[JB987]

I am on the planning committee for LVR and there will not be a reduction in entry fees. I can assure you that teams will not notice any reduction in quality services resulting from our cost cutting efforts. Savings will come from using the awesome operators of the arena on the UNLV campus instead of the FIRST provided Show Ready operators. Our "in house" group has incredible experience putting on events much bigger than regionals and we expect our 6th year to be even better than our first 5! Those of you who have shared in the "Vegas" experience and return will not be disappointed, newcomers will be blown away!

Cory is right...there will be a few dollars saved on what we spend on the volunteers but the money saved is mostly saved by FIRST since our local contributions to the cost of the event doesn't cover the full costs of the regional and they will pick up the shortage as in the past (as they do across the country). There will be less shortage with expected savings, hence [i]FIRST[i] spends less...