https://www.wikipaintball.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=1996_NPPL_Chicago_Open1996 NPPL Chicago Open - Revision history2026-11-07T05:17:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.2https://www.wikipaintball.com/index.php?title=1996_NPPL_Chicago_Open&diff=3613&oldid=prevAdmin: Document the 1996 NPPL Chicago Open with contemporary advertised dates, Badlandz venue, promoter, competition and entry arrangements; add the documented All Americans professional five-man victory and appropriate categories.2026-10-31T15:34:19Z<p>Document the 1996 NPPL Chicago Open with contemporary advertised dates, Badlandz venue, promoter, competition and entry arrangements; add the documented All Americans professional five-man victory and appropriate categories.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''1996 NPPL Chicago Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament in Illinois during the [[National Professional Paintball League]]'s 1996 season. Contemporary announcements advertised '''26–30 June 1996''' at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|Badlandz]] near Chicago.[1][2]<br />
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The [[All Americans]] won the professional five-man competition.[3]<br />
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== Organisation ==<br />
An NPPL advertisement in ''Paintball Games International'' identified Bad Boyz Toyz Inc. as the Chicago Open's promoter.[1]<br />
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The contemporary event listing advertised five-man and ten-man competitions, a trade show and cash and equipment prizes. [[Aftershock]] was named as the lead refereeing team.[2]<br />
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A separate contemporary notice announced a novice-only five-man competition on Sunday.[4]<br />
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== Advertised entry arrangements ==<br />
Competitors were permitted to bring their own paintballs. The published team entry fees were:[2]<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Competition !! Team entry fee<br />
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| Five-man || US$550<br />
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| Amateur ten-man || US$1,650<br />
|-<br />
| Professional ten-man || US$2,250<br />
|}<br />
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The event listing also advertised air charges of US$50 for five-man teams and US$100 for ten-man teams.[2]<br />
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The league's trade advertisement listed a US$100 Chicago trade-show fee.[1]<br />
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== Professional five-man result ==<br />
The All Americans' professional five-man victory is recorded in “81 Moments that Shaped Paintball”, a historical chronology published in ''Paintball 2Xtremes'' in June 2005. The same account lists the team's five-man victories at the 1996 NPPL Las Vegas tournament, New York Cup and World Cup, and identifies the All Americans as the 1996 NPPL five-man series champions.[3]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]<br />
* [[Badlandz Paintball Field]]<br />
* [[1996 NPPL Pittsburgh Open]]<br />
* [[1996 NPPL World Cup]]<br />
* [[Paintball in the United States]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
# NPPL “Tournament Series Information” advertisement, ''Paintball Games International'', July 1996, p. 49. Identifies the Chicago Open dates, promoter and trade-show fee.<br />
# “Calendar of Events”, ''Paintball Sports'', August 1996. Contemporary Chicago Open listing advertising 26–30 June at Badlandz, competition formats, lead refereeing team, entry fees, air charges and trade show.<br />
# [https://www.automags.org/forums/forum/automag-owners-forums/paintball-talk/122630-history-of-paintball History of Paintball], Automags.org. Reproduction of “81 Moments that Shaped Paintball”, ''Paintball 2Xtremes'', June 2005; entry 53 records the All Americans' 1996 Chicago professional five-man victory and five-man series championship.<br />
# NPPL news notice, ''Paintball Games International'', July 1996, p. 14. Announces Sunday novice-only five-man competitions at Pittsburgh and Chicago.<br />
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