2029 WORLD � BEARD AND MUSTACHE � CHAMPIONSHIPS
ACCOMMODATIONS
SPOKANE BEARD AND MUSTACHES
PROPOSAL TO HOST
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Thank you for considering Spokane, Washington to host the 2029 World Beard and Mustache Championships. Spokane Beard & Mustache, Visit Spokane, and the Spokane Sports Commission are partnering together to bid to host this prestigious event. Our local organizing committee is passionate, creative, experienced, and committed to your event success.
SPOKANE: A SMALL CITY WITH BIG AMENITIES
Spokane prides itself on being the perfect destination by providing visitors with a lively, unique experience. Downtown, visitors will find a vibrant culture with distinctive restaurants, pubs, shopping, and entertainment.
Centrally located in the Northwest, Spokane is a scenic drive for participants, families, and fans from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Western Washington. Spokane International Airport is a quick flight from many places in the country—and travelers enjoy minimal airport traffic and a short ten- minute drive to downtown.
COMPETITIVE CULTURE
Spokane is a city that embraces sports—and not just traditional sports. We have a fun culture that makes the most of new and unique experiences. In 2012, the community rallied around the first ever USA Women’s Boxing Olympic Trials and had record-breaking attendance for the Women’s NCAA Basketball Championships. We often host lesser know events such as Tandem Bike Road Rallies and Flat Track Roller Derby Tournaments—each bringing a unique culture and experience to town.
PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS
⮚⮚ Recommended Event Date: September 2029
⮚⮚ Possible Venues: The Fox Theater, The Davenport Hotel Grand Ballroom
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Community Support: Spokane is fortunate to have a sports-centric community culture
that embraces both traditional and non-traditional events.
⮚⮚ Media & Public Relations: We work extensively to build the brand of sports and competition in our community as well as help to promote the events that come to our region. By building broad public awareness of the events in the community, we ensure that our events succeed while promoting the overall impact and benefits of sport.
⮚⮚ Judges: In the planning process, our focus will remain on securing high-caliber judges. We believe that securing top-level judges will give the event credibility, and will attract participants from across the United States and Canada.
⮚⮚ Grassroots Efforts: Our marketing efforts will be primarily grassroots. We have budgeted to attend and promote the 2029 event at several competitions leading up to hosting, as well as offer complimentary registration to category winners of a few key competitions.
We look forward to working with you in the bid review process and welcome any questions you may have.
DESIGNING A GREAT EVENT
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
PROSPECTIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Spokane is dedicated to hosting a creative and memorable event. Below are just a few ideas of how the week could look. We look forward to brainstorming other ideas as well.
WEDNESDAY
Informal Gathering for early arrivals. The competition site and headquarters hotels will be located in downtown Spokane. Within walking distance, there are several great restaurants, shops, museums, and pubs.
There will be an organized meet and greet pub crawl\down town tour this night, as well as meet-ups after each day of competition.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY
The competition will be split up over these three days.
Each day starts at 9 am with check-in and pre-judging for the day’s categories.
The schedule is to be released closer to the event.
EVENT PREPARATION
With plenty of lead time to the event, the club has no worries about fundraising and gathering sponsors to put on and promote this great event in the extravagant fashion it deserves.
VENUES
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
CHAMPIONSHIP VENUE
The Fox Theater
Seating Capacity: 1,700
September 3, 1931 marked the opening of the Fox Theater. As the first air-conditioned building in Spokane and the most advanced technology of its day, the Fox was an impressive addition to the city. The Fox played host to countless stage performances—including Katherine Hepburn, Marian Anderson, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frank Sinatra.
In 2000, the Fox Theater went through a $31 million overhaul to restore it to its former beauty. The 1,700-seat theater is located in the heart of downtown’s Davenport Arts District and has been nationally recognized for both the aesthetics and acoustics of the building. In the renovation, the theater gained much-needed space for additional dressing rooms, a staging area for catering, ticket office, and an expanded lobby.
The Fox Theater is truly a great fit for the Beard & Moustache National Championships. The Theater has a vintage vibe and a reputation for being spectator friendly due to its stadium seating, lighting capabilities, and high-quality sound system.
Ticketing: The Fox Theater has an extraordinary ticketing staff that could handle day-of and presale tickets to the event, if desired.
Stage: The stage is approximately 52X20.
Dressing Rooms: The Fox Theater has two group dressing rooms with restroom facilities and can accommodate up to 50 competitors at a time. In addition, the Fox has a conductor’s dressing room with a restroom and shower and 3 spacious guest artists’ rooms for judges.
Seating: Ability to accommodate up to 1,700 attendees.
Projector: The Fox Theater has a 16’X20’ screen that can project sponsor logos, or a close up of competitors on stage.
PA System: The Fox Theater has an impeccable sound system that can accommodate the need for house music and 2 wireless microphones. Additionally, features include 7 full range cabinets and one subwoofer per side.
Food & Beverage: The Fox Theater has a full liquor license and will work to accommodate the needs of attendees. In addition, The Fox Theater works exclusively with Glover Mansion Catering for onsite concessions.
Proximity: Located walking distance to a number of downtown hotels, restaurants, and pubs.
ACCOMMODATIONS
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
ACCOMMODATIONS
Spokane County has over 7,500 rooms located throughout the area. A short 30-minute drive away, Kootenai County, Idaho features 2,000 more. This diverse group of properties can accommodate any budget and many offer group discounts.
Room Rates are estimated to be between $120-$200/night. If Spokane is selected as the host city, Visit Spokane has assured us that will work closely with hotel properties to set up the best rates for room blocks for attendees.
MEET THE TEAM
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
MEET THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Spokane Beard & Mustache will be collaborating with Visit Spokane and the Spokane Sports Commission to bring a first-class event to Spokane. The local organizing committee is a cohesive group that will coordinate an event that leaves a lasting impression on competitors, judges, and fans. Teaming together allows for expanded marketing, public relations, and event support.
ABOUT SPOKANE BEARD & MUSTACHE
Spokane Beard & Mustache was formally born in June of 2012. The local Chapter of the Beard Alliance has had a tremendous amount of success—and has been gaining attention from local media and social media outlets.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Monthly Gatherings: Spokane Beard & Mustache promotes the growth of facial hair through monthly beer meet-ups. The location rotates monthly, attracting beardsman and beard-curious people from across the region. Monthly gatherings are pretty laid back and typically include growing and styling suggestions.
Beard Competitions: Every August, Spokane Beard & Mustache hosts its event, and works throughout the year to raise awareness and membership.
Charity: The bearded lifestyle is more than being an awesome dude; it’s also about giving back to the community. Funds raised through No Shave November and annual competitions go towards several local charities.
BOARD MEMBERS
Shawn Glander-President
Ash Walker-Vice President
Andrea Glander- Vice President
Ashlee George- Secretary
Victor Dailey- Treasurer
Drew Knapp- Sargent at Arms
Phillip Staggs- Sargent at Arms
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
ABOUT SPOKANE SPORTS COMMISSION
Sports don’t just entertain. They improve communities. They drive economies. We are a nonprofit coalition of Sectional governments, businesses, and volunteers committed to recruiting and developing sports events. With these events come tourism dollars, entertainment and media attention attracting sports fans from around the world. Business wins. Kids win. Fans win, our region wins.
Our team is involved in every aspect of local sporting events. Working diligently to ensure Spokane, Washington is considered and ultimately chosen during the selection process; managing logistics before, during and after the event; maximizing publicity to ensure that every seat is filled and actively promoting our community as the elite amateur sporting event host.
ABOUT VISIT SPOKANE
Visit Spokane is the official Destination Organization for the Spokane region and employs a staff of marketing professionals and sales experts whose goal is to enhance our community through the power of tourism.
We are a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization with more than 20 local and remote team members, as well as a volunteer board of directors made up of leaders in the Spokane hospitality and tourism industry.
Our team of professionals promotes Spokane as a premier destination for meetings, conventions, and leisure travel through print and digital campaigns, advertisements, social media, a diverse array of marketing and sales strategies, and community involvement. We use our collective skills to promote our region and enhance the quality of life for our residents.
WHY SPOKANE
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
WHY SPOKANE
Spokane, Washington, located near the heart of the Inland Northwest, is home to nearly 600,000 residents and has more than 785,000 living in the surrounding area. Our city serves as a shopping, entertainment, sports, and medical hub for an area that includes Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, North Idaho, Western Montana, and southern portions of Alberta and British Columbia.
This last year, The National Beard and Mustache Competition was held in this state and brought in 179 with over 100 of those being from Washington State. Bearding is big in the Pacific Northwest.
Spokane became the smallest city to host a World’s Fair when the expo arrived in 1974, yet the event still attracted more than 5 million people, proving that we are small but mighty.
We are home to Bloomsday, the largest timed road race in the nation, as well as Hoopfest, the largest three-on-three street basketball tournament in the world. Ironman is held each year in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—just a 30-minute drive away.
Because of the success of our college basketball team, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, we have gained lots of notoriety in the sports world.
Spokane is famous for our dedicated sports fans. MarketWatch named us in the 2011 Ten Best Minor League Sports Markets—partly due to our Arena Football League’s Spokane Shock and the Class-A Spokane Indians, who’ve been playing baseball here since 1946. Our Texas Rangers-affiliated Indians Baseball Team has led the Northwest League in attendance for the past 12 years. Our die-hard fans also consistently fill the seats for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Eastern Eagles, and Washington State Cougars. In Spokane, sports reign supreme.
RAISING THE BAR
Spokane has proven over and over again that it is a city that rallies around sporting events. In 2007, Spokane hosted the US Figure Skating Championships, which was named the Sport Event of the Year by Sport Travel Magazine. In 2010, Spokane was once again awarded the US Figure Skating Championships and set a new attendance record with 158,170 tickets sold during the 10-day event.
The 2011 NCAA Women’s Basketball Sectional Tournament at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena drew the largest crowds in NCAA Women’s basketball history with 11,646 fans viewing Saturday’s Sectional final pitting Gonzaga against Stanford.
The 2012 Jason Crawford Memorial Wrestling Tournament, held at the Spokane Convention Center set a record in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest one-day wrestling tournament in the world with 1,340 athletes participating.
CLIMATE
Because of Spokane’s location between the Cascade Range to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east and north, the city is protected from weather patterns experienced in other parts of the Pacific Northwest. The average rainfall in the Spokane area is 17 inches a year, half of the amount of rain experienced in Seattle.
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
TRAVEL
Spokane makes traveling easy for competitors and their families. It is a scenic drive from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Western Washington and just a quick flight from many places in the country. Airport traffic is minimal—so waiting in lines is almost never heard of. In addition, many of the area hotels provide airport, downtown, and destination shuttles for their guests.
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The airport is conveniently located only 7-miles from downtown. Spokane International Airport is a commercial service airport served by seven airlines and two air cargo carriers. It is the second largest airport in the State of Washington and recognized by the FAA as a small hub.
DIRECT FLIGHTS TO SPOKANE:
Seattle Portland Oakland Los Angeles Minneapolis Las Vegas Atlanta
Boise
Salt Lake City Phoenix Denver
Chicago O’ Hare Chicago Midway Honolulu
RENTAL CARS
For fans, getting around Spokane is simple. Renting a car is the most economical and efficient form of transportation while visiting.
ON-SITE AIRPORT:
Thrifty Car Rental National Car Rental Dollar Rent-A-Car Alamo Rent-A-Car
Avis Rental Car
Budget Car & Truck Rental Enterprise Rent-A-Car Hertz Rent-A-Car
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AIRLINES SERVING SPOKANE:
Alaska Airlines Southwest Airlines Frontier Airlines
Hawiaan Airlines
Delta Airlines
British Airways
American Airlines
AeroMexico
2029 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPOKANE, WA
RESUME
The Spokane region has hosted hundreds of events across all kinds of sports and competitions. Below is a short list of recent events.
EVENT NAME:
USA Gymnastics Levels 5-7 National Championships & Elite Challenge Fool’s Fest Rugby Tournament
USA Boxing National Championships ASA Softball Regional Meeting Spokarnage Roller Derby Tournament US Olympic Trials Women’s Boxing
NCAA DI Women’s Volleyball National Championships & National Convention Road Runners Club of American National Convention
US Olympic Trials Wrestling
USJA/JF Senior Judo National Championships NCAA DII Commissioner’s Meeting
USA Volleyball Pacific Northwest Qualifier
US Olympic Road Cycling Trials & National Championships USA Archery National Field Championships & World Series International Fly Fishing Fair & Conclave
North American Orienteering Convention
American Volleyball Coaches Association National Convention NJCAA National Convention
NORBA Mountain Bike National Championships Ironman Coeur d’Alene
NCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championships (2nd & 3rd Round)
USA Track & Field Masters Track & Field National Championships US Figure Skating Championships
USA Triathlon National Championships NCAA DII Cross Country Championships Logging Fest
Annual Highland Games
Please visit Spokanesports.org for a complete list of events