The International Indoor Championships are back! 2016 dates and host announced

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By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

From Scotty Ernst Productions International Indoor Championships (via Facebook):
www.facebook.com/internationalindoorchampionships/

When the Riviera hotel on the Las Vegas strip was put on death row in early 2015, International Indoor Championships promoter Scotty Ernst felt it was in the event's interests to take a year off - giving him enough time to find a suitable alternative.

The hotel was closed for good on May 4 of last year, and on June 24 last year, Ernst announced to the electric on-road world that the IIC would not be held. The search for a new home was on.

On March 10, Ernst posted an excited message on the IIC Facebook page - hinting at a possible date:

I AM JUST SUGGESTING THIS..... YOU MAY WANT TO SAVE THE DATES OF OCTOBER 2-8 2016... WINK... WINK...WINK...

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Just after Noon at 12:14 PM Central Time on Friday, the Facebook page was given a new cover photo. And then, at 1:37 PM, another post confirmed great news - a huge upgrade:

"I am proud to announce the RETURN OF THE INTERNATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. It has been a long and difficult road but hard work pays off and we are BACK! Oct 2-8 2016 at the WESTGATE HOTEL AND CASINO. The WESTGATE is located just behind the Riviera and was the Hilton in its previous life. It is an beautiful hotel and casino with tons of shops, restaurants and stuff to do and located directly on the Monorail. The hotel booking code will not be active until next week and I will post that as soon as it is live. But for now you can start looking into flights and make plans to join us in Las Vegas for the 11th running of the International Indoor Championships."

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