RJW:
The only Kansas state tournaments I have ever coached at have been at Hays. The only time I was in Wichita was when I was still in the media in 1998. I thought the facility was a joke, the non-KSHSAA staff hard to work with and the overall treatment of everyone deplorable. From where I sit, all of the reasons are plenty to move the tournament.
Find the right facility (Expocenter, Bramlege, Allen Fieldhouse, whatever) with the right people running it and a multi-class tournament will work. I have seen it happen.
As for Hays, about the only thing I would change would be for the finals — why not open up the floor bleachers and let some of the crowd down there? Hays is great, but without a crowd down there, that one mat is sitting in the middle of a big empty.
Just a thought...