FSN'S Best Damn Sports Show Period and Las Vegas Launch Nationwide Search for New 'Las Vegas Insider' Correspondent

FSN'S Best Damn Sports Show Period and Las Vegas Launch Nationwide Search for New 'Las Vegas Insider' Correspondent

Viewers Can Upload Auditions to FOXSports.com

Auditions to Take Place in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you ever watched a big-time sports event from Vegas? The glitz and glam of the bright lights, the spectacle of the parties, and the energy of the crowds create a buzz that makes Vegas the best place in the world to watch sports.

Now FSN's Best Damn Sports Show Period and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) will give a viewer an opportunity to be a part of the Vegas scene during two of the biggest events on the sports calendar.

"There is no better place than Las Vegas to experience the excitement of game day if you can't be at the game," said Terry Jicinsky, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. "The 'Las Vegas Insider' will be someone who will not only report on the action but also epitomize the exhilaration and spontaneity that is Las Vegas."

Best Damn is looking for a talented, savvy viewer to be a "Las Vegas Insider" -- a correspondent who will file reports for the show -- LIVE from Las Vegas -- during the Super Bowl and NBA All-Star Game.

Starting this week and continuing until December 8, Best Damn will hold an open, nationwide casting call in search of the "Las Vegas Insider." Participants will be required to submit a one-minute video testimonial showing off their "reporting" skills and explaining why "Las Vegas is the best place in the world to watch sports."

The final selection of the Las Vegas Insider will be announced on Best Damn during the week of January 8, 2007. The finalist (and guest) will receive round-trip airfare and hotel accommodation for two (2) nights in Las Vegas to host two (2) Las Vegas Insider segments featuring the Super Bowl (week of January 29, 2007) and NBA All-Star Game (week of February 16, 2007).

"We're pleased that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority turned to FSN and Best Damn to be a vehicle to market their great city," said Adam Holzer, senior vice president, advertising sales, Fox Cable Networks. "It's a natural fit. Best Damn's spontaneous, high-energy format truly embodies the spirit of Las Vegas, and the show's advertiser-friendly format allows us to customize this promotion to fit our client's needs."

HOW TO BECOME THE LAS VEGAS INSIDER

Submissions should be no longer than one (1) minute during which entrants will introduce themselves and explain why they should be the "Las Vegas Sports Insider".

Entrants may audition in three ways:

Online: Submissions may be uploaded to the Las Vegas Insider website at FOXSports.com (keyword: Vegas Insider)

Mail: Contestants can mail DVD or VHS submissions to: Best Damn Sports Show Period c/o "Best Damn Las Vegas Insider Search," PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, California 90213-0900

Live: Contestants can audition at a local Las Vegas Insider / Best Damn News Van tour stop. The van will visit high-traffic sporting events and gathering spots throughout Los Angeles (November 10-December 2), New York (November 10-30) and Las Vegas (December 3-8).

About the LVCVA

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center. With more than 133,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and 9.5 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA's mission centers on attracting ever-increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is the official destination marketing organization of Las Vegas and operates the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center. The LVCVA brings visitors to Las Vegas and Clark County by promoting tourism, conventions, meetings and special events. www.visitlasvegas.com.

About FSN

FSN is the nation's leading provider of local sports. Through its owned-and-operated networks, as well as it affiliates, FSN reaches more than 82 million homes through 25 regional sports networks. Based in Los Angeles, FSN owned- or affiliated-regional sports networks serve as the TV home to 68 of the 82 MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN produces close to 5,000 live, mostly local, events each year, including nearly 900 in High Definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball; Pac-10 and Big 12 football; Best Damn Sports Show Period; CMI: The Chris Myers Interviews; the Mansionpoker.net Poker Dome Challenge, In Focus and The FSN Final Score. For the latest up-to-the-minute sports new and opinions, visit the FOX Sports/FSN website at www.FOXSports.com.

Source: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

CONTACT: Erica Johnson-McElroy of R&R Partners Inc., +1-702-318-4269,
for Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; or Chris Bellitti of FSN,
+1-212-556-2477

Web site: http://www.visitlasvegas.com/
http://www.foxsports.com/

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