Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@isi.edu> wrote:
>
> (For reference, the 1998 UNICON dates stated in an earlier message are:
> Sat 25 Jul - Mon 03 Aug 1998.)
>
> Traditionally, NUCs and UNICONs have tried to avoid conflicting with the
> IJA’s annual convention. I’ve looked on the http://www.juggling.org and
> http://www.juggle.org, but have been unable to find a proposed date for
> the 1998 IJA convention. Currently, the proposed location is the
> Primadonna Casino, in Primm, NV, 35 miles west of Las Vegas. This could
> tie in well to the 1998 NUC, if they are held a weekend apart. However,
> there’s a lot of grumbling online about the proposed IJA venue.
The Primadonna is on I-15, on the CA/NV border. It’s across the street from
Buffalo Bill’s, a hotel/casino that is surrounded by the world’s tallest roller
coaster, the Desperado. See a couple of pictures of the area on my web page:
www.calweb.com/~unifoss/coasters/coasters.htm
Primadonna is a very nice place, but it is in the middle of the desert. There
are three hotels, a train that connects them, a gas station, a Mc Donalds, and
nothing else. As long as people stay indoors, it’ll make a nice convention.
As for conflict, the IJA Festival is nearly always the weekend before our NUC,
or the third weekend in July. Monrovia and the Primadonna are only 3-4 hours
apart by car (I think), so it would be nice if a conflict could be avoided.
However it’s more important to avoid conflict with the World Championships of
our own sport. Even though there may be more crossover between the NUC and the
IJA Festival, I believe UNICON should take precedence if there is a conflict.
East coast juggler/unicyclists types, take note because you have an even better
reason to make the long trip; you should be able to attend both conventions!
Stay on Top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.calweb.com/~unifoss/index.htm
“Never two tired” (unless I’m riding with Brett)