Frequently Asked Questions from Venues

Campus Cup is a national, season-long competition for music venues located near college campuses. Each venue hosts one designated Campus Cup event per month and attendance contributes to a national leaderboard. One venue wins the season and receives the trophy and national bragging rights. 

Music venues already have the capacity, staff flow and operational discipline needed to handle higher-volume nights. More importantly, most venues have at least one monthly night that consistently underperforms. Campus Cup is designed to activate that specific night without changing your programming or brand. 

One Campus Cup night per month during the inaugural season beginning in January 2027 through April 2027. You choose the night each month based on your schedule. 

There is no participation fee and no revenue sharing on the backend. 

You keep 100% of your bar revenue.  The goal is incremental volume on a night that would otherwise be soft.

No. Pricing and bar operations remain fully under your control. Some venues may choose to run optional sponsor specials as a way to earn additional points but this is never required and is designed as upside only.

Minimal. Check-in is handled via QR code with no additional hardware. There are no special POS integrations or complicated workflows  

Attendance is generated through invite-based social sharing instead of paid advertising or mass blasting. Invitation flow, pacing and capacity controls are handled by the platform so there’s no additional operational burden on the venue beyond hosting the event.

There is no financial downside. You’re using an existing night with no takent costs. The platform provides visibility into expected attendance in advance, so venues have a clear sense of how the night is shaping up and can staff accordingly.

The inaugural season of The Campus Cup will be limited to just 30 venues. Once those spots are filled, the season is closed.

Venues were handpicked based on location near campus, capacity, and operational fit.

All Season One venues receive pilot access to the underlying room-filling technology for use on other events along with priority positioning in future Campus Cup seasons. 

Confirm your participation. Spots are filled on a first-to-confirm basis until all 30 are taken.