Breaking News: No U.W. Marching Band In Las Vegas

The University of Wisconsin Marching band will not be performing next week when the Badgers play the Rebels of UNLV.
It was starting to look like that since no news was made, no performances were scheduled and it was just getting too late.
From jsonline: "The band has traveled to Las Vegas for previous Badger football games. But this season, the band doesn't have enough money to make the trip.
The Badgers will play UNLV on Saturday.
Earlier this month, band director Mike Leckrone said the band was short about $40,000 to $50,000 to get the entire group to the game. He blamed the recession for affecting donors as well as the game falling on Labor Day weekend, because hotels are less willing to provide comp hotel rooms on the holiday weekend."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/101763438.html
It's true, Labor Day weekend is a bad time- this is one of the biggest weekends of the year in Vegas and finding rooms at a low cost is next to impossible.
Now, I am definitely not going to the game- not at $75 a ticket for average or less than average seats.
The Badgers are favored by 20 points, for those in the betting mood. I am going to take the Rebels and the points because of the heat factor- it will be close to 100 at kick off, it's the first game of the season and UNLV has a new coach who is a very good coach. Further, UNLV seems to play the Badgers tough most of the time.
If any one knows of any Badger parties in Las Vegas next week, let me know and I will post it.