Admin: Document the 1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open with WARPIG final-round points and ClassicScores-confirmed placings; distinguish the accompanying Great Western five-man event and Bob Long's competing team from the original Ironmen referees.

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Document the 1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open with WARPIG final-round points and ClassicScores-confirmed placings; distinguish the accompanying Great Western five-man event and Bob Long's competing team from the original Ironmen referees.

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The '''1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the [[National Professional Paintball League]]'s 1997 season. [[Dave Youngblood]] produced the event, which ran alongside a separate [[Great Western Series]] five-man tournament.[1]

The [[All Americans]] won professional ten-man and Enemy won amateur ten-man.[1][2]

== Organisation ==
The NPPL competition comprised professional and amateur ten-man teams. The accompanying Great Western event offered amateur and novice five-man competition, with some teams entering both tournaments.[1]

WARPIG described hot, dusty conditions at a remote desert site. Spectators could watch several fields from bleachers, while water trucks reduced dust around the staging areas.[1]

== Ironmen teams ==
[[Bob Long's Ironmen]] entered professional competition and finished third. WARPIG distinguished Long's new team from the original [[Ironmen]] organisation, whose members refereed rather than competed at this event.[1]

== Results ==
The top-four placings are confirmed by ClassicScores. Points below are WARPIG's published final-round totals after penalties.[1][2]

=== Professional ten-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || [[All Americans]] || 161
|-
| 2 || [[Chicago Aftershock|Aftershock]] || 148
|-
| 3 || [[Bob Long's Ironmen]] || 142
|-
| 4 || GBD || 136
|}

=== Amateur ten-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || Enemy || 216
|-
| 2 || [[Texas Storm]] || 128
|-
| 3 || Farside || 113
|-
| 4 || Fatal Swoop || 33
|}

== See also ==
* [[1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[1997 NPPL Pittsburgh Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplvegas97/nppllv97.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open]. Contemporary report documenting the organiser, accompanying Great Western competition, conditions, Ironmen teams and round-by-round results.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. Select 1997, National Professional Paintball League, Las Vegas. Historical results confirming the professional and amateur ten-man top-four placings.

== External links ==
* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplvegas97/nppllv97.shtml WARPIG contemporary report and detailed scores]

[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Nevada]]
[[Category:1990s in American paintball]]
[[Category:1997 in paintball]]

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Admin: Document the 1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open with WARPIG final-round points and ClassicScores-confirmed placings; distinguish the accompanying Great Western five-man event and Bob Long's competing team from the original Ironmen referees.