and thus begins chaos week!
Dec. 6th, 2005 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swordmageLast night was the opening night for the 32nd Annual Symposium on Racing and Gaming.
*squee*
I'm only going to classes today so I don't miss my last English class (need more infor for the final) and my last Schurg class (because I'd like to do well on the final).
The place is just *gah.* They're holding it Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - which is gorgeous. I'm going to nab a camera and take pics this week. People pretty much knew each other and everything last night, and I'm a bit shy. But wandering around with Jenna meant we talked to some interesting guys from New Zealand about drawing young people into the sport.
Two small rooms of vendors - from Scientific Games to South African Racing (Wyvern). There are a few vendors I want to talk to, namely some of the architectural firms that do racinos. The Scientific Games display is awesome. According to John Moss (fellow RTIPer), they're trying to out-do YouBet, so they are pumping large amounts of money into Symposium. There are two large satellite dishes outside picking up signals... *(for non-racetrack people, ie most of the flist, here's part of wagering companies 101 - unitedtote's been around for some 60 years and handles the betting machines at many tracks. many tracks have also complained about the company - but done nothing about it. this doesn't seem odd until you know that youbet, an online wagering site, just bought unitedtote for $50 million. needless to say, scientific games is, apparently, pissed)*
I'm missing the racino design panel this afternoon - as I'll be in Schurg's class. *mini-sulk* But I'll be up there for the reception, and most of the day tomorrow, as well as Casino night tomorrow. And I'm there throughout Thursday. The day I'm also meeting Chris Bahr, who's the Promotions Manager for Del Mar. *is nervous*
Also people - be amazed. I wore makeup last night. And Nikki straightened my hair. And I wore a skirt and heels. *eeep!* Steve (faculty member of the Racetrack Industry Program, to digress briefly, we don't call the teaching members of the program by their last names, it's always by their first. Wendy's not Mrs. Davis, she's Wendy) came up to Nikki and I and said "much better" (she'd asked him jokingly that morning if her ripped jeans were allowed) and several people commented on how nice we looked. *blushes*
I think pictures were taken... I may be able to find them on the site in the near future.
*squee*
I'm only going to classes today so I don't miss my last English class (need more infor for the final) and my last Schurg class (because I'd like to do well on the final).
The place is just *gah.* They're holding it Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - which is gorgeous. I'm going to nab a camera and take pics this week. People pretty much knew each other and everything last night, and I'm a bit shy. But wandering around with Jenna meant we talked to some interesting guys from New Zealand about drawing young people into the sport.
Two small rooms of vendors - from Scientific Games to South African Racing (Wyvern). There are a few vendors I want to talk to, namely some of the architectural firms that do racinos. The Scientific Games display is awesome. According to John Moss (fellow RTIPer), they're trying to out-do YouBet, so they are pumping large amounts of money into Symposium. There are two large satellite dishes outside picking up signals... *(for non-racetrack people, ie most of the flist, here's part of wagering companies 101 - unitedtote's been around for some 60 years and handles the betting machines at many tracks. many tracks have also complained about the company - but done nothing about it. this doesn't seem odd until you know that youbet, an online wagering site, just bought unitedtote for $50 million. needless to say, scientific games is, apparently, pissed)*
I'm missing the racino design panel this afternoon - as I'll be in Schurg's class. *mini-sulk* But I'll be up there for the reception, and most of the day tomorrow, as well as Casino night tomorrow. And I'm there throughout Thursday. The day I'm also meeting Chris Bahr, who's the Promotions Manager for Del Mar. *is nervous*
Also people - be amazed. I wore makeup last night. And Nikki straightened my hair. And I wore a skirt and heels. *eeep!* Steve (faculty member of the Racetrack Industry Program, to digress briefly, we don't call the teaching members of the program by their last names, it's always by their first. Wendy's not Mrs. Davis, she's Wendy) came up to Nikki and I and said "much better" (she'd asked him jokingly that morning if her ripped jeans were allowed) and several people commented on how nice we looked. *blushes*
I think pictures were taken... I may be able to find them on the site in the near future.
