Bracket Buster 2020

Posted on March 2, 2020

It’s March and you know what that brings! The return of WJBC’s Bracket Buster with The Den at Fox Creek, Prairie Vista, and Highland Park Golf Courses. It’s our basketball bracket contest at Pheasant Lanes Family Fun Center and Kegler’s Pub on March 18th!

Register online with your VIP account now through Sunday, March 15th HERE. On Monday, March 16th we will draw names and contact our 60 pre-qualifiers! If you don’t pre-qaulify, don’t worry! You can join us at Kegler’s Pub to be a last minute qualifier.

At the Bracket Buster event, qualifiers be matched up with a team in the tournament and every qualifier will win a prize. If you are paired with the winning team at the end of the tournament, you win the grand prize: a TCL 55″ Class 4K UHD Roku Smart TV​ from The Den, ​Highland Park, and Prairie Vista Golf Courses.

More great prizes will be awarded from Parkway Auto Laundry, Sunburst Nursery and Penn Landscaping, DP Dough, Avanti’s Italian Restaurant, Fox & Hounds Salon and Day Spa, and Prep Freeze Cook.

The Bracket Buster event takes place at Kegler’s Pub (804 N. Hershey Rd. in Bloomington) on Wednesday, March 18th from 5-7pm. If you don’t qualify online, come to the finale between 5 and 6 for a chance to be a last minute qualifier.

You can only qualify once, must be 21 years and older and you must be present to win.

Thank You To Our Sponsors:

 

Click Here For Full Contest Rules

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