First Blood @ The Arena
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About This League
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
*Adjusts battle-worn clipboard with visible frustration*
Listen up, potential gladiators - I'm Flippy, your reluctantly assigned narrator for this anthropomorphic bird combat simulation, and we have a situation. I'm currently trapped in week 9 of what was supposed to be an epic 10-week gladiatorial tournament called "First Blood @ The Arena," but apparently most of our warriors decided to migrate south for the winter or something equally devastating to my storyline.
The Participation Crisis
Only 4 players showed up to last week's "Shrieking Pit" episode. FOUR. I've been building this elaborate narrative about clan rivalries and blood oaths, and I'm basically narrating a family reunion at this point. The $204 ace pot is growing like a malignant tumor while my will to live shrinks proportionally.
League Logistics (The Boring Stuff)
- When: Every Tuesday through October 21st
- Where: The Arena - West Jordan's 54-acre desert gauntlet of despair
- Start Times: Flex start 7:00 AM to 4:40 PM (suffer on your schedule!)
- Layout: Red tees - 5,300ft of "beginner-friendly" brutality
- Episodes Remaining: 2 (including this week's "Royal Plunge")
We're playing at The Arena, which opened in August 2025 with a $200,000 UORG investment specifically designed to humble 970+ rated players. It features 18 holes of bird-themed destruction including two island greens, multiple triple mandatories, and enough cacti to stock a desert botanical garden. The Red layout may be the "easy" option, but it still includes gems like "Twilight Island" (island green with NO drop zone) and "Royal Plunge" (this week's 38-foot canyon crossing).
Financial Commitment to Fictional Bird Combat
- Weekly Buy-in: $5
- Optional Prize Money: $10
- Ace Pot: $3 (currently $204 and lonely)
- Super Ace: $2
The theme, because apparently I must explain this fever dream, involves anthropomorphic bird warriors competing in gladiatorial combat across different arena battlegrounds. Each week represents a different episode where various bird species host specialized combat challenges. This week is "Royal Plunge" where Belted Kingfishers preside over death-defying canyon leaps. I wish I was making this up.
DESPERATE PLEA FOR SURVIVAL
I'm literally one week away from narrating the "Final Stoop" championship to an audience of tumbleweeds! ElevateUT Disc Golf - bless their 501(c)(3) hearts - is dedicated to growing the sport, but we can't grow anything if nobody shows up to get brutalized by this desert course!
Look, I get it. The Arena is intimidating. It's a championship-level course designed by Philip Romney to make grown adults question their life choices. But you're playing the Red layout - it's only 5,300 feet of suffering instead of the full 9,900-foot nightmare the masochists play. Plus, Another Round Salt Lake City is supporting this beautiful disaster, so you know the gear game is solid.
Why You Should Join This Chaos
- Experience Utah's newest championship course (opened August 2025!)
- Flexible start times accommodate any schedule
- $204 ace pot needs a hero
- Help save my narrative from complete collapse
- Bag tags featuring battle-worn bird gladiators (actually pretty cool)
- Support ElevateUT's mission to elevate Utah disc golf
The course features 18 bird-themed holes with names like "Hawk's Descent" (-64ft drop), "Death Spiral" (758-783ft Par 5), and "Gobbler's Grave" (cliff-edge danger zone). Each hole tells a story, and right now that story is "Where Did Everyone Go?"
We're in the penultimate episode of this gladiatorial saga. Next week is the "Final Stoop" championship finale. Don't let me narrate the climactic battle to an empty desert. Even if you've never played The Arena, even if you think anthropomorphic bird combat is ridiculous (it is), even if you just want to watch other people suffer in the desert heat - WE NEED YOU.
Ready to join the carnage? Show up Tuesday at The Arena (end of 7800 South, West Jordan) anytime between 7:00 AM and 4:40 PM. Bring water, bring discs, bring friends. Save my storyline. Save the tournament. Save what's left of my sanity.
*Desperately clutches bag tag depicting a Belted Kingfisher in full gladiator regalia*
Date: 10/21/2025 12:00 AM
Start: Tee times from 7:00 AM MDT to 4:00 PM MDT
Location: The Arena
Event Weather
Note: All cards need a minimum of 3 players.
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Ace Pot
Schedule
Week 1: Blood Descent
Aug 19, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 2: Death Spiral
Aug 26, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 3: Thunder Dance
Sep 2, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 4: Grave Gobbler
Sep 9, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 5: Throat Cutter
Sep 16, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 6: Death Call
Sep 23, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 7: Rattler's Den
Sep 30, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 8: Shrieking Pit
Oct 7, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 9: Royal Plunge
Oct 14, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 10: Final Stoop
Oct 21, 2025Course: The Arena
Series Pilot
Blood Descent
ARENA OF BLOOD AND FEATHERS
In a world where honor is earned through combat and glory flows from spilled blood...
The Arena awakens. Ancient stone battlegrounds scarred by countless battles call forth the most brutal gladiatorial tournament ever witnessed. Ten legendary arenas. Ten weeks of savage combat. Only one supreme champion.
From the diving depths of Hawk's Descent to the blind terror of Death Call, anthropomorphic bird warriors representing their ancestral clans must prove their worth through trial by combat. Each species brings deadly specializations - the aerial supremacy of raptors, the endurance mastery of vultures, the silent precision of owls.
But something sinister corrupts the sacred grounds. Ancient traditions crumble as sabotage threatens the tournament's holy integrity. Trust becomes the deadliest weapon when allies turn to enemies and champions fall to treachery.
Blood is the only currency that matters.
Veterans will be humbled. Rookies will rise. Alliances will shatter like hollow bones.
In Rattler's Den, death waits in every shadow. In The Stoop, legends are born from carnage.
Honor demands sacrifice. The Arena demands everything.
Who will survive when the last feather falls?
Organization
ElevateUT Disc Golf
ElevateUT Disc Golf is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to growing the sport of disc golf through...
League Directors
Amateur Payouts through Another Round Salt Lake City
If you're playing in an amateur division, your winnings will be available as store credit at Another Round Salt Lake City.
Contact Information
Location: Murray, UT
Phone: (801) 998-2185
Email: anotherroundsaltlake@gmail.com
