So with the next season fast approaching, let's start the planning early and get on the same page with everything. This will not be an easy draft season because Easter Sunday is on the day when we usually wrap up NFBC live drafts. Major League Baseball has already released its 2013 schedule and it will open with the first game on Sunday, March 31st, Easter Sunday. So drafts that day are definitely out and even drafts on that Saturday will be tough.
So now what?
Well, we're still working on all of that and will announce our plans in the next few weeks. But we are looking at two weekends of drafts in Las Vegas and a weekend of regional drafts in New York and possibly one other city. I realize that the Second Weekend is Easter weekend, but I have a feeling we'll still get a good response to Las Vegas during Sweet Sixteen and if we host drafts on Thursday and Friday (and possibly Saturday morning) it would allow folks to still fly back home if they wanted to. We still need to decide which weekend we'll host the other cities, but all of that will come soon.
Any feedback you have on the regional drafts and which weekend makes the most sense can be given here. We're open to your thoughts on 2013 NFBC and how we make this work around the holiday weekend. Thanks all.
But we definitely have a chance to gather many of you folks for a special First Weekend in Las Vegas this year. If we host live drafts March 22-24 in Las Vegas, that gives us a chance to host the NFBC Main Event at the Bellagio on Saturday, March 23rd with a lot of folks gathered in one spot. This is the First Weekend, but it's only 8 days before the opener and it's also during the Opening Weekend of March Madness. The combination of returning to Las Vegas during Opening Weekend like we had it during the early NFBC days, the gathering of so many NFBC die-hards, the Main Event, auctions before and after the Mains, and possibly our high-end dollar private leagues that weekend makes this a potentially special, special weekend for all of us.
And if there's demand for an NCAA Viewing Party on Thursday for the opening games, we can organize it. We have some great options at the Bellagio and I'll start working on the pricing to host a special gala for that opening day. It really could be the perfect kickoff to a great weekend with like-minded baseball crazies!!
It would be great to get as many of the NFFC Charter Members in Las Vegas as possible and to honor them before the Main Event. I know that not everyone can make it out to Las Vegas, but take a look at flights early on, take a look at room rates (we will have a room block at the Bellagio) and consider Las Vegas for that First Weekend. We want to make it special and return the NFBC to one big time slot for our Main Event. Let's do it.
Feel free to provide your thoughts on everything. With Easter and Passover on the Second Weekend, we may have to get creative before then to give everyone a shot at a different draft time. I am considering adding one more mid-week Online schedule for the Main Event if we do host Second Weekend live events. We know that not everyone can do it that weekend even if we schedule them on Friday, so we'll get creative if needed.
More on all of that shortly, but for now think about Las Vegas on the First Weekend and how we can all have a good time on March Madness Opening Weekend, a Viewing Party and auctions, drafts and more auctions and drafts!!
Let's do it for 8-9 days and kick off the NFBC season on March 31st with the start of the season. CAN'T WAIT!! 
