Paintball Magazine August 2017 Paintball.Media Issue | Page 239

AN AMERICAN PLAYER’S
JOURNEY TO MXL
GUADALAJARA
This season I was fortunate enough to play
the Mexican Xball League (MXL) Guadalajara
event. I had heard this league hosts bucket
list events and it did not disappoint! A perfect
venue, in great atmosphere, surrounded by
a scenic paradise; this was a travelers dream
tournament.
Upon landing in Mexico it was only a 15
minutes and $2 Uber ride to one of the most
beautiful fields I’ve ever played at. And the
dollar is strong here at about 19 pesos per $1,
so about $100 will get you through the week
for food, drinks, Uber rides and water. This
is a pretty nice perk to start for the average
young U.S. player, balling on a budget and
generally spending a few hundred an event
back home.
for the Mexican paintball community, as he
runs both MXL and this awesome multi-field
paintball complex. We all can’t help but grin
ear to ear when we notice we are completely
surrounded by large mountains, epic clouds
and a colorful landscape of nature—and
unique hillside neighborhoods. The entire
area smells like the best Latino food on
Earth and the weather is never hotter then a
perfect dry 80 degrees. All around the field
there are outstanding restaurants or small
food stands/carts. You’d be hard pressed to
find a better location for a good-sized event.
The venue itself is excellent! There are two
full size fields with new bunkers and flat,
smooth, slideable grass, next to a scenario
rec-ball field and surrounded by bleachers,
shady tented pit areas, and an alley of
vendors and food tents. Amongst the tents
I’m fortunate enough to find Virtue and DLX,
two of my major sponsors that I was grateful
to have there for the support. You can tell
The event site is actually at a real paintball this event was well planned as the layout of
field owned by TJ All-Stars’ own Arturo everything was very neat and organized and
Andrade. Arturo is an outstanding person banners cover everything. A paint trailer
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