2026 Golden Gate Opener
SFSU and CCSF - Sep 25-26 | Status: Reg shutdown
Welcome to the home page for the 2026 Golden Gate Opener tournament hosted by SFSU and CCSF on Sep 25-26, 2026
Status: System shutdown (No new schools, changes, adds, or drops )
College Inperson
Welcome to the 2026 GGO
Review the tournament invitation. You may access a campus map online but all competitions will take place in the Humanities building.
PARKING: You may park in the parking garage that is located on State Drive. Take Lake Merced Blvd and turn right on State Drive. That street will end at a large parking structure. Once you park in the garage, use the machines to pay for daily parking.
Some important locations and information:
- TAB: Humanities 111
- Food and hospitality: Humanities Atrium
- Extemp Prep: Humanities 283
- Judge hangout and quiet room: 290
- Parli Topic Announcement: Humanities Atrium & Parli Updates Doc
- IPDA Judge Orientation: Humanities 133
- IPDA Strike/Prep: 115
- Flash Interp Prep: 109, Theme Doc and Literature Doc
- Awards Ceremony: Humanities 133
Sturday IPDA Prep Rooms (also used as competition rooms):
| Clovis Community College | 114 |
| Chabot College | 118 |
| City College San Francisco | 119 |
| San Jose State University | 121 |
| San Francisco State University | 126 |
| Texas Southern University | 129 |
| University of Nevada, Reno | 131 |
| Fresno City College | 132 |
| Hartnell College | 207 |
| California State University Chico | 208 |
| University of San Francisco | 211 |
| Ohlone College | 212 |
| Sacramento State | 213 |
| Lewis & Clark College | 218 |
| Modesto Junior College | 277 |
Tournament & Tab Staff
- Nathan Lawless Steele - Tournament Director
- Douglas Mungin - Ombudsperson
- Kim Yee & Zach Waters - IE Tab
- Ryan Guy & Orion Steele - Debate Tab