Stay-&-play?

Acceptance into the SRVA Championships requires that teams not only register and pay the entry fee, but maintain a confirmed hotel reservations through our housing agent, THS, at an approved hotel.
In order for teams to reserve hotel rooms, they must be registered in the event.
For teams booking a General Hotel Reservation, The requirement for each TEAM is 8 room nights. (4 rooms for 2 nights or 8 rooms for 1 nights, etc) Reservations for multiple teams cannot be combined into one contract.
Individual and group reservations can be applied to this minimum for General bookings.

The SRVA determines the guidelines and procedures for the Stay and Play Policy. THS, then, implements the Policy.

Stay and Play Policy is the single most effective tool we have to encourage hotels to work with us to provide room blocks for teams at discounted group prices and to encourage hotels within walking distance of the convention center to provide more rooms. Stay and Play also provides the SRVA greater leverage with the GWCC to acquire additional floor space as we negotiate for future years as this great event continues to grow.

Approved Hotels are hotels that contract with The SRVA, through THS, to offer rooms for teams attending the tournament at a set price. The list of Approved Hotels is available here.

We consider proposals from any hotel that wants to be on our Approved List. However, no one can force a hotel to offer a room block for an event; it’s a business decision by the hotel. Below are some reasons why hotel's have not been approved to the list:
The hotels may have other business booked and therefore do not have rooms available.
The hotels offer rooms at rates we think are too high.
The hotels are just not suitable for youth sports teams or prefer not to do business with sports teams.

THS is a sports housing company that manages reservations for the room blocks at our Approved Hotels.

A team must, at all times between accepting a hotel room contract through the finish of the event, have a minimum of 8 room nights or 90% of their contract, whichever is greater, in order to maintain their accepted status into The Big South.

If at any time your room reservation falls below the minimums required, THS or SRVA will contact you and you will have 24 hours to correct the situation. After 24 hours, if the situation is not corrected, your acceptance status into The SRVA Regional Championships may be canceled or a financial penalty may be required to be reinstated. The amount of the penalty is determined by the event at their sole discretion.