Cue Slam to have six teams, to get Bollywood flavour

The Cue Slam by Billiards & Snooker Federation of India and Sportzlive will have six teams and Bollywood flavour to spice up the franchise-based league which will be held after the Olympics in August.
"We are in negotiations with prospective team buyers in roadshows. By May, we will be in a position to announce the teams, broadcaster, Bollywood brand ambassador for the league," Sportzlive director Prasad Mangipuddi told PTI.
"The league is going to happen in any circumstance as we will take this popular game to the next level promoting game inducing innovation," he said.
Adding further, he said "toward this direction we already had a round of workshop with the stakeholders about how to make viewing and watching the game with greater enthusiasm".

Cue Slam, the latest entrant to the growing league format, is expected to gain momentum among similar and other popular leagues in the country.
The league, expecting to get six metros on board, will feature five players with one female player in each team, including a celebrity, competing in a six-week long tournament.

The match-up in the league will feature five different games ranging from Billiards, Pool and Snooker.
The inaugural edition of the league could be a ticket-free event and could be held at leading malls in each of the cities, encouraging greater crowd participation and lending a unique look and feel to the league.

Buyers of teams will require an investment of Rs 1.4-1.5 crore. Annual license fee for a team will cost Rs 1 crore a year.
Break even for investors could be in the first year itself given the potential.