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Originally Posted by Scott_4140

The engineering community in Las Vegas is smaller than most cities its size. That's not the industry that Las Vegas grew up around. That would be the gambling and entertainment industry. Unfortunately, as pointed out by another post, their interests and therefore support, doesn't align well with FIRST.

There is however a companion industry that could line up with FIRST. Conventions! Conventions are a huge draw for the hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. Many of these conventions are technology oriented. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being one of the most well know.

The promoters of these technology driven conventions have a vested interest in furthering the industries they support. I would think a case could be made to them that sponsorship of an FRC Regional Completion aligns with their interests and could be promoted to their attending companies.

The case has been made, somewhat successfully already. The Convention and Visitors Authority made the Cashman Field venue available to us this past few years for just a few thousand dollars space rental and around $12k for portable seating...(instead of tens of thousands as any other user would pay to lease the property for 4 days).