place to store it cold). THEN, you negotiate with places that will allow you to sell it. For instance, a soccer game, a YMCA or gym facility, the Mavericks ticket line, anywhere where there are lots of people who are thirsty. You sell them them the $1 bottle for $3. If successful, you made 20K profit. Try doing that many times a month. \n\nIdea 4) Let's say you goto every restaurants and negotiate with them a deal where you advertise their specials and create coupons (buy 1 dish get one free entree). Now, let's say you goto every restaurants in the city. You now have a marketing system. Create those BOOKS of coupons. Go from neighborhood to neighborhood and sell those coupon books for $25 each. The value of (buy one entree get one free) the book is much more than $25 and lots of people will surely buy it coz it's a great deal for them, and it brings customers to the restaurants.  NOW, let's think about the next thing besides restaurants.... Do it all over again.\n\nIdea 5) Donate 10K to a charity. You'll feel much better and you will live longer. Those two things in life, are already worth over 200K.\n\nI have a lot more ideas but ideas are nothing unless you take action to make it work.  Life is short in a blink of an eye, but open your mind and a long journey begins.\n\n-Uncle Sam
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Ask a hotdog vendor, maybe they'll tell you.\nI think you can do big business if you get a permit in a prime location, like downtown in the business/entertainment areas.
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Make sure you have enough facilities. Create some sort of tournament format. Try to promote the kids as much as possible. Have a Public Address announcer. Make MVP's for games/tournaments. Keep obnoxious coaches under wraps. They're kids not pros so the more annoying Bobby Knight type fathers that are there, the more problems that you will have.
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Enter a trailer in a home show or Commonground Fair. Donate one to a good cause and get media exposure.  E-bay, Criags list,  Web-site links.\n\nGood luck
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get under the ball, wait for the ball to come to you, \n\nBE nice with all the other players A and B teams, the better freinds you all are , the more, they'll want to play with you!!\nit should work
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Get some hot chearleaders and a band for introduction.\n\nArrive there in a special way  e.g. by car on stage, and have friends and family members placed all over in the audience with your team colors and have them cheer for you.
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Well if you want to get one stared you have to get your plan out in your community. Tell them where it will be, when it will, what they can do to help out and what the rules will be for the event. But before all that you much find a place to play that's the most impotent.
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Plan A-\nStep 1- Move to Las Vegas in the summer.\nStep 2- Work at the arena where the game will be held.\nStep 3- See if for free when the game comes. \n\nPlan B-\nE-Bay?? Can't 100& guarantee that to you though..\n\nPlan C-\nBuy them.
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Ask some of your local businesses, that what most people do. Here a girl's softball team approached mine and another man's business and we contributed for Uniforms and some equipment. I even went to most of their Games and brought them Snacks and Drinks. It was fun and there many out there that will do this, IF, the team will go around and Ask and Inform the potential Sponsor(s)\nDo not underestimate the small businesses too, Heck, Bob's Bar and Grill may surprise you, or, Julie's Bouncing Animal Pet Shop. ;-)
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I think you should learn how to get your teammates involved. I know making buzzer beaters and shooting three pointers out of now where are cool but If you wanna win a title and get your name out there you need to learn on how to get your team to make more points and score ALOT. Maybe even more than you. Be there for your team but more importantly let your team be there for you.
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Some of my friends are top fund raisers for a local charity event similar to the walk that you are doing.  Here are some ideas that seem to work for them:\n-Raffles - One guy holds a raffle at work for $200 Best Buy gift certificate for 1st place, a $100 g.c. for 2nd place and a couple of 3rd and 4th place items like ball caps.  Another friend raffles off 1 day of labor.  \n-Sending letters - One guy swears by sending letters.  He makes it a point to send at least 100 letters.  He finds many people are willing to give to a good cause and there's the occasional person that plunks down a big chunk of change.  Keep your donors informed with a pre and post newsletter about the event, why you are doing it, etc.\n-Host a smaller walk.  A group of us organize a smaller event and we typically raise $4k-$5k collectively. \n-Make coin cans and ask some of your favorite businesses to put it by their cash registers to allow people to drop some spare change in.\n-Ask people to donate garage sale items and have a garage sale with all of the proceeds going to your event.  Get a guy out there at the garage sale to grill some hot dogs and brats (tip: make sure to through copious onions on the grill - the smell attracts people like flies) and sell brats and sodas. \n\nI hope these ideas help.  Good luck!
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Ok, and your question is...?\n\nSet it out as a professional letter, ie, your name and address in the top right, his/her name and address below it on the left.\n\nIntroduce yourself if you don't know the president personally, say you are a part of the team, then talk about the team's successes and recent progress.\n\nIN a new paragraph, say that you want to play in the tournament. State what fundraising activities you have done, what you have planned, and how much shortfall you expect. Then ask if he/she would consider sponsoring the team. You'll probably have to offer to keep a poster or banner advertising the company at your benches etc, or register the team under the company's name.\n\nSign the letter like this:\n\n"Hoping to hear of your support,\n\nYours Sincerely,\n\n(signature)\n\n(YOUR NAME)"
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Go to a racing school like Bob Bondurant's or Skip Barber. Then start with small local races and if you do well, you will make a name for yourself that others will notice.\nOf course winning the lottery is more likely to happen.
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If you want to get your coaches attention then do all the dirty work that nobody else wants to do. Like diving on loose balls, rebounding, swinging the ball to the open man, and playing defense. Be the first one to practice and the last player to leave. Show the coach you are willing to do extra work to get your chance. If you are as good as you write then all you need is an opportunity.
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you can buy the ball and pole at a sporting good store.  then take an old tire and fill with concrete and set the pole. This way you can move it around.
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If you dont want any places to sit or anything fancy. Just paint the lines in and set up a net. You can play on grass, concrete, almost anything, as long as its relitivly flat.  get some chalk or some paint and do the meauring. You could have your own court anywhere (as long as you have a net).