Spectator Fees

Pre-sale tickets for GG One online now until Friday before the event are $8 per day, or $10 for the weekend.  At the door, they will be $10 per day, and $15 for the weekend.

1 Day Competitors and Volunteers will receive the “opposite day” admission for free.  2 Day Competitors and Volunteers will receive an extra ONE DAY admission to give away.

The One Day admissions can be upgraded to 2 day at the event for $5.

CHILDREN 12 and under are FREE

WOD Submission

WOD #1 will need to be videotaped with the clock in view at the start and end of the workout, it needs to be either a wall mount clock, or if it is a handheld, keep it in the video the entire time.  Be sure to count your reps closely, and keep the camera at an angle where it is obvious that the reps count.  Any missed reps will be removed from your total count.  We will give you specific submission instructions, but plan to upload video to youtube, vimeo or other hosting service then pass that link along to us (location to email/post it will be given later).

WOD#1 must be submitted by 2/8, WOD #2 by 2/15 and WOD #3 by 2/22.  WOD’s 2 and 3 will be released on 2/8. Last day to register will be 2/8.  So you could wait until 2/8 AM when the next two WOD’s are announced.  You could then register (increased price) and record WOD’s 1, 2 and 3.  Submit all of them and your entire competition lasted one day.

Prizes

There will be cash prizes (amount will be based on registration) for 1-3 in every division!

At this time it is obviously not about making money, because with the number of freebies we are giving away and the small number of people we expect to attend (relative to a large sporting event), it won’t add up to much.  But it is about establishing a mentality.  Our greatest end goal, is to help promote the sport to professional, and the judges to officials.  The only way any sport becomes professional, is if people are willing to pay to spectate.

Now let me backslide just a bit here, because we see The Garage Games series as largely being a place for the scaled and beginner athletes to take part, but we also know that when the stage gets large, the bigger named athletes want to show up and compete.  Period.

We don’t know how willing people are to pay, but we believe the willingness will grow, and we want to promote that.  As it grows, then at first it is about investment, as people who pay, and then pay more, will begin to expect immediate access to scores, replays, color commentary, etc.  They will expect that they will see the action, and if they miss something because they were tearing open one of their pre-packed paleo snacks, they won’t mind because it will be on the jumbotron in a second.   So those fees in turn provide value directly back to the spectator, and eventually that allows for better venues, with better capacity to utilize technology to further the sport.

The OC Throwdown charged $30 for a weekend pass and had thousands, look at the picture.  That is California where people are fired up for the sport.  Nate Schraeder did awesome there, he is coming here to Garage Games One in Woodstock, which makes me think we have to charge.  I get this image of Brandon Phillips, and all the training videos that he posts where he is performing something in the gym at The Walker School.  A hefty Snatch, or a back tuck.  Either way, at this time, a 3-time CrossFit Games Competitor, is in need of a day job.  And I would guess that you would have to pry that job out of Brandon’s fingers, but the point is, CrossFit competitions aren’t paying his bills.

If we can get people moving towards spectating, eventually it means we can put $10,000+ up for a one day competition.  That is what it will take to get these guys to be able to minimize their outside commitments, and let their training be their career.  And from where I am sitting, they deserve that opportunity.  Whether it will take off at the local level, is yet to be seen.  With The Beast of The East joining The Garage Games, we are adding another competition that has successfully brought in gate receipts. Again, it wasn’t enough to change much, but it moves people into the direction of thinking “is it worth it to pay $15 to watch a competition”.

Well, it won’t be to some, but with the growth of the sport, it will be to others.  We aren’t trying to cut anyone out of watching, we are only trying to improve the quality of what you get to watch.  Thanks for caring enough to read!