Steel City Spectacular 2025

Organizer: Excalibur Events LLC
Judge manager: Michael Arrowsmith
Event type: Convention
REL: Regular
Format: Mixed Formats
Event date(s): Aug. 14, 2025-Aug. 17, 2025
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue: David L Lawrence Convention Center
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA
15222
Hall C
Applications accepted through: May 31, 2025

Event Information

Greetings!

We would like to invite you to be a part of Steel City Spectacular in Pittsburgh, PA August 14-17th 2025.

 

Steel City Spectacular 2025

 

This event has a CEDH Main Event, that will likely be the largest of it's kind to date....as well as Vintage, Legacy, Old School, and a HUGE array of various side events.

 

Your Head Judges for this SPECTACULAR EVENT:

$20K CEDH Main Event: Marcos Sanchez

Vintage: Abe Corson

Legacy: Matt Karr

Old School-93/94: John White

Land, Go Qualifiers: Madison Henry

TopDeck Invitational: David Hibbs

Side Events Lead: Steven Krysiak

 

You WILL inevitably be taking CEDH calls, if you take any issue with CEDH in a negative way, this is NOT the event for you.

 

This is a FOUR day event, with limited opportunities for all 4 days. 

 

We have multiple positions available to apply for:

Floor Judge: $250 per day (9-10 hours)

Judge Lead: $300 per day (11-12 hours)

Registration/door check humans/stage/general staff: $200 per day (8-9 hours)

Setup/Teardown: $250 per day (5-7 hours)

All staff members will have one hour lunch breaks, and two 30 minute breaks minimum per full day shift.

 

Staff gifts tbd, but will exist. We will also have a staff party on Sunday evening.

 

Payment to be made at the completion of the event weekend.

 

We will be accepting some individuals early, due to needs of the event. If you require early acceptance, please reach out and let us know.

Feel free to email with any questions.

 

 

Staff Members

Note: As you are not on staff for this event, some users may be hidden from the staff list, in accordance with their privacy settings. You can always see the full staff list if you are either part of the staff yourself, or otherwise, after the event is over.

Name Level Region Role
John Alderfer
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Staff
Abraham Corson
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Head Judge
Matthew Karr
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - South Central Head Judge
Rob McKenzie
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Appeals Judge
David Hibbs
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Head Judge
Steven Krysiak
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Team Lead
Marcos Sanchez
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southeast Head Judge
John White
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Head Judge
Madison Henry
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - South Central Head Judge
Wayne Young
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - South Central Scorekeeper
Ryan Cerulli
Uncertified USA - Northeast Tournament Organizer
Chris Glade
Uncertified USA - Southeast Scorekeeper
Erin Leonard
Uncertified USA - Southwest Staff
Brittany Smith
Uncertified USA - Southeast Staff