Saturday in Omaha, kids from around the area flocked to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to compete in a regional spelling bee competition.The winner gets a spot in the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee.Omaha's regional competition included kids from across Nebraska, as well as parts of Iowa. The Omaha Sports Commission puts on the regional — they said it's a good way to bring people to the metro."We bring in a lot of visitors with this event. A lot of these kids, you're hearing that they came from six, seven, eight hours away, and then they're kind of making a weekend of it here," Lindsay Toussant-Brown, executive director for the commission, said.The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off May 30 in Washington, D.C.