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USBC adds week to 2018 Open Championships, boosting capacity to 8,300-plus teams; Bowlers Journal tourney, team practice to be held off-site at Syracuse center

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, August 28, 2017 8:00 pm
USBC adds week to 2018 Open Championships, boosting capacity to 8,300-plus teams; Bowlers Journal tourney, team practice to be held off-site at Syracuse center
The United States Bowling Congress announced that it has added a week to the schedule of the 2018 Open Championships in Syracuse, N.Y., increasing capacity to more than 8,300 teams. The week was added at the front of the schedule, meaning the tournament at the Oncenter Convention Center now will start on March 24, which also will be the new entry deadline. The tournament concludes on July 8, with the USBC Masters running at the Oncenter April 8-15. "We hoped the captains and competitors would...