Bud Light Buckets at Tickers and Timbers

I’m at Tickers & Timbers on Capitol Street in Charleston with Tonya Perry and Robby Cline for Bud Light Buckets: The Prelude, the kickoff to Bud Light Mini Hoops Mania. They’re using the night to bring creators and local businesses together, swap audiences, and build connections while showcasing what the venue and the distributor can offer. Tonya talks about a lesson from ownership: she opened this location without food or a bar because funding was tight, and she later realized people only came for special occasions like team events. She adds food and a bar so locals can come in anytime, not just to throw axes, and she highlights the other experiences here like rage rooms, escape rooms, and paint splatter. Robby breaks down what a distributor does in West Virginia’s three-tier system and jokes about the myth that distributors get free beer, then focuses on supporting customers through promotion. He explains the mini hoops tournament runs January through mid-March with a March 21 final in Huntington, and the winner earns a Vegas trip and a shot at $10,000.