What is the difference between ACBL and the Western Conference?
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is the 166,000 member association we all belong to, made up of 25 geographical districts in the US. The Western Conference is an association of three western districts of these 25 ACBL districts – Districts 17, 21, and 22. District 17 includes Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Nevada, southern Wyoming, and El Paso, Tex. District 21 is the bay area of central California including Sacramento south to Modesto. District 22 is the southern half of California and surrounds Los Angeles County (which is District 23, not in the conference). The conference has a total membership of about 24,000 (19,500 households) across the three member districts.