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Originally Posted by Uniwersel
I lived in Las Vegas as a freshman, and I can't think of any high school in the area that could support a regional with 50 teams attending. Most of the high schools are based on one of two designs, both of which are similar in size. The high school I went to had a 3 court basketball gym, with a small practice gym attached. There would be space for the field, which would be extremely cramped, but no room for pits.
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Coming in late to this discussion...
If you move the event to a district-sized venue, you need to have a district-sized attendance. The description one poster gave of a 3-court gym with a practice gym on the side is all you need. Put bleachers over two of the courts and the field on one and there's your arena. Turn the side gym and maybe another mid-sized room into the pits, and you have a district-sized venue suitable for 40 teams. This describes most of the MAR districts I've attended as well as many of the off-season events on the east coast.
More on-topic: It's disappointing that LVR cannot garner more sponsorship to make this a dead issue. I hate seeing Regionals go away without some form of replacement. Would Nellis AFB be able to provide some form of DOD sponsorship grant?
I would encourage any teams who are looking at folding due to this potential setback to reconsider. There are regional events within 300 miles of LV that are viable. My 11-person team travels 2+ hours each way (about 140 miles each way) to our two district events each year. It's taken some changes in how we approach the events to reduce our costs (drive team only for the first night before competition), but we've done it with a minimal budget. If nothing else, have the students approach this as another design problem: how do we find more money?