Save your time and money!
I went last year, and was SERIOUSLY disappointed. luckily it's a short drive for me. The stages were very crowded, and not scored. the rifle stages consisted of several paper targets from 50 to 100 yards, which were not changed between shooters, nor could you inspect targets after your stage. There was one rifle stage with steel gongs, but i didn't see the need to sit in line for 2+hours to shoot it. the pistol stages were sad at best. IDPA style setup which were also unscored, and untimed. The ROs were harboring a "Good ole' Boys Network" approach as to who they allow to shoot, making the other folks wait while their friends shot stages two and somethimes three times before moving the line. The only decent part of the entire event was the shotgun stages (lots of reactive steel to shoot), the vendors and the people watching (many people were dressed in tacticool garb and zombie killing attire), the freebies and the drawings. They did give away quite a few firearms and cans of "Tactical bacon". Other than that, it was long lines, all the while being swept by muzzle after muzzle by idiots who would be hard pressed to know which end of the gun the bullet comes out of.
My opinion, not worth it. The total lack of firearms safety with many of the folks attending, and the poorly planned downright boring stages will be enough to keep me away this year. Just imagine, 2,000 people walking around shoulder to shoulder, each with more than one firearm strapped to their body, or hanging from a one point sling, or simply being carried, and pointed at anyone in front or behind as they meandered from stage to stage. Now add the fact that many if not most of these people have had minimal training...... I'm amazed there hasn't been an incident there yet.
The good news is that it seems that this year they have split the event into two days. If in addition to this they employ more ROs to keep the unbelievable safety violations to a minimum, start scoring stages, and maintain better order throughout the day it might be worth returning. The idea is a great one, I simply think it grew too big, too fast and DMPS wasn't prepared, or didn't know how to handle it.
I'm sorry for the lenght of this rant.
