Chuck Anderson Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) Lim/Prod Nationals September 16-20 Open/L10/Rev Sept 21-24 Multigun October 20-23 All matches will be at Desert Sportsman in Vegas. Edited Division breakdown. Edited December 18, 2010 by Chuck Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Holy cow! Thanks Chuck! Finally some advance notice. Sort of a nice Christmas present for all us shooters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks Chuck, it is a great help to have this info now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpops Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) Another month in vegas...could be worse. Edited December 16, 2010 by outerlimits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 OUSTANDING.... Thanks for pulling this together to get the dates out before year-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thanks Chuck that's cool. Now to wrangle a slot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Anderson Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I'd love to take credit for getting the dates out but it's all the President. All I did was post em. I know it seems like it took forever but the dates are out a month sooner than last year. Hopefully we can get them even sooner next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorDanO Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Excellent! I'll be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Burwell Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 The dates for the Open/L10 overlap with the also just announced today IDPA world championship. Hope this can get worked out I'd prefer not to have to take sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyg00 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) The dates for the Open/L10 overlap with the also just announced today IDPA world championship. Hope this can get worked out I'd prefer not to have to take sides. Tough decision Dan! Florida or VEGAS Marty A-7424 Edited December 17, 2010 by martyg00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Anderson Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I'm betting you're gonna have to take sides. We were really limited on available dates for Nationals this year with the World Shoot. These were the only workable dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Great news.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hello: That is great news I see they are using the same setup as this year with the Open and L10 shooting the same match and the Limited,Production and revolver shooting the other one. Looks good. No to get a spot Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 IDPA has a world championship? Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 IDPA has a world championship? Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf219 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Correction on the Dates/Divisions. OPEN/L10/REVO September 16-20 LIMITED/PRODUCTION September 21-24. Just a heads up. H! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glshooter Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Three years in a row at the same place? I wish they would move it around so more people would have an opportunity to attend. Alternate between the East, West and central part of the U.S. for those of us who can't always travel across the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZ Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) Three years in a row at the same place? I wish they would move it around so more people would have an opportunity to attend. Alternate between the East, West and central part of the U.S. for those of us who can't always travel across the country. I'm only repeating what I have heard much more knowledgeable people than me, but it's not just as easy as moving it to a different venue. There are very few clubs in the US that have the facilities to host a US nationals. Fewer still that are close enough to a major city, and airport. And that have the minimum amount of props needed, and staff available. From what I have been told, it's very difficult to find a club (and city) that meets all of the requirements, and wants to host the nationals. Edited December 18, 2010 by RAZZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Anderson Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 That's a pretty good explanation RAZZ. There are several factors that go into picking a Nationals facility. Number of bays, experience of local staff, destination location, hotel/airport availability, prop inventory, price for range rental. I'm sure there are more but this is a pretty basic list. We've had the Nationals on the East Coast, in PA but not for several years. It is difficult to get ranges that are big enough to hold a Nationals to say they are willing to hold one. I know there are Areas that have enough difficulty finding a range to hold their own Area Championship let alone a Nationals. Also, while it's not the East coast, it's a lot more east for me, the Nationals were held in PASA Park for a lot of years...a lot of years. It's only been the last few that they've truly been out west. Additionally, when siting a Nationals we really need to put it somewhere it's expected to fill. Particularly considering the economic downturn. When trying to finance a match as large as the Nationals, if we plan it to break even at 310 shooters and we only get 250, that's a big defecit. That money will have to come from somewhere else, and frankly as a non-profit, we just don't a big stack of cash we swim around in like Scrooge McDuck. That said, Vegas has a lot going for it when it comes to being a Nationals venue. It is a destination venue, with things other than the match to go do. You can bring your family if you want. Airfare is normally very cheap to Vegas, hotels are running sales on rooms, you can eat as cheaply, or as expensively, as you want. The weather is generally pretty consistent, hot. But at least we're not likely to repeat the mudbowl. The advantage of staying in Vegas is that each year the club builds props and experience at putting on major matches. Each year the match gets better. Not to say that it will be in Vegas for the next 10 years, but 4-5 years in a row seems to be about ideal, as long as you don't burn out the local staff. If you do want Nationals back east, now is the time to start getting your range in order. Start expanding, start looking at the local base of RO's, start thinking about where members will fly into, start holding major matches to get that experience down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcs5 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Pasa worsk very well! Just get it the heck outa vegas or cali any place else would rock! any of you guys up in oregon got a good range Ive never been there and would love to!.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Anderson Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yep. We've held Nationals three years in Oregon. At two different ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 NIce to see the dates out early, and being a local, of course I love the Nationals being held here in Las Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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