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SLIDESHOW: Hoopfest 2012

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by Cory Howard, KHQ.com Producer - email
Photo From KHQ Viewer Jason Orosco Photo From KHQ Viewer Jason Orosco

SPOKANE, Wash. - 250,000 people. Whether you're a player, fan, volunteer, business owner, chances are you were downtown this weekend at the 23rd Hoopfest.

This year there were 7,000+ teams, with over 28,000 players on over 450 courts. 42 city blocks were shut down while over 225,000 fans flocked to watch the largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world bringing in an estimated $38 million dollars to Spokane.

So if we're downtown and have a camera handy, send in those pictures to pix@khq.com for the Hoopfest 2012 SLIDESHOW (jpg format please).

 

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