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
UPDATE
FIRST WAVE ACCETANCES HAVE GONE OUT. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN OFFER, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ARE BEING DECLINED.
If you have any questions regarding this, please email Baldy.
Greetings!
We would like to invite you to be a part of Steel City Spectacular in Pittsburgh, PA August 14-17th 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 |
Role |
|---|---|---|
|
Abraham Corson
|
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
Brook Gardner-Durbin
|
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Team Lead |
|
Matthew Karr
|
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
Rob McKenzie
|
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Appeals Judge |
|
John Alderfer
|
Level 4 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Staff |
|
Steven Krysiak
|
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Team Lead |
|
Matt Marheine
|
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Marcos Sanchez
|
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
Jacen Simon
|
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
John White
|
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
Mikey Elwell
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
James Fray
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Staff |
|
Madison Henry
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
David Hibbs
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Head Judge |
|
Emmanuel Leal
|
Level 2 Judge (International Judge Program) | Floor Judge |
|
Caleb Lewis
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Staff |
|
Ian McHenry
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Jason Shaffer
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Wayne Young
|
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Scorekeeper |
|
Blake Angerstein
|
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Bliss Bizzell-Hand
|
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Cesar Cabrera Ruiz
|
Level 1 Judge (International Judge Program) | Staff |
|
Jose Alberto Estrada Diaz del Castillo
|
Level 1 Judge (International Judge Program) | Floor Judge |
|
Philippe Monlevade
|
Level 1 Judge (International Judge Program) | Team Lead |
|
Taylor Worrell
|
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
John Carter
|
Uncertified | Floor Judge |
|
Ryan Cerulli
|
Uncertified | Tournament Organizer |
|
Chris Glade
|
Uncertified | Scorekeeper |
|
Brandon Glazebrook
|
Member (Judge Foundry) | Floor Judge |
|
Ryan Hirsch
|
Uncertified | Floor Judge |
|
Erin Leonard
|
Uncertified | Staff |
|
Luna Minor
|
Uncertified | Staff |
|
Brittany Smith
|
Uncertified | Staff |
|
Cody Tucker
|
Member (Judge Foundry) | Scorekeeper |
|
Fabian Velasco
|
Member (International Judge Program) | Floor Judge |