That was John Shaner, the Parks and Rec Director for Salem
His exact words: "we're going to be hosting a preseason college tournament with Virginia Tech at the end of February/the first of March - it's already on the books." He went on to say that with four fields, they could have multiple games going on at the same time and were hoping for a number of teams to participate. He also pointed out that the Moyer complex has more seating than Duke, which hosted the ACC tournament.
It's a bit strange that he would make the announcement before all the details have been worked out, but he may have just got caught up in the all the excitement of the opening.
If it were to happen though, that would be AWESOME. Fingers crossed.
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The Moyer Complex in Salem re-opened today
-- VTChip
Jul 08, 2024 at 09:44 PM ET
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07/08/24 09:44 PM ET
Salem is pretty progressive in their thinking/planning for athletic
-- squarerootofone
Jul 09, 2024 at 07:38 PM ET
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07/09/24 07:38 PM ET
He has a game scheduled in Salem in the Fall.**
-- UTPr0sim
Jul 09, 2024 at 05:57 PM ET
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07/09/24 05:57 PM ET
Chip, do you hear the Salem guy on GRL yesterday?
-- Hockeydad
Jul 09, 2024 at 10:05 AM ET
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07/09/24 10:05 AM ET
That was John Shaner, the Parks and Rec Director for Salem
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-- VTChip
Jul 09, 2024 at 05:28 PM ET
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07/09/24 05:28 PM ET
Effective home field advantage with “neutral” site for RPI math! ;)**
-- VTurficus
Jul 09, 2024 at 08:06 PM ET
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07/09/24 08:06 PM ET
Duke is one field. Moyer is four fields. Do the four fields at Moyer
-- laphroaig
Jul 09, 2024 at 07:21 PM ET
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07/09/24 07:21 PM ET
Three are equal, one significantly exceeds **
-- VTChip
Jul 09, 2024 at 08:05 PM ET
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07/09/24 08:05 PM ET
Here's a screenshot from the news report you linked to.
-- schubee
Jul 10, 2024 at 08:27 AM ET
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07/10/24 08:27 AM ET
1st one on left has always been championship field. Don't know since re-do**
-- Razor4VT
Jul 10, 2024 at 03:20 PM ET
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07/10/24 03:20 PM ET
I think that’s where we hosted the Big East tournament in 02
-- VTsportscaster
Jul 10, 2024 at 01:44 PM ET
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07/10/24 01:44 PM ET
Do you remember the missed home run call by the third
-- RJHokie
Jul 10, 2024 at 08:21 PM ET
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07/10/24 08:21 PM ET
That was graduation weekend for me, lots going on
-- VTsportscaster
Jul 11, 2024 at 12:37 AM ET
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07/11/24 12:37 AM ET
"Home Tourney" Charge Admission? Come home with $$$? Makes sense... **
-- Techdady
Jul 09, 2024 at 03:57 PM ET
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07/09/24 03:57 PM ET
Great news BUT how many seats are at each field? Our softball team
-- laphroaig
Jul 09, 2024 at 10:58 AM ET
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07/09/24 10:58 AM ET
In the early 90’s before softball became a varsity sport at VT
-- Enter Sandman
Jul 09, 2024 at 03:39 PM ET
Enter Sandman
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07/09/24 03:39 PM ET
The main field has 860 chairback seats so they should be good.
-- VTChip
Jul 09, 2024 at 11:53 AM ET
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07/09/24 11:53 AM ET
That's not enough! Will we be playing at the main field every game?
-- laphroaig
Jul 09, 2024 at 04:23 PM ET
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07/09/24 04:23 PM ET
My understanding is we're trying again Salem this fall, maybe 10/5?**
-- nvpbrown
Jul 08, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET
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07/08/24 10:00 PM ET