Sure thing. Email me for my address. You do realise I'm in Australia?
Bob

Farss, Have you looked at the DVD authoring sessions, or Photoshop for Video sessions? The HD sessions look pretty promising as well.
Outside of the show, there is just simply "Vegas." Lots to see, such as a couple of very nice art museos, some great live shows like Zoomanity, and if you don't mind a bit of a drive, there's the dam, about one hour from Vegas. I think they've opened it back up.
Then there are all the amusements along Las Vegas Blvd.
I'm hoping the weather gets nice, I want to ride my bike down. I'll bring an extra helmet in case you wanna go for a spin.

The Valley of Fire is nice too.

The Petrified Forest is interesting enough for a quick visit,

Aerial sightseeing (flies out of McCarran airport) over Death Valley either in the morning or late in the day before sunset is a spectacular experience that's not soon forgotten. (Mid-day the light is flat and a total waste of time.)

In town, the Magic Carpet ride at the Luxor was very nice, is it still there?
(Motion-controlled seats, really felt like flying a carpet inside a pyramid.)

Micro brews at the Monte Carlo Hotel (only place in town for this).

The shear magnitude of the hotels is what I go for. Like you, I don't gamble, so just walking around and looking at the specticle of the lights and movement and "beauty" of the place is my gig. The hotel structures are, in some cases, jaw dropping on the outside, and amazing on the inside! I can only do it about once a year at best, though. I quickly tire of being barraged with the porno flickers and blank stares on the gamblers.
BUT! See the shows!! Like Spot said, a few of the museums are truely worth seeing. As for the shows, for some reason, I particularly like the Cirque du Soile shows and Mystere is my current fav. Some of the magic shows there are second to none.
I like going up the Stratosphere and leaning out OVER the city on the angled glass. It's treat.
Since you're there early, take Spot's advice and see the dam. It's strangely awesome.
And Coursedesigns suggests the arial tours. Great advice, though expensive (I'd do it if I got there early enough, but won't be there until Sunday night and am only staying for two nights). I THINK you can even get an arial tour of the Grand Canyon from LV.
I din't know you could get to the Petrified Forest from LV, though. I will have to keep that in mind. I've been there once before when I was young and remember it to this day.
Of course, for more ideas, go to lasvegas.com .

Wait'll you see the new ride on the Stratosphere!!! Just opened, it dangles YOU over the city, no safety net. Scary, but fun as hell, IMO.

Thanks guys,
some great ideas there. The copter ride into Grand Canyon I'm told is pretty awesome, expensive but worth the money. We're already going to see Cirque, boss is shouting all of us.
DSE, I looked at the two sessions you mentioned, the PS one might be worthwhile, the DVD design one could get me a tad frustrated as I think it's based around Studio Pro but still I might might pickup some good ideas.
As to the motorcycle thing, I'm the worlds worst pillion but the wife might be up for it, she sat on the back of the bike for 3 weeks while I rode around India!
Bob.

When you first arrive in Vegas you sort of gag at the cheesiness of it all - but after a while you realize that the city pays homage to all the greatest creations of mankind throughout the ages - and a lot of it ain't bad.

There's nowhere else you can see Ancient Eqypt, the Eifflel Tower, Brooklyn bridge and a host of other human endeavours as quickly, cheaply (free in most cases) and easily as a walk down the main street in Vegas.

Drop your snobbishness (I'm talking to YOU, Victor) - grab a camera, and take a walk. If you're an early riser (I am) you will OWN the town. It's Disneyland for adults, fer sure. No, it's definitely NOT the real thing. But after a while you realize that ani't no way you're ever going to actually SEE the real thing, so this is pretty darn great - and it's fun.

Definitely check out the fountains at the Bellagio, preferrably at night -we were upgraded to a room overlooking them - but you might find a high central spot somewhere, if you look around. Even from the street they are awesome.

Red Rock canyon is a short drive and well worth the trip - you'll want about two hours at least there (again BRING a camera!) - and then you can swing by the Hoover Dam - another hour and a half (max).

Oxygen by Cirque is the show to see - expensive but worth every penny.

Avoid Danny Gans (too many bucks for too little talent) although there were a lot of people in the audience who LOVED the show. He's a top headliner who does musical impersonations.... eh!

The gondolas and interior courtyard at the Venetian are fun.

Keep an open mind - allow yourself to be a kid - and you will have a ball.

v.
and look me up - I'll be teaching some classes there with the VASST folks and be pretty easy to find.

And if you ARE going to catch some of the post-production classes, you definitely don't want to miss Victor's lighting classes. I've seen a LOT of lighting training, and no where, no one, has techniques like his. Thanks to Victor, we'll all always remember Juan Valdez and his coffee mule.

Spot et al,
I'm going to try to get my work to pay for me to actually attend some of the conferences.
First, Spot, what are you hosting?
Second, IF I can talk work into paying for me, these are my first choices, what do you think?
April 17, Digital Video Production
April 18, DV Production: Lighting
April 19, Vegas on the Showroom Floor Classes
April 20, DV Production; Videography
Didn't I hear about a Vegas Bootcamp???
Any suggestions to more cleverly spend my time and my boss's money?

Mathew,
VASST is training under the FMC flag at NAB, anything that is DV related or Audio related for video falls under our tech chair.
If you'd like specific class detail beyond what's on the NAB website, you are welcome to call Mannie Frances at the office on Monday, 435-882-8494.

Your choices are good ones. The audio and Lighting classes are quite good too. The Vegas bootcamp/Fasst start is held on Saturday, so is the ACID class. Direct links can be found at www.vasst.com/nabparty.htm

Hope to see you there. With regards to Vegas, this is the biggest year yet, as NAB finally sees Vegas on the same playing field as Avid and FCP in terms of the post-production conference and NAB-hosted user group meetings.

Thanks Douglas!
(You mentioned, "The audio and Lighting classes are quite good too." Is the lighting class I mentioned above the lighting class you're referring to?)(By The Way, "I love Now Hear This." Thanks for doing such a thorough and good job.)
Looks like I'll try to ad ONE MORE DAY to my Vegas sojourn. Gotta get to that Fasst Start on Saturday.
*sigh* They'll never let me be there so long (Work, that is).
Thanks again.