i agree. if you take a bunch of students to Las Vegas, you are just asking for trouble. i know that there are a lot of advantages (cheaper, somewhat easier to get there, lots of venues, etc.), but along with all the good things there come the bad. in disney you couldnt get in nearly as much trouble as you could in Vegas. F.I.R.S.T should consider a lot before they make a final decision. ultimately F.I.R.S.T makes the call, and their call is final, but i would rather not see a national competition in Las Vegas.

Personally, I don't much lke the idea of Vegas, either. I live roughly 1 1/2 hours from there, and REALLY it's not a bad place. The locals are really nice and the neighborhoods are not what people think they would be. See, Vegas is like where my family goes when we decide we need to go shopping. There are three malls that are really nice, there's a waterpark, and there's a circus circus full of rides to add to the aforementioned list.

Also, as long as you stay in Henderson (the suburb town outside Vegas) or off of the strip, then the rates are really low. Usually, or as I have seen, FIRST teams are kinda spoiled (I know it and love it) and like to stay in the nice hotels, though. I think MGM is up to 300 dollars a night. It's huge and very posh. I know, I got lost in there once...

Airline flights are cheap, too. We fly out of there every year. It's a major airport.

The reason I don't want it to be there, though, is that I think Vegas is boring. I know my way arounf there REALLY well. So, maybe all of the people on the East coast would have fun, but I wouldn't be able to get into it.

you can see the blue man group in chicago too at certain times of the year....that is not a good enough reason alone to go. besides what about people who might be getting over a drug/gambling addiction. yes i do include alcohol and tobacco as drugs like they should be. not to mention that the parents would no t be going for the idea...at least not mine. besides.....what are they going to do put up a bunch of tents in the desert. Las Vegas doesn't have that kind of room anywhere except for the desert.


now...maybe las vegas in another state would be cool....depending on the size of it

oh and why not just go to California....it doesn't have as bad a rep and i am sure that there are tons of places there.

I don't think Vegas would be a good place. There is almost no high schools around Vegas. Besides Vegas is for people over 21. It's a gambling city. If you ever walk around Vegas there are people begging for money to gamble and such. I think Vegas should be the last place to have a championship.

Then where did all the Vegas teams come from?!?
987 NASA /Nevada Space Grant Consortium & Cimarron Memorial High School Las Vegas, NV USA
988 NASA/Nevada Space Grant Consortium & Clark High School Las Vegas, NV USA
989 NASA /Nevada Space Grant Consortium & Palo Verde High School Las Vegas, NV USA
990 NASA /Nevada Space Grant Consortium & ADV Technologies Academy Las Vegas, NV USA

Current high schools...
Advanced Technologies Academy
Area Technical Trade Center (ATTC)
Basic High School
Bonanza High School
Boulder City High School
Chaparral High School
Cheyenne High School
Cimarron-Memorial High School
Clark High School
Durango High School
Eldorado High School
Green Valley High School
Indian Springs Jr./Sr. High School
Las Vegas Academy
Las Vegas High School
Laughlin High School
Moapa Valley High School
Mojave High School
Palo Verde High School
Rancho High School
Silverado High School
Valley High School
Virgin Valley Jr./Sr. High School
Western High School

"In the next three years, the Clark County School District will open six new high schools...The nation's sixth-largest school district ...The 10-year tax freeze is the main funding source for a $3.5 billion plan to build 88 new schools in the coming decade. ...said the 2003-04 openings will be followed by three more high school openings in 2004-05. Two of those have been sited, one at Alexander Road and North Fifth Street, and another at Patrick Lane and Pecos Road. The third high school will be a careers and technical center in the northwest valley.

Only one high school is planned to open in 2005-06, but Dickens said the pace will quicken again in 2006-07. Three new high schools are planned for that year, followed by another three in 2007-08. "
2002

Vegas is much more than the downtown district and not just for people over 21.

just out of curiousity where did you find all that out?

I went to google, don't remember now what words I searched on...

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There was a school in the movie "Pay It Forward" too.



Oh well, with no championships in Las Vegas, no Blue Man Group!

Alright, I may not be a Vegas expert, but I know for a fact that there are TONS of High Schools in Vegas. In fact, they have to keep building them in order to keep up with the population, which is huge.

For my sources.. I talked to my elementary school principal at dinner tonight and that was one of the things we talked about.

probabely not
 

F.I.R.S.T would never alow us to go to Vegas. There would be so many things kids could get into trouble. It would be nice but its not gonna happen.
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i say we have the nat's in connecticut, so i dont have to pay for hotels and and planes. Then i wont need to shell out $1000 every year for the competition.:D

Ok guys, we know where nats are gonna be and when there gonna be we dont need to talk about where FIRST is going to have them, ok?

Cuz of it's origins many many years ago, cuz of mafia that is now supposedly not in charge, cuz it's sins aren't hidden away as well as in other big cities

and things change.

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Crime Rate: 5.0%
Crime Category
Murder: 109
Rape: 532
Robbery: 3,121
Aggravated Assault: 2,371
Burglary: 10,130
Larceny/Theft: 21,793
Motor Vehicle Theft: 9,772
Arson: 156


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Crime Rate: 5.2%
Crime Category
Murder: 241
Rape: 748
Robbery: 8,350
Aggravated Assault: 12,178
Burglary: 24,774
Larceny/Theft: 66,068
Motor Vehicle Theft: 19,445
Arson: 803

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VEGAS would be a great place for nationals...
whats more fun that the city of lights?
besides, we deserve it after all of our hard work!
too bad not all of us are 18!