https://www.wikipaintball.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2008_NPPL_Houston_Open2008 NPPL Houston Open - Revision history2026-11-07T04:19:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.2https://www.wikipaintball.com/index.php?title=2008_NPPL_Houston_Open&diff=3911&oldid=prevAdmin: Create article for the cancelled 2008 NPPL Houston Open, documenting scheduled 19–21 September dates, announced Reliant Stadium venue and Hurricane Ike cancellation using a reproduced league announcement and contemporary reports.2026-11-01T12:25:29Z<p>Create article for the cancelled 2008 NPPL Houston Open, documenting scheduled 19–21 September dates, announced Reliant Stadium venue and Hurricane Ike cancellation using a reproduced league announcement and contemporary reports.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>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]<br />
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== Scheduled event ==<br />
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]<br />
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WARPIG's coverage of the preceding [[2008 NPPL Buffalo Open]] also identified Houston as the scheduled fourth event of the season.[2]<br />
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== Cancellation ==<br />
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]<br />
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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]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]<br />
* [[2008 NPPL Buffalo Open]]<br />
* [[2008 NPPL Commander's Cup]]<br />
* [[Paintball in the United States]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
# [https://spiderpainballgun.blogspot.com/2007/12/ National Professional Paintball League — “NPPL 2008 Dates and Venues”, announcement reproduced by Spyder Paintball Guns, December 2007.]<br />
# [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.]<br />
# [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.]<br />
# [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.]<br />
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[[Category:Paintball in Texas]]<br />
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