So what is the draw in Vegas? Travel to that town often, and just don't get it? It won't be close for East Coast, nor the some of the very active regions...
Just wondering?
And California and the other West Coast regions are also very active.
I beleive the choice for locations has a number of criteria, including a venue to host 1600 people and 800 cars, a large track nearby, etc, as well as some sort of change of venue to mix it up a little, and also give others a chance to be "closer". As the past three VOI's were close to the center of the country or appreciably east of center (Ft. Worth - we were never in Dallas, btw - is pretty central, Memphis is actually quite east to those of us literally on the west coast, and St. Louis was somewhat central), I could envision it to be fair to return a little west of center.
I doubt we'd see a return to a place such as Monterey (70 miles for me) due to lack of hosting facilities - no place in Monterey for that many cars, although Laguna Seca (an awesome track) is within 20 miles.
I drove both ways to VOI8, which was 1680 miles (26 hours driving) each way. I skipped both St. Louis and Memphis due to lack of interest in the location (St. Louis, especially) and distance away.
I'd add my vote to a return to Vegas - VOI5 was a great VOI, despite the bit of rain we had.