Cobblestone KAN JAM
If you're anything like Steel, then the sight of a gigantic empty parking lot can be torturous. Especially when the lot is located in a district that was once home to many period structures. In recent years we have seen developers the likes of Savarino and Obletz/Jacobs converting the remaining buildings into constructive reuses. Now we find both restaurants and residential making a comeback. But where does that leave the sea of parking lots when the HSBC Arena is empty? Can you say KAN JAM*?
This past Friday evening Morrissey's Irish Pub hosted a KAN JAM tournament on its neighboring parking lot. For the first time in a long time, the entire area was busy with activity. The front patio was packed with customers, Frisbee players were tossing on the lot, stunt motorcycle riders were pulling wheelies (see story) towards the back of the lot and workers were busy erecting the casino in the background.
I talked to a couple of KAN Jam players who told me that the Irish Pub has been hosting the KAN JAM tournaments, and all one needed to do was call and sign up to get his or her name listed on the tournament roster. The pub even sets up a hotdog stand out on the sidewalk to keep players nourished. And one step inside Morrissey's is all that it takes to wind up with a cold brew in one's hand.
WJ Morrissey's | 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo, 14203 | 716.852.0930
*Kan-Jam is a fast-paced, interactive team game that is easy to learn and fun to play. You've heard of Ultimate Frisbee and Frisbee Golf, but Kan-Jam is is truly the ultimate frisbee game! This frisbee game consists of two target goals and a colorful flying disk. Four players, divided into teams of two, take turns throwing and deflecting the frisbee as they try to score points by hitting or entering the goal. The first team to score 21 points wins the game, unless a player throws a hugely popular "Instant Win".
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rb66
Kan Jam now manufactures their own Official Flying Disc. Kan Jam is now completely made in Buffalo, New York USA! Kan Jam is doing their small part to keep manufacturing and jobs here in the USA. their quality is Better dollar for dollar than what they make in Asia. Now available in 7 Hot Colors! Their Goals, Box, Labels, Instructions and now the Flying Disc are all proudly Made In America.
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Brenwils25
How about the guy popping the sweet wheelie in the background?!?!?!?!
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BloCity
It is amazing how fast this games popularity is spreading
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BuffaloSoldier
Kudos to Morrissey's! What a great, creative way to breathe life into a district that is desolate outside of sporting events. It is this type of ingenuity that allows for the rebirth of forgotten neighborhoods.
It is a shame that so much of the Cobblestone District has been razed...razed for nothing. Looking at the conversion of the Mississippi Block by Savarino and Avalon gives hope to that area, yet simultaneously portraying the sobering reality of how limited the redevelopment of the Cobblestone District is without further adaptive reuse opportunities.
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mybuffalo
i was skeptical of the game at first my self but it is pretty fun when you're drinking.. i'll have to check this out
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STEEL
I like the steel flying in the background
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Spaulding97
Love Kan Jam, great idea. I remember playing it at Sunset 6 years ago, and it was so new people wear throwing their trash into the can while we were playing! They had no idea what it was.
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Spaulding97
Love Kan Jam, great idea. I remember playing it at Sunset 6 years ago, and it was so new people wear throwing their trash into the can while we were playing! They had no idea what it was.
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