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Welcome to all!

Thanks for stopping by PremiereHoops.Com! By now, hopefully you are getting pretty excited about our new basketball complex, coming to Joliet, sometime between late 2007 or early 2008. Right now, we are just trying to give you a small sample of what our establishment will be like! Imagine for a moment, if you will, the thought of no longer searching for a place to play, some real quality basketball! When I was growing up, as a die-hard basketball player in Maywood, Il., me and my crew could go and play basketball, everyday of the week! But of course, that meant, piling into some body's old beater, and driving all over the metropolitan Chicago area to do it! We had a great time back then, showing up at different spots! Beaten crews and getting beat by crews! We made war stories that will last a lifetime! It seems like the times of the 80's and 90's were a bit slower, and offered a bit better brand of basketball play! That's another blog, for another day! But, with the fast-times of the 2000's, who now has the time, to run all across town, to find a good game of basketball? This question lead me and my business partner, and good friend, to ponder that thought! And after a year of brainstorming and researching, we came up with a crazy ideal....called Premiere Hoops!

So, you may be asking yourself, "What's so special about this Premiere Hoops?" Well, for starters, remember the movie "Field Of Dreams" for a minute! Take that baseball themed movie, and switch the ideal to basketball, and you could come up with, Premiere Hoops! At Premiere Hoops, we will take basketball to another level! Think Full-Service! Which will be a totally different experience from the current "No-Frills" basketball play, you currently get, from most basketball vendors of today, IE. Park Districts and YMCA's. At Premiere Hoops, our goal will be to make every player feel like a Pro! From the moment you walk inside our doors, you will be able to tell, that something is different, about our place! Premiere Hoops will feature 2 NBA size basketball courts! Each court will feature scoreboards and shot clocks. Our courts will also feature message display centers, that will flash advertisements from local business and live game stats, for the many players and fans to see, who we expect to visit our complex, on a daily basis! Each of our 2 NBA courts, will have the ability to be broken down, into 2 smaller courts, with curtain dividers, giving us the flexibility to run 4 courts at the same time! This will allow us to use 2 courts for league play and 2 courts for pick-up play.

If your mouth is watering after all that! Get a load of this! Our basketball leagues will feature some of the best competition in the area. We will record all of our league games, and make DVD copies .....for you to purchase, of course! We will also keep stats, for players, of all games played at Premiere Hoops. Then we'll post those same stats, on our website, for the whole world to see! Our uniforms will be of the highest made quality, including our replica NCAA and NBA uniforms, for our College League and N League, respectfully! Then, if you want to talk about awards for your championship teams, at Premiere Hoops, it will be unbelievable! While most other places will make you play for T-shirts and other frivolous prizes! At Premiere, you will play for custom-made Championship Rings, team trophies, and individual awards! Hopefully, by now, you are getting a sense of what Premiere Hoops means, by "Full-Service!"

Finally, about our pick-up games! Remember, when back in the day, you would sometimes go to a spot! Nobody there would know you, and and worse yet, no one could "vouch" for your game! You couldn't pay someone to picked you up to play for the next game, or any game for that matter! Well, that sort of Monopoly play won't happen at Premiere Hoops! Our Pick-Up basketball will be simply crazy, Son! First of all, as stated earlier, PH will feature 2 courts for pick-ups, 1 for members, and 1 for walk-ins or non-members. All members will be required to wear their reversible uniforms, that comes free as part of your Lottery Package, when you sign-up to become a member, at our complex! Next, we will have Referees....that's right! Certified Referees, to monitor and call all of our pick-up games! What a concept! That means no more arguing and no more messing around, on the basketball court! Well, at least a lot less of it, anyway! When the Ref's make a call, that's it, next play! The games will also be on a running clock.... scoreboard clock, that is! The first team to score 24 points or the team winning after 12 minutes, wins the game! Winners will stay to defend, losers will leave the court, to battle again, later! The next five players, on the sign-up sheet, will step on the court, to play next! Monopoly play, at Premiere Hoops, will not be allowed! You can sign up with whoever you like, if you choose! But, if your "Dream Team" should happen to loose it's game, you go back to the list, or you go home! This system will keep the games moving, and will give EVERYONE a chance to play, some quality basketball! The same thing will happen on both basketball courts, except one court will be for members, who will wear their reversible jerseys, and the other court will be for non-members, and they won't have the free reversible jerseys!

So, just remember! Rather you are a seasoned street basketball player! An ex-professional basketball player! If you are a player who has ever played any form of organized basketball in the past! A beginner. A fan! A Girl or a Boy! A Man or Woman! Human or Alien! If you have some extra cash, and a love for the game of basketball, then Premiere Hoops is going to be the one and only place for you, to get all of your basketball needs filled, to the brim, seven days a week! So, come by, after we get open, when you get a chance! We'll leave the lights on for you!!!!!