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Hoopfest is an annual outdoor 3-on-3 basketball tournament held in downtown Spokane, Washington. It is the largest event of its kind in the world, as it drew 27,876 players on 7,046 teams in 2011.〔http://www.spokanehoopfest.net/Organization/History.htm〕 It began in 1990 with 2,009 players on 512 teams, and has grown to over 6,700 participant teams. It is estimated that around 175,000 fans visited the event in both 2010 and 2011 (and likely for many years before, although estimates had not been observed for previous years), meaning that the total number of people at Hoopfest could be measured at around 200,000 including players, fans, and volunteers.〔http://www.spokanehoopfest.net/Organization/History.htm〕 This number nearly equals Spokane's 2010 Census population of 208,000.〔http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn45.html〕 Hoopfest is not just a basketball event, as there is often live music being played in Riverfront Park, along with merchandisers and various food tents. A very wide range of players are allowed to play, as the only requirement is that players must be entering at least the third grade in the fall following Hoopfest. A few men in their 70's have participated in Hoopfest. Matching uniforms are very common among the male and female high school divisions, and some teams have taken it as far as to wear Halloween costumes. == Basic information == ''Official Website:'' http://www.spokanehoopfest.net/ Hoopfest is held annually on the final weekend of June, beginning at 8:00 AM Saturday and coming to a close around 5:00 PM on Sunday with the Men's Elite championship being broadcast regionally on KXLY Channel 4. In 2010, there were 428 courts spread throughout downtown Spokane, resulting in over 40 city blocks being inaccessible to vehicles. This is overly compensated for by the estimated $30 million that Hoopfest brings to Spokane, according to a survey conducted in 2006.〔http://www.spokanehoopfest.net/Organization/History.htm〕 With players coming to play from 42 states in 2010, as far away as Hawaii and Georgia, the hotels and businesses around downtown Spokane flourish on Hoopfest weekend. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spokane Hoopfest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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