Thursday, April 30, 2009

Consider it a done deal

No, Karl Benson doesn't have PTW's number on speedial (thereby joining gazillions of others) nor do the folks at the Orleans Hotel have us on a consulting contract but the following is a done deal. March in Vegas may not be April in Paris but...

Basketball also has eyes on Las Vegas for 2011 and 2012
Ferd Lewis
Honolulu Advertiser
April 30, 2009


Yesterday, the Western Athletic Conference men's basketball coaches took
a walk into the future.

As part of their annual meetings, the coaches
visited the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, a proposed site for the conference
basketball tournament for 2011 and '12.

If approved, the 9,000-seat
facility at The Orleans hotel and casino would be the first real neutral
facility the conference has used in the 26-year history of the tournament. It
would follow the women's volleyball tournament into that arena, an agreement for
2009 that was announced yesterday...
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