Here are some of the things that I recall:
- The Topeka Shawnee County Sports Council, Visit Topeka Inc, the Topeka Hotels Association and the Expocentre concessionaire, through a variety of grants and rebates, guaranteed a significant financial savings for USAW-Kansas Kids. This additional revenue will go into the Kids' general fund and will be used for the benefit of Kansas wrestling and will help delay the need for any future fee increases for our membership.
- The hotels committed to fixed prices for the next three years. Here are the hotels that are participating in providing financial grants to USAW-Kansas Kids and their rental rates:
> Capitol Plaza - $99
> EconoLodge - $60-85 based on type of room
> Hampton Inn - $90 in 2010, $95-105 for the next two years
> Holiday Inn - $79
> Ramada Hotel- $89
> Super 8 at Forbes - $69.99 single, $79.99 double
> Sleep Inn & Suites - $109
> Baymont Inn & Suites - $79 for 2010, minimal increase thereafter
> Days Inn - $89
> Holiday Inn Express - $94
> ClubHouse Inn - $79 first two years, $85 third year - Parking continued to be provided at no fee. In Wichita, the parking would have started at $5/day and involved a walk of up to four city blocks.
- Concessions were a non-issue, since every facility had the same general pricing and the same rules on bringing food into their arena.
There were many other items that were considered in making the comparisons between the three venues, but the foregoing stick out in my mind as the issues that carried the most weight with the Council members.
