Venues, courts, and time slots

Before ARQ can generate a schedule, it needs to know where and when games can be played. You define this under League hub → Venues & Schedule Setup. This information lives at the league level and carries across seasons automatically.

How the pieces fit together

Venue (e.g. "Gretna Sports Complex")
  └── Court (e.g. "Court 1", "Court 2")
        └── Time slot (e.g. "Monday 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM")

The schedule generator uses every active (court, time slot) combination as a candidate game slot.

Adding a venue and courts

1. Go to League hub → Venues & Schedule Setup.
2. Tap Add venue and enter the name and address.
3. Inside the venue, tap Add court to add named courts (Court 1, East Gym, etc.).

You can have multiple venues, each with multiple courts.

Adding time slots

Time slots are recurring weekly slots — a day of week plus a start and end time.

1. In the Venues tab, tap Add time slot.
2. Choose the day of week and start/end time.
3. Assign which courts are available for this slot.

The schedule wizard will only schedule games during defined time slots, on courts you've assigned to them.

Adding blackout dates

Blackout dates prevent any games from being scheduled on specific dates — holidays, gym closures, or conflicts.

1. Go to the Blackouts tab.
2. Tap Add blackout and pick the date (or a date range).

Blackouts apply league-wide. Remove them when they're no longer needed so the schedule wizard has maximum flexibility.

Why this lives at the league level

Venue setup carries across seasons because courts and game nights typically don't change season to season. You set it up once and all future seasons inherit it automatically. If you change venues mid-season, regenerate the schedule to reflect the change.

Troubleshooting schedule generation

• "No slots available" — check that at least one court has at least one time slot assigned.
• Schedule doesn't fill all weeks — you may not have enough (court, slot) combinations for the number of teams. Add more courts or time slots.
• Blackout is blocking too many games — review the Blackouts tab and remove any that are no longer needed.