Major League Baseball announced last week that there will be a Seoul Series between the Dodgers and Padres on March 20th and 21st in South Korea. It will be MLB's first ever regular-season games in Korea and it's the first return of the Asia games in a handful of years.
For the NFBC, these games will be "free look" games for all leagues that draft before AND after those results are finished. All NFBC lineups will remain unlocked until the start of the Thursday, March 28th games, so enjoy the results and draft/set your starting lineups accordingly.
Opening Day for all other MLB teams is Thursday, March 28th and in fact all 30 teams will be playing that day. Here's a look at the 2024 MLB schedule:
https://www.mlb.com/schedule/2024-03-28
https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-mlb-schedule
The NFBC has not secured a Las Vegas hotel yet because for the space we need we really can't sign a contract until 90 days out, and in some cases even 60 days out. But that would make our live events take place Thursday, March 21st through Monday, March 25th. And we'd be open to other live events after that if there was demand. We have been in contact with the Mirage because we would love to return there again and as of now they do have the same space we had last year. We will continue to stay in touch with our Mirage contacts and see if we can get a deal done there. Stay tuned.
And for the first time in 20 years, we are not planning to host live events in New York City. The demand for New York leagues has waned through the years and we are experiencing that again in football. New York City has always been a destination spot, but now some of our best customers are choosing NOT to go into the City. We just can't fight it anymore and have decided not to officially host these live events. We'll keep an open mind on some special events and how we could host those, but as of now New York City is not on the NFBC agenda. We are the only high-stakes company to ever host live events in New York City, but like Chicago, it's time has come.
We are considering a second weekend of live events in Las Vegas, however, in 2024. The NCAA Tournament opens March 14-17 and that was always a fun kickoff weekend for live NFBC events. If space is available to us, we would consider hosting live events in Las Vegas that weekend and then again the following weekend. In the past, we were able to get multiple Auction Championship leagues and Main Events and it would be worthwhile to us to secure space if we could do that again. Nothing is certain at this point, but we are looking into it.
Obviously, we have 2+ months of the 2023 season to complete and millions of dollars to give away yet, but it's good to know that the MLB schedule is already set for 2024. It allows us to make our plans for next season and it allows you to start looking at travel dates as well. Thanks for any feedback you may have on the upcoming schedule and let's have a fantastic 21st NFBC season!!!
But until then....WIN YOUR 2023 LEAGUES!!!
Stay well.
Our 21st anniversary season is going to be epic, so get your flights now, hold off on your hotel stay just a little longer and look for a nice announcement pretty damn soon. Can't wait to announce this!!!