City tosses tournament contract - WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

City tosses tournament contract

  • More WALB News10 HeadlinesMore News Headlines

  • Sunday, May 19 2013 6:16 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:16:35 GMT
    The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find a missing pregnant woman. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months. Diane
    The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find Crystal Hendrix. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months.
  • Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
    A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. Authorities

    A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.

  • Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
    Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer's
    Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.

August 1, 2005

Albany- People filled Albany's Civic Center for South Georgia Wildcats games, but they didn't for Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournaments, so those are history in Albany.

The city pulled out of its five-year contract with the conference three years early. Last year, the convention and visitors bureau lost $20,000 hosting the tournaments.

One of the largest expenses was the tournament banquet, that cost about $9,000. Even though the tournaments brought out-of-town guests to hotels and restaurants, the number of fans fell short of expectations.

"Unfortunately, we just didn't have enough corporate support and frankly the support from the universities that are members of the conference," said Kevin Hogencamp. "We didn't have a lot of people come from those universities, as many fans as we thought."

Hogancamp says the city may consider putting in another bid for the tournaments in the future.

feedback at news@walb.com