Checking with the local visitors bureau is something to think about. The Rapid City Convention and visitors Bureau will pay the way for a couple of members to come and see what they have to offer. With Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park and more. They know how much money it will generate for the area. The arena is 24,072 floor space with total display area of 34,500 sq. ft. In addition to that is connected to Rushmore Hall That is another 40,366 sq ft. Several other carpeted rooms. Plenty of lawn area and on site Hotel . Airport within 15 min. free shuttle to and from air port and around town for hotel guest's. Our club rented the arena and about half of Rushmore Hall for a total of Just over $15,000 for 5 days of use. You may not want to come to SD but what I'm trying to say is most places that have any tourism at all will bend over backwards to give you deals to get you to come. Maybe I will have our visitors Bureau send a packet to Bill Burgraaff and the President, just so you can see what you might use for bargaining power. The Ridgeback's are having their National here. The Australian Terriers just did and want to come back. Just a thought. I do a lot of thinking when I should really be cleaning house. Judi Bendt ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================