April 15, 2010 Priscilla Ribic USAPL Women`s

April 15, 2010
Priscilla Ribic
USAPL Women’s Committee Chair
USA Powerlifting
P O Box 668
Columbia City, IN 46725
Dear Committee,
I respectfully submit this bid for the 2012 USAPL Women’s National Powerlfting
Championships. I will bring original copies to the committee meeting in Cleveland.
LOCATION –
The location city is Boise, Idaho. Boise, the capital of Idaho, is a city of just over
205,000 in population surrounded by a valley population of approximately 400,000 more
residents. Boise’s elevation is 2800 feet and is considered a high desert area surrounded
by mountains. During the time frame of the championships the usual temperature ranges
from low 40s in the evening to the mid 70s during the day.
Boise is served by air by the following airlines: Delta, Horizon, Alaska, United,
Skywest, Frontier and Southwest with multiple daily arrivals and departures by the major
airlines to and from the closest regional hubs of Salt Lake City, Seattle and Denver.
VENUE –
The identified venue is The Grove Hotel in downtown Boise. The Grove Hotel is right in
the heart of downtown and is surrounded by restaurants, shopping and a wide variety of
entertainment. The Grove Hotel has free shuttle service from the Boise airport 4 miles
away.
The Grove Hotel has 250 guest rooms and a guaranteed a room rate of $99.00 for all
guests associated with this event and will host the competition in their Grand Ballroom.
The Ballroom will accommodate up to 650 patrons, but will be configured to hold
approximately 400 with attached open space for vendors and a separate warm up area.
Attached rooms will be utilized for Doping Control, Equipment check and changing areas
for lifters. A meeting room will be available for the committee meeting.
EQUIPMENT –
All competition equipment, racks, bars and weights will be USAPL/IPF approved. Racks
will be ER Equipment, competition bar and weights have yet to be determined.
This event is expected to be a single platform, two day event. Warm up room will be
approximately 1700 square feet and will be populated with 4 warm up platforms with
similar racks, bars and weights being used on the competition platform. Lifters will have
direct access to the lifting platform from the warm up area.
It is anticipated that the scoring will be accomplished through a contract with Joe &
Kathy Marksteiner utilizing their scoring software. Attempt tracking will be visible in
the competition and warm up areas.
Audio/Visual equipment will be contracted and installed to ensure the best experience for
the lifters and audience.
STAFF –
The promotional staff has been involved with powerlifting as lifters, referees and
promoters since the mid 1980s. We have directed state and regional level competitions
of up to over 100 lifters and requiring multiple platforms during that time.
I have been coaching powerlifting in the Boise area since 2003 and have attended the
High School National Championships every year since that time. I have been in
attendance at Women’s and Men’s and tested for my National referee status in May of
2009.
The opportunity of hosting a national level powerlifting event in Boise has been
discussed since 2007. We chose to host the Women’s event to help promote the sport of
Powerlifting in Idaho and especially to grow the interest in women’s related strength
sports. Idaho is promoted as a healthy environment with a multitude of sporting activities
year round but powerlifting in Idaho is still a fledgling sport with minimal local coverage
or sponsorship. Boise is a very attractive travel destination and in the late spring will
make a wonderful backdrop for this championship.
USA Powerlifting has had minimal growth in the west and especially in the northwestern
United States. Promoting this event in Boise will allow the opportunity to extend and
involve lifters from the northwestern region of the country and expose a new audience to
the sport of powerlifting on a very impressive national scale.
This national event will be promoted locally via all media outlets and throughout the state
via web and local television and print media. We will make use of the USAPL site and
our own Team Idaho web site. The 2012 Women’s National Powerlifting
Championships will have an accessible web site up and running no later than April 2011.
Initial identified Idaho sponsors are:
Bodybuilding.com
Optimum Nutrition
Power Bar
Idaho Ink Spot
Futures Corporation
I believe Boise to be the greatest location for the 2012 USAPL Women’s National
Powerlifting Championships.
Sincerely,
Steve Rayborn
Coach, Team Idaho Powerlifting &
USA Sub-Junior Team
Bid Application
National Championship applicants must use this form to submit their bid and may also provide additional
information in another format (i.e., Word document, PowerPoint, etc.) to support and enhance their bid
presentation as part of the bid packet.
Note: All successful bids must make payment of the sanction fee to the National Office within
thirty (30) days of approval.
1. Bid Submitted By:
Name of Person(s)/Organization:
Address:
Steve Rayborn – Team Idaho Powerlifting
5292 Bainbridge Dr.
Phone: 208 850-9766
Fax:
Email: srayborn@pte.idaho.gov
Staff size:
13
Funding sources of organization:
Private and Corporate sponsors
Steve Rayborn, Kenzie Hower, John Luthy,
Jerry Dempsay, Jesse Norris, Sandy
Names of individuals who will support this championship: Rayborn
Tandy Killingbeck, Sean Anderson, Jules Carpenter
2. Community Information:
Name of City:
Population:
Boise, Idaho
205,000
Name of closest airport:
Metropolitan Area Population:
599,000
Boise airport
Name of airlines serving airport:
United, Delta, Southwest, Frontier, Horizon, Alaska, Skywest
Distance of airport to downtown in miles and minutes:
4 miles, 10 minutes
Distance of airport to proposed venue and /or hotel in miles and minutes:
4 miles, 10 minutes
Name of shuttle service (if applicable) that will be used for transportation and provide brief overview of
plan for shuttle service and estimated cost:
Grove Hotel shuttle, no cost to patrons
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Please provide a list of proposed hotels, the distance to the airport from the hotel, distance to the venue
from the hotel and the current group rates (please list at least two):
1. Hotel:
The Grove Hotel
Dist. to Venue:
2. Hotel:
0
Dist. to Airport:
# of Rooms:
250
Group Rate:$
Hampton Inn
Dist. to Venue:
Dist. to Airport:
2 blocks
# of Rooms:
4 miles
186
4 miles
Group Rate:$
3. Hotel:
99.00
114.00
Dist. to Airport:
Dist. to Venue:
# of Rooms:
Group Rate:$
3. Facility Data
Please provide 5 x 7 color photographs of the facility (Electronic photo(s) acceptable. Do not reduce size
of photo(s) – email to nationaloffice@usapowerlifting.com, as well as photographs of the proposed
training area, and rooms for drug testing and hospitality.
Name of Facility/Venue:
Address:
The Grove Hotel Ballroom
245 S. Capitol Blvd
Proximity to hotel (in miles and minutes):
Who owns/operates the facility/venue?:
Seating capacity:
Inside Hotel
The Grove Hotel
>400
Number of changing rooms, rest rooms and locker rooms (if any):
Multiple rooms on the same floor
Number of hospitality rooms and secure rooms for doping control:
Is there any corporate sponsorship of the facility? Yes/No:
No
If yes, who:
List any permanent corporate signage in the facility:
Can the signage be covered up? Yes/No:
Is there an exclusivity agreement on selling merchandise? Yes/No
Please describe:
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No
There will be suitable lighting in the
ballroom area for an elevated stage
Please describe the facility lighting over the competition area? single platform event
Sound system will accommodate the needs of a meet of this
Please describe the facility sound system: standard
4. Other (Attach Additional Sheets As Needed)
What made you interested in bidding on our event?:
How will this event benefit your community?:
See Attached documents
See Attached documents
Are there any plans to help grow the sport of powerlifting in your community? If so, what are they?
See Attached documents
How will your organization promote this event?:
On behalf of:
See Attached documents
Steve Rayborn – Team Idaho Powerlifting
(bid group)
I,
Steve Rayborn
, state that the information listed above is
accurate to the best of my knowledge.
Steve Rayborn
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__4/20/2010________________
Signature
Date
Please submit completed application, along with any supporting materials to the Committee Chair (if
applicable) or to the National office at: nationaloffice@usapowerlifting.com.
Any bids submitted after the stated deadline for each respective event will be returned.
No exceptions.
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