St. George is located in the southwestern corner of Utah. It's a warm weather retirement community with 7 beautiful diamonds consisting of golf  green quality outfields with enclosed fences. There is a full service snack open during the entire tournament. The ball park is situated amongst the beautiful backdrop of red colored mountains and green trees and lawns. There is plenty of parking. The ball park is located just a few minutes away from the city center. http://www.ci.st-george.ut.us/

Many teams over the years have made this a family trip combining Las Vegas and the Red Rock tournament into a super 3-4 day holiday. They either arrive a day early or leave a day later spending a night or two in Las Vegas. There are special group rates for 10 or more people. A few of the players significant others spent the entire time in Las Vegas and were joined by their men either before or after the tournament.  http://www.vegas.com

There is also a full facility resort located in Mesquite, Nevada just a short 30 minute drive to St. George. It has many inexpensive hotels and casinos. Some rooms in Mesquite last year were about $23.00
http://nevada.casinocity.com/mesquite/

Getting to the Red Rock International Invitational:

St. George Airport:  http://www.ci.st-george.ut.us/airport/

The St. George airport is located about 5 minutes from the downtown area and about 10 minutes from the ball park.  Las Vegas: McCarran International Airport: http://www.mccarran.com/airportguide.asp

The Las Vegas airport is about a 1½ hour drive North up Interstate 15. As you approach the mountain pass approaching St. George, the view is absolutely incredible. Be sure to bring your camera. Driving by car from the Salt Lake City area is about a 5 hour drive. Driving from Southern California can easily be calculated via Las Vegas.

Ken Hackmeister will once again serve as Tournament Director, Roy Stout will be the Umpire-in-Chief and Josh Olmstead of St George Leisure Services will be the Host Administrator of the tournament.   Umpires are from various locations around the USA as well as Canada. Many have ISF International and/or ISC World Tournament experience. All of the games have three umpires on every game.  It is expected teams will be from USA, Canada and possibly Mexico.   Games will conclude on Sunday early enough for teams to make flights from Las Vegas.

Contacts:

Roy Stout - Please contact Roy with any questions or concerns about teams, entry fees, deadlines, accommodation, prize money, etc. umpire5@verizon.net 661-724-1551

Ken Hackmeister - Ken is the tournament director and can assist with any technical questions.
iscken@comcast.net  801-447-8807

Josh Olmstead - Josh has consistently been a major part of this tournament running smoothly. The facility, personnel and grounds crews are top-notch. 435-634-5860

Motel info will be sent upon receipt of entry fee. Friday games available if desired by teams.

We have negotiated with the Crystal Inn in St. George to have three rooms with late check out for each team on Sunday. All rooms come with a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast (scrambled eggs, fresh waffles, cereral, fruit, bagels, etc)  for everyone registered. A special tournament room rate has been arranged.  http://www.crystalinns.com/stg.html   Contact Jodi toll-free 1-800-662-2525 or e-mail jodi@crystalinns.com

 Fastpitch West was the official photographer last year with Maddy Flanagan shooting all the photos. http://www.fastpitchwest.com

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For the Editor's postscript on the tournament, (which was featured in Softball Magazine), see the May 5, 2004 edition of Morning Brief - "Watching the Sun Set at Red Rock".   For all of the 2004 coverage, including a large gallery of photos, click the "2004 Tournament" menu button at upper left.

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