BritinUSA Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 There's a wonderful scene in the movie Beetlejuice where the newly deceased Adam and Barbara find themselves in a waiting room holding a ticket with a huge number on it and settle down to wait for a few months for their appointment.... Checking in to the Riviera Hotel is just like that.... only longer. The line was headed out the door by the time I finally got through the interminable process. Just a heads up, if you have your reservation number and credit card handy you may want to try the express check-in booths located in the same area as you may be able to save some time this way, The Monaco Tower is right by the car park and seems pretty decent, the room is clean and has a refrigerator for the gallons of Gatorade that I'll be drinking over the next few days. A flat-screen tv sits on the wall, and the room smells like no-one has ever stayed here..... The car park has a low roof, if your humungous pick-up truck, humvee, tank etc. is over 6' 10" you may want to find other accommodation for your four wheeled monstrosity. There are a couple of elevators to take you to the various levels of the car park but they are small, a tad slow and look exactly like someone was murdered in them. So try to fit everything you need into things you can carry easily and use the stairs to save some time.... or have your driver meet you at the bottom. Its 5:30pm and the temperature is about 85F, Saturday which is the first day of shooting should peak out in the mid to high 80's which suits me just fine thank you very much. Much better than the anticipated 100+ thats for sure. Registration opens tomorrow at 1pm local and the range opens at the same time. Once I've scanned the stages I will try and post some pictures of them for the benefit of those shooting the later match, it may give you a taste of what is to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks for the update(s) !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmerritt Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 yes, thanks for the updates, pics would be awsome. do the stages change between matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Yes, weather should be nice for the next several days. Rain and storms from Friday until Wednesday, record lows and record rain, not sure how the USPSA stage construction crew manage to get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D__ Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Room is right next to the parkade. Kim seems to be right on the hotel with the review. It's ok if you want something cheap. Bed is comfy. Weather seems to be bearable so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmanP Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hmmm, I got a VM and text from someone there that the hotel was "Bad. B-A-D" Hope that's not the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 You can get a bad room in any hotel in Las Vegas ... more so at the Riviera (or at the Circus Circus) .... just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner40sw Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Any updates or stories or anything thats going on at the actual range and notat the hotels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Click the icon for some updates on the Women's match along with some photographs. I was only able to get some video from Stage 11 and I will try to upload that tomorrow night. I was on the range for about 10.5 hours today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I did spend a few hours this morning following the Open, Limited, Revolver and Ladies super-squads,so far no published scores or anything uncommon. Some more details here http://www.britinusa.net/2011USNationals/2011day1/ So far I have decided that I want to shoot like a girl!! some amazing runs by Kay and Jessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 PS ... some of my pictures from today http://gallery.me.com/rieraj/100353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Results from the first day of shooting are up under the Major Match Results heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwana Six-Gun Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Great pix and videos. Please keep them coing and allow the rest of us to enjoy the match vicariously. Good Luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-10_shooter Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 PS ... some of my pictures from today http://gallery.me.com/rieraj/100353 Great pics of the super squad, thanks! JJ looks like a maniac driving his open gun in a couple pics, great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
works for ammo Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Nice Photos, It was nice to see how the pros do it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Some more pictures I took today, not many ... fairly hot plus I had one of my kids with me ... http://gallery.me.com/rieraj#100361 Tomorrow I promise more ... PS. For any of the photographers out there ... look closely at the first picture .. flames!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Day 2 Updated ---> here I took a lot of video today, but I have not had the time to put it together and upload it... its nearly midnight here, I've been up since 5:45am. UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninemmbill Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks for the updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 not to get off all the cool photos , but looks like Jerry did it again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 not to get off all the cool photos , but looks like Jerry did it again, According to the scores from last night, Matt Griffin has 815.8272 points after shooting stages 7-18. Jerry has 864.2944 points after shooting stages 7-18 and 3. And Jerry scored 54.6608 points on stage 3. ...so today should be an interesting day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 not to get off all the cool photos , but looks like Jerry did it again, According to the scores from last night, Matt Griffin has 815.8272 points after shooting stages 7-18. Jerry has 864.2944 points after shooting stages 7-18 and 3. And Jerry scored 54.6608 points on stage 3. ...so today should be an interesting day. You know you are right,I failed to look and see all stages were not scored,,Mat may need his big hat,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGriff Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 not to get off all the cool photos , but looks like Jerry did it again, According to the scores from last night, Matt Griffin has 815.8272 points after shooting stages 7-18. Jerry has 864.2944 points after shooting stages 7-18 and 3. And Jerry scored 54.6608 points on stage 3. ...so today should be an interesting day. That's what it looks like. Is it odd that Jerry has been scored for stage 3 when he's in the same squad as Matt, Mike, et al? Matt made a comment that the first day was a mess but I haven't had a chance to get the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Some pictures from today. Stage 1 for Ladies, Revolver and Open super squads http://gallery.me.com/rieraj#100369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Limited looks pretty tight between Vogel, Travis, and TGO !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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