PaintballX3 Magazine November 2013 Issue | Page 88
PB Field Spotlight
By John Amodea
Mario, what is the history of Nitro Paintball? When did the field open? Where are
you located? Etc.
The first couple of years were difficult. Customers were few and far between. Back
then most people who played paintball did
it in their own backyard. My belief when I
decided to build the field was that if I built
a field, people would come... boy was I
wrong! My wife and I spent many a day
sitting in the office trailer playing cards
waiting for folks to show up to play. Some
days just three people would come and we
would have to play with just those three.
However, we made sure they had the best
time possible in the hope that when they
returned they would bring their friends
with them. We worked hard at building
a customer base by making people feel
welcome. The field grew and continues to
grow using that same word of mouth reputation.
You advertise that your field is family
friendly, please tell us about that?
We are and always have been a family
business. My wife and daughter run the
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check in area, bookings and administration. My son Niko and I run the field ensuring that our guests are having fun and
are safe. Niko also is our Webmaster. Our
referees all started as players at the field
and are like our extended family. We
pride ourselves on making paintball an experience not just a game. Every customer is
important to us and over the years so many
of them have become good friends. Many
of our players shot their first paintball at
Nitro at the age of ten or eleven and now
we attend their college graduations and
weddings. A lot of the boys spend every
weekend at the field and so we feel as
though we are their surrogate parents.
What type of fields do you have at Nitro
Paintball?
There are 8 different fields at Nitro: Large
Spool Ball, Hyperball, Castle, Fort, Hamburger Hill, Western Town and our regulation size PSP Field. Our PSP pits are
complete with air and chronographs along
with 46” monitors so we can run X-ball
games and watch webcasts when available.
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