ACBL F2F Tournament Table Data 

Tracking the return of F2F ACBL tournaments in the world of COVID
This (alert!) unofficial information is compiled and provided independently of the ACBL

       

Information on this page refers to in-person ACBL tournaments;
if you are looking for ACBL/VACB club table information, please click here.

Tournament comparisons for the first couple of years after the big reopening to their same PRE-COVID events can be found by clicking here on the archive page.  The archive page includes each individual Open Regional tournament and its comparative table counts to the same event pre-COVID; you'll also find average table count comparisons by quarter along with a few other charts.

Tournament data on this page is mostly year-over-year comparisons of the same tournament (same event, same location, 12 months apart).  (Not only should this provide a better indication of how repeat regionals are doing [growing? shrinking?], but comparing a regional's table counts in 2024 to the same tournament in 2019 is providing less and less pertinent information as time marches on.)		    
  Tournament bridge in the post-COVID world has gotten to the point where many open regionals have had not just their first go-around since closing down. . .but have held a second tournament twelve months later.  This site has been concentrating on table counts and comparisons to the same events and same locations from 2019, before the big shutdown.  Now that we're getting data points on repeat tournaments post-COVID, and that we're moving to 5 or 6 six years away from pre-COVID events, it only makes sense to start comparing year-over-year figures.

LEFT: While some open regionals have yet to hold their first post-COVID tournament, there have been 57 open regionals in 2023 that have already been held in the post-COVID era - generally held 12 months earlier.  In the vast majority of cases, you'll see from the chart that attendance has improved quite a bit compared to their first go-around.  Overall, repeat open regionals have seen their table counts rise by an average of 17.8% so far this year.

Couple of notes about these figures - they're for F2F tables only, so do not include authorized online tables during F2F regionals.  (For example, Gatlinburg TN's numbers here do not include the 142 online tables they held during their regional.)  Also, Orlando FL was the victim of unfortunate timing in 2022 with the peak of the omicron variant.  Their 2022 numbers were exceptionally low as a result, and helps explain why their 2023 tables in comparison are "off the chart".
2023 Open Regionals and their year-over-year table data to 2022


LOUISVILLE KY		  
MYRTLE BCH SC		  
KANSAS CITY KS		  
PALM SPRINGS CA		  
BOCA RATON FL		  
CHICAGO IL

LOUISVILLE KY		  
ST CTHRNES ON		  
LANCASTER PA		  
PRT VALLARTA MX		  
MARLBORO MA		  
BUFFALO NY

VENTURA CA		  
LEVNWRTH WA		  
FT MYERS FL		  
DETROIT MI		  
WICHITA KS		  
ASTORIA NY

SEASIDE OR		  
NASHVILLE TN		  
OTTAWA ON		  
EFFINGHAM IL		  
CHARLOTTE NC		  
WARWICK RI

EAU CLAIRE WI		  
MILWAUKEE WI		  
BALTIMORE MD		  
LYNNWOOD WA		  
SANTA CLARA CA		  
RICHARDSON TX


    This tournament is happening right after Labor Day 2024.  If you're a regular visitor to this website (and find the data presented here informative) we'd humbly ask you to consider making the trip to Minnesota next September.  It's going to be a party - and we're planning to impress.  Think about it!  (We're an hour south of the Minneapolis airport, altho planes do fly right into the Rochester airport which is ten minutes from the playing site.)