[tomegun]

Iknownevada seems to know the Vegas situation, but he/she is putting the burden on the D1 officials. Like I said previously, I asked many of the guys I know who I could get to work during the Easter tournament and they didn't tell me about any official I didn't know about; I left in August 2003 and things haven't changed since the 02-03 season! 3 of the guys I asked are D1 officials (there are only 5 in town). That is basically saying they don't have anyone they are mentoring.
Here are how the conferences work out:
Pac-10: will hire from Vegas. While I was in town, one of my friends asked if an official had given me his information and I told him no. He had apparently told the official to give me his information so he could get him an invite to the Pac-10. I guess he didn't want to go that bad.
Big Sky: will hire from Vegas but there is only on official from Vegas in the conference. Maybe two, but the second one is a guy who moved to town around 2003 and doesn't really have local ties.
Mountain West and WAC: does not hire "home grown" officials, meaning an officials hired by these conferences will already be working in another D1 conference.
Big West and West Coast: will not hire someone who doesn't live in California.
Juco: some officials do work in California. The other conference, with a school in Utah, might not be an option anymore. The school in St. George (Utah) is going D2 or D3.

The NBA official(s) (I only know of one) who live in Vegas did not get into the NBA while living there. Once you are in, you can live anywhere. For an NBA official, living in Vegas might mean you can't really go everywhere (casinos) in the city. If they can go to casinos, I'm sure they have to be careful.