Thanks for the information, Will. What venue in Wichita is likely to be in their proposal? Also, for folks traveling from the west/north-west, the coliseum is ~ 85 miles from the I-70/I-135 junction, while the ExpoCenter in Topeka is about ~ 105 miles. If they are coming from the south/south-west, then Wichita is a considerably closer location.

Being in district 1, my family can travel to Topeka in just about an hour, so we don't get fleeced for the motel...helps off-set the cost of the meals. Topeka did a good...no, they did a GREAT job of running yesterday's District tourney and it was really a great venue for that size. First tournament I have been to that there was adequate seating for everyone.

But my memory of the state tournament's there (two and three years ago), it seemed that there was not enough space, like most other tournaments, with the seat saving being worse than I ever imagined.

I agree that we should be able to negotiate things like the bag check/no outside food limitations. That should be involved in any future contract negotiations.