LAS VEGAS REGIONAL... terminated?

[Lil' Lavery]

Some of the entertainment options in Vegas do employ engineers, namely some of the bigger stage shows. I know Cirque du Soleil used to be represented on the FRC GDC. I wonder if approaching these directly may be more beneficial?

Originally Posted by Cory

I'm not sure where else you could do it besides Reno, which is also big on casinos and entertainment.

I realize Reno is also a gambling/entertainment driven city, but perhaps the University of Nevada, Reno may be a more affordable venue or more generous sponsor than UNLV? Same can be said for other universities around the state, even if they're in lesser known locations. MAR Championship has been held in a relatively remote location (Bethlehem, PA) the past two years because the venue price was substantially lower than Philadelphia. I was checking to see if this was an avenue the LVRPC has explored.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Some of the entertainment options in Vegas do employ engineers, namely some of the bigger stage shows. I know Cirque du Soleil used to be represented on the FRC GDC. I wonder if approaching these directly may be more beneficial?



I realize Reno is also a gambling/entertainment driven city, but perhaps the University of Nevada, Reno may be a more affordable venue or more generous sponsor than UNLV? Same can be said for other universities around the state, even if they're in lesser known locations. MAR Championship has been held in a relatively remote location (Bethlehem, PA) the past two years because the venue price was substantially lower than Philadelphia. I was checking to see if this was an avenue the LVRPC has explored.

Cirque is a sponsor our regional for $10k and the affiliated SoloTec that helps produce their shows provides us under cost AV for venue...and helps to make the regional a top notch event. Reno has no teams and is barely able to support an FLL and FTC event. Given FIRST's concern that growth hasn't been strong enough I don't think they would endorse moving the regional to Reno even if they had a workable venue. There are only two universities in the state and the few smaller colleges do not have venues that fit our needs. The only facility at UNLV that can handle an event is the aforementioned Thomas and Mack, not owned by the university, with a 20k seat arena that has gotten way to expensive for us to use (great when we had it though ) The attached Cox Pavilion is too small to host an event.