In the very early planning stages - a 2011 Trivia Championship of North America (TCNA or TCONA, as the acronym for "North American Trivia Championships" might have derogatory phonetic inferences)
One element would be the World Quizzing Championships on the morning of Saturday June 4th, along with a different individual test that would concentrate on North American related material. This would not preclude other sites from taking part in the WQC across North America, but it would become a primary spot.
Other competition would take place as pairs, teams of 4, or perhaps other combinations using quiz bowl/T.R.A.S.H. formats, and there would be pub quiz demonstrations as well as tournaments for board game or electronic trivia formats.
Proposed location is Las Vegas, Nevada at a large casino property that would have the meeting space to accommodate around 1000 competitors, and have at least 500 rooms available at a rate of $100 per night or less on that weekend.
Registration for events would likely be in the $100 to $200 range per person - registration would likely just cover all events rather than being a la carte.
Thus far the requests for proposals received back from organizations within the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association look promising for a site - but what about people who peruse this list? Would you be willing to spend around an average of $500 to travel and stay in Las Vegas for a weekend to go head to head or team to team against the top trivia players in the region (with perhaps a few expatriate players from around the world thrown in)? (please respond to the poll question) If so, what events would you enjoy participating in at an event of this type - respond in this thread or via email to gameshow@comcast.net or via voicemail to +1-303-731-2775 or via fax to +1-303-957-5487