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DukeHarding

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How many bowlers are going
« on: July 17, 2009, 05:06:58 PM »
to Shoot the USBC Nationals next year in Reno?

If you are not why, are you not?

If you are why?

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 01:48:40 AM »
DH,I used to go especially to Reno but I finally figured out that I was being soaked in order to pay for the Pros and 220-240 avg bowlers out there and the ones that get a chance to bowl on such unusual conditions.Plus depending on your squad depends on the type of condition you get. In other words not everyone bowls on the same conditions making the tournament even more unfair.The 2-3 times that I have bowled the tourney in Reno the officials have treated the bowlers like Sh-t and some of the hotels were not very kind the last time I was there.USBC runs this tourney but does not make a level playing field for everyone and if most of the rest of the other bowlers in the lower avg part of the reg. div. realized it they probably wouldn't go either!!!
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 05:31:08 PM »
I'll ya what.  I'm in Vegas now, we bowl tonight and I don't think you could pay me to come back to this place.  Reno is so much easier to get around and far cheaper to stay then Las Vegas.  The roads/freeways are a nightmare here. Its a struggle to get anywhere in a vehicle.  I swear the traffic lights are twice as slow as anywhere else.  Food and beverages are extraoridnarily expensive.  Accomodations are more expensive then Reno.  

If you have only gone to Vegs for your Nationals experience, please don't hold it against Reno for bowling again.  

BRING ON RENO!!!

Erin
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2009, 05:44:15 PM »
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I'll ya what.  I'm in Vegas now, we bowl tonight and I don't think you could pay me to come back to this place.  Reno is so much easier to get around and far cheaper to stay then Las Vegas.  The roads/freeways are a nightmare here. Its a struggle to get anywhere in a vehicle.  I swear the traffic lights are twice as slow as anywhere else.  Food and beverages are extraoridnarily expensive.  Accomodations are more expensive then Reno.  

If you have only gone to Vegs for your Nationals experience, please don't hold it against Reno for bowling again.  

BRING ON RENO!!!

Erin


Having been to Vegas over 30 times in my life and this year being the second time I have bowled there, I would totally agree that Reno is a better place to get around and bowl in. You can walk almost anywhere, and its not as crowded as Vegas is now.

Vegas was the place to eat and stay in 72 when it was my first time.

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2009, 06:37:05 PM »
Our teams plan to be at Reno the next 2 years. I've been at all the Reno tournaments since 1990.

We go every year to nationals regardless of where it has been. This year was my 23rd trip.

I much prefer Vegas. Easier to get to, much more to do, and I feel much safer.

We stay at the Silver Legacy in Reno and it is easy to walk back and forth to the stadium but I wouldn't venture 2 blocks away in any direction at night.
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nextbowler

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2009, 07:01:48 PM »
Yes, I will be going to Reno.  To those who have not had a good experience
here in Vegas, I'm sure that it was much better going to exotic places in
the past (Montana,etc.).
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2009, 07:26:00 PM »
would luv to go but I'm on disability and also was never asked to go to nationals for I live in wisconsin and there seems people don't think I can bowl. Thats why I never went.
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2009, 07:37:19 PM »
I will be there towards the end of April.

It's a fun break for our group and wives.


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DukeHarding

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2009, 10:24:38 PM »
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I'll ya what.  I'm in Vegas now, we bowl tonight and I don't think you could pay me to come back to this place.  Reno is so much easier to get around and far cheaper to stay then Las Vegas.  The roads/freeways are a nightmare here. Its a struggle to get anywhere in a vehicle.  I swear the traffic lights are twice as slow as anywhere else.  Food and beverages are extraoridnarily expensive.  Accomodations are more expensive then Reno.  

If you have only gone to Vegs for your Nationals experience, please don't hold it against Reno for bowling again.  

BRING ON RENO!!!

Erin


I love Reno.
I lives in Vegas in 1980...town has really changed.
The freeways reminded me of being home in Chicago.
I won't be back, to Vegas.
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2009, 10:31:42 PM »
Not, no money at this point, but things could potentially change between now and then if someone needs to be replaced from the local group.
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2009, 10:36:32 PM »
I'd like to,but way too many ifs................
 Job,health,school,daughter's activities,etc..............
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DukeHarding

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2009, 11:07:31 PM »
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Crying about the pros, or the 220-240 average bowlers makes you a sorry excuse for a human being.  Since your not on their level of play, you expect things to be catered to you?  Why do you deserve the special treatment?  I find it absolutely disgusting that this is a sport where the less talented bowlers bi#ch moan and complain instead of working harder and smarter to get better at the sport.

I've never experienced a sport where the top skilled players are pissed on so much by the lower skilled players to the point where the top skilled player wants to just quit playing their baby games.  Handicap, Handicap, Handicap, banning skill levels, shunning skill levels, rejecting skill levels...etc..etc.

This is such a simple game to master when you think about it.  It's up to you to determine what your skill level will be.  There are very few ceilings or limitations on how good you really can be at it.

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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2009, 10:20:43 AM »
At this moment we'll be there. But the economy might have an impact on us getting there. There are still lay-offs being planned before the end of the yr.This will be only the fourth consecutive yr. that we go. We enjoyed Reno.
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2009, 12:07:10 PM »
I say screw Vegas! Rude employees almost every place we visited. The Rio casino is such a dump! I did enjoy the Mandalay bay. Prices were very high and the so called free drinks at all of the casinos took so long to get that it just was not worth the wait. I went to Reno the last two times the event was held there and I just loved it there. By far hands down better that Vegas. I will never go there again.
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Re: How many bowlers are going
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2009, 12:40:12 PM »
My team already signed me up so I guess I might go, but to be honest if it is all about gambling in that town(like Vegas), then they will be looking for someone else! I am really not into all that. Now Corpus was excellent for me, the bowling was just a interruption of my fishing. I have family there and we went almost every summer growing up and I flat tore up the speckled trout and redfish, and I bowled better also!!
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