DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #24
     



From: MikeLDrew@aol.com

Subject: Re: Hotel rooms at Las Vegas

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:00:04 -0500 (EST)



Asa Jay wrote,



>Hi all,



I know it came across here a couple weeks ago.  Who is the best contact for

getting rooms in Las Vegas?  For the weekend of the show.



Also, since I've never been to one of these, can someone give me a quick

breakdown of the events?  I sincerely appreciate it.



Thank you,

Asa Jay



1)  Kent Snyder is The Man who puts this event together for POCA.  He still

has lots of rooms available, but you have to order them through POCA.  If

you're not a POCA member and don't have a form in front of you (which I

presume you don't), you can simply phone him and take care of everything over

the phone.  POCA is set up to take payment in VISA/MC.



Cost of the event for Thursday arrival is $200 (for 2 people), Friday arrival

is $175.  There's a $25 additional charge for non-POCA members, bringing it

up to $225 and $200, respectively.  Here's a hint, you can join POCA at the

same time you're signing up for the event, and get the discount.  (Foot stomp

twice)



Call Kent at home tonight:  (818) 966-0890.



2)  Sequence of events:



Thursday:  Hospitality suite opens mid-day, lots of socializing etc. the

remainder of the day (there's a full open bar for the full duration of the

event, with all the booze and soft drinks you can guzzle, plus munchies, even

donuts and coffee on Sunday morning)



Friday:  Track event normally runs all day, this year it got cancelled when

the track management pulled the rug out from under us.  So, instead, in the

morning there's a group drive up to the Mt. Charleston lodge, a beautiful

resort high in the mountains overlooking the valley in which Las Vegas

resides.  45 miles or so (maybe less) climbing several thousand feet into the

forest, where everyone has a nice brunch.



Also, on Friday afternoon, there's going to be a group drive through a

beautiful canyon (Red Rock?), it's a state park or something, the sunset is

supposed to be spectacular.  Wonderful road, way too many cops nowadays.

I've seen video taken 10 years or so ago, from a Pantera blasting through

this 30-40 mph road at 125 or so.  One year the whole club did this, and the

cops kindly invited us to never set foot there again!



Friday night is left open.



Saturday morning, a second Mt Charleston run.  Also, there's a concours on

Fremont street.  Saturday afternoon, there's a tech session, where a panel of

experts field questions from the crowd.  Saturday night is the banquet (also

included with the price of the event), awards, etc.



All the chapter stores are selling merchandise the whole time, lots of

socializing and telling of lies, er, stories in the hospitality suite, and

200+ Panteras in the parking lot, which makes for lots of idea-gathering

walks, etc.



Also, don't forget that the reason the track event was cancelled is the USAF

is throwing the largest military air show in U.S. history right there at

Nellis AFB on the edge of the city.  So if you're into aviation, there's

going to be one terrific airshow, certainly worth spending some time there.



Finally, Shane has proposed a meeting of e-mail forum members at some point,

just so we can put faces to these names we've been reading for so long.



See you there!



Mike