Rick,
One of the main sticking points to renewing with the Coliseum is that Coors paid to carpet the Coaches/workers hospitality room and now the Coliseum people don't want KHSAA to use it. An offer to pick up the cost of the hospitality room was via the Sedgwick Co. Sports Commission. Of course the offer is moot if they don't have an area to have the hospitality room.
You're right we hear the same complaints about the facility and staff at Topeka for kids state. I for one can't understand why people think it's their right to sit in the aisles.