2025 HBMO Recap – Setting New Records & What’s to Come In 2026!

Every year that we host the Hunter Burton Memorial Open, it’s a truly special event. Having the ability for our team of volunteers to connect with the HBM family, seeing so many familiar faces, meeting new members of the community, and maybe most of all hearing the incredible stories about how suicide has affected those in attendance, is such an overwhelming feeling.

With that incredible and deep feeling in mind, we felt that there’s no better time to give the 2025 HBMO Recap than on Mental Health Awareness Day.

Before we get started, we want to say how thankful we are to the sponsors that help make the event possible. This year we had incredible supporters on board and it was absolutely one of the most successful events in our history. It also goes without saying, but we are so grateful to all of our volunteers that spend several days helping us make the event run smoothly. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you all!

Now, what you have all been waiting for… it’s time to give you the amazing news about the 2025 event!

This year we set records in almost every category. Our total amount of money raised for the foundation, the number of silent auction donations, the number of total events hosted, and overwhelmingly the number of total attendees all grew significantly! Yes, you read that correctly, our 2025 event not only broke some records, but it truly shattered them.

Our 2025 total earnings for the foundation were just over $140,000!

The total number of 2025 attendees was close to a turnstile of 1,500 across the weekend!

These numbers grew by more than 25% over our 2024 event which is absolutely incredible. This allows our foundation to grow the quantity of community impact kits produced and shipped to stores and increase our ability to attend other gaming events and spread awareness about suicide and suicide prevention.

Given the success of 2025, we have a lot to look forward to in 2026! Plans are already in the works about new events, new prizes, and some amazing new features to our community programs. Ready to hear the date for 2026? We are so excited to share that we will return to the Hurst Conference Center for our next event. Make sure to mark you calendars for…

* Drumroll please…………………………………. *

2026 Hunter Burton Memorial Open
March 13th – 15th
Hurst Conference Center, Hurst TX

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