i would be in, if the buy in drops a bit.

i've seen it done with a $20 buy in, single table tourny (you can have multiple tables going, but each table = it's own tourny with it's own pot etc).

you probably end up playing 2 or 3 different 'tournies' in the night... no one loses their shirt, everyone has fun.

just a thought

you could even have a 'rookie' table going where the buy in is 0, or very cheap (ie 5 bucks)