Editing 2008 NPPL Houston Open

The '''2008 NPPL Houston Open''' was a cancelled [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament scheduled for 19–21 September 2008 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Planned as the fourth event of the 2008 Super 7 season, it was cancelled following Hurricane Ike.[1][2][3]

== Scheduled event ==
The NPPL's announcement of its 2008 dates and venues listed Reliant Stadium as the Houston venue and confirmed 19–21 September as the tournament dates. The announcement survives in a contemporary reproduction published in December 2007.[1]

WARPIG's coverage of the preceding [[2008 NPPL Buffalo Open]] also identified Houston as the scheduled fourth event of the season.[2]

== Cancellation ==
A report published by SEBURO on 16 September 2008 stated that the tournament's cancellation had been announced the previous day because of Hurricane Ike.[3]

WARPIG subsequently confirmed the Houston cancellation in its coverage of the season-ending San Diego tournament. The loss of the Houston event removed an opportunity for teams to earn season championship points before the finale.[4]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2008 NPPL Buffalo Open]]
* [[2008 NPPL Commander's Cup]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://spiderpainballgun.blogspot.com/2007/12/ National Professional Paintball League — “NPPL 2008 Dates and Venues”, announcement reproduced by Spyder Paintball Guns, December 2007.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2008/buffalo/ WARPIG — NPPL Buffalo, 18–20 July 2008: contemporary report identifying Houston as the next scheduled NPPL event.]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2008/09/bad-month-for-paintball-nppl-houston.html?m=0 SEBURO — “Bad Month for Paintball. NPPL Houston Cancelled”, 16 September 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2008/sd/ WARPIG — NPPL San Diego, 14–16 November 2008: contemporary report confirming Houston's cancellation and its effect on the season.]

[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball in Texas]]
[[Category:2000s in American paintball]]
[[Category:2008 in paintball]]