Host Cities
USBC Open Championships Tournament Host Cities
The USBC Open Championships (formerly the ABC Championships
Tournament)
is one of the most historic sporting events in the world, running
longer,
and visiting more venues, than most others.
In its history, the tournament has traveled all over the United States, from north to south, from coast to coast. Its historic, annual run interrupted only once - a three year period during World War II. The following is a list of the cities that have hosted the tournament.
| 2014 | Reno, NV | |
| 2013 | Reno, NV | |
| 2012 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 2011 | Reno, NV | 12,837 teams |
| 2010 | Reno, NV | 14,189 |
| 2009 | Las Vegas, NV | 17,200 |
| 2008 | Albuquerque, NM | 12,615 |
| 2007 | Reno, NV | 16,235 |
| 2006 | Corpus Christi, TX | 12,606 |
| 2005 | Baton Rouge, LA | 13,222 |
| 2004 | Reno, NV | 16,585 |
| 2003 | Knoxville, TN | 12,203 |
| 2002 | Billings, MT | 10,806 |
| 2001 | Reno, NV | 16,104 |
| 2000 | Albuquerque, NM | 10,688 |
| 1999 | Syracuse, NY | 9,912 |
| 1998 | Reno, NV | 15,925 |
| 1997 | Huntsville, AL | 9,480 |
| 1996 | Salt Lake City, UT | 9,764 |
| 1995 | Reno, NV | 17,285 |
| 1994 | Mobile, AL | 9,285 |
| 1993 | Tulsa, OK | 8,518 |
| 1992 | Corpus Christi, TX | 8,557 |
| 1991 | Toledo, OH | 8,359 |
| 1990 | Reno, NV | 9,199 |
| 1989 | Wichita, KS | 7,717 |
| 1988 | Jacksonville, FL | 7,562 |
| 1987 | Niagara Falls, NY | 7,480 |
| 1986 | Las Vegas, NV | 10,019 |
| 1985 | Tulsa, OK | 7,700 |
| 1984 | Reno, NV | 8,380 |
| 1983 | Niagara Falls, NY | 7,132 |
| 1982 | Baltimore, MD | 6,627 |
| 1981 | Memphis, TN | 6,400 |
| 1980 | Louisville, KY | 6,269 |
| 1979 | Tampa, FL | 6,213 |
| 1978 | St. Louis, MO | 6,684 |
| 1977 | Reno, NV | 7,203 |
| 1976 | Oklahoma City, OK | 5,679 |
| 1975 | Dayton, OH | 6,244 |
| 1974 | Indianapolis, IN | 6,138 |
| 1973 | Syracuse, NY | 5,590 |
| 1972 | Long Beach, CA | 4,732 |
| 1971 | Detroit, MI | 6,219 |
| 1970 | Knoxville, TN | 4,802 |
| 1969 | Madison, WI | 6,258 |
| 1968 | Cincinnati, OH | 5,923 |
| 1967 | Miami Beach, FL | 3,554 |
| 1966 | Rochester, NY | 5,208 |
| 1965 | St. Paul, MN | 5,472 |
| 1964 | Oakland, CA | 3,791 |
| 1963 | Buffalo, NY | 5,010 |
| 1962 | Des Moines, IA | 5,292 |
| 1961 | Detroit, MI | 6,216 |
| 1960 | Toledo, OH | 5,716 |
| 1959 | St. Louis, MO | 5,482 |
| 1958 | Syracuse, NY | 5,434 |
| 1957 | Fort Worth, TX | 3,056 |
| 1956 | Rochester, NY | 5,845 |
| 1955 | Fort Wayne, IN | 5,826 |
| 1954 | Seattle, WA | 3,178 |
| 1953 | Chicago, IL | 8,180 |
| 1952 | Milwaukee, WI | 7,735 |
| 1951 | St. Paul, MN | 5,195 |
| 1950 | Columbus, OH | 5,109 |
| 1949 | Atlantic City, NJ | 5,444 |
| 1948 | Detroit, MI | 7,348 |
| 1947 | Los Angeles, CA | 3,356 |
| 1946 | Buffalo, NY | 5,744 |
| 1943-45 | No Tournaments (World War II) | |
| 1942 | Columbus, OH | 5,742 |
| 1941 | St. Paul, MN | 5,797 |
| 1940 | Detroit, MI | 6,073 |
| 1939 | Cleveland, OH | 4,145 |
| 1938 | Chicago, IL | 4,957 |
| 1937 | New York, NY | 4,017 |
| 1936 | Indianapolis, IN | 2,853 |
| 1935 | Syracuse, NY | 2,837 |
| 1934 | Peoria, IL | 1,329 |
| 1933 | Columbus, OH | 1,597 |
| 1932 | Detroit, MI | 2,336 |
| 1931 | Buffalo, NY | 2,639 |
| 1930 | Cleveland, OH | 2,443 |
| 1929 | Chicago, IL | 2,523 |
| 1928 | Kansas City, MO | 2,251 |
| 1927 | Peoria, IL | 1,452 |
| 1926 | Toledo, OH | 1,876 |
| 1925 | Buffalo, NY | 2,200 |
| 1924 | Chicago, IL | 2,132 |
| 1923 | Milwaukee, WI | 1,956 |
| 1922 | Toledo, OH | 1,126 |
| 1921 | Buffalo, NY | 940 |
| 1920 | Peoria, IL | 900 |
| 1919 | Toledo, OH | 796 |
| 1918 | Cincinnati, OH | 654 |
| 1917 | Grand Rapids, MI | 714 |
| 1916 | Toledo, OH | 756 |
| 1915 | Peoria, IL | 513 |
| 1914 | Buffalo, NY | 450 |
| 1913 | Toledo, OH | 502 |
| 1912 | Chicago, IL | 596 |
| 1911 | St. Louis, MO | 414 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | 401 |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh, PA | 374 |
| 1908 | Cincinnati, OH | 362 |
| 1907 | St. Louis, MO | 224 |
| 1906 | Louisville, KY | 221 |
| 1905 | Milwaukee, WI | 217 |
| 1904 | Cleveland, OH | 112 |
| 1903 | Indianapolis, IN | 78 |
| 1902 | Buffalo, NY | 61 |
| 1901 | Chicago, IL | 41 |