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Originally posted by sportsfan02:
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Originally posted by Nigel Isom:
The Bi-Center is a great place to have a state tournament, and im pretty sure that most people who went to Salina was happy with the venue.
Boy you people from northcentral Kansas have short memories. The Bi-Center, according to the proponents of moving 4A, was going to be packed with fans. Instead it was like a morgue! I hadn't paid for admission to the tournament for years, but someone suggested that the admission price and the cost of the programs had risen this year? I wasn't there 5 minutes when I was verbally assaulted by security. Not for "setting" in the aisles or even standing but rather for stopping long enough to try to find where our fans were located. Where are the free lunch crowd complaining that a fee was charged for the "hospitality" room? Don't think I and others are going to allow you to overlook any of the petty reasons the vocal minority have stated for moving this tournament.
I doubt it would have been a "morgue" on day 2 if Clay, Abilene, Colby, Goodland, and Concordia landed more in the finals. I still thought it was a pretty good turnout. You should have been there on day 1 when Clay Center filled all the way to the rafters and Abilene did pretty much too. Columbus I believe it was traveled the best with tons of people. I was disappointed that normally loud and proud Mulvane didn't travel too well for a further venue. Overall I give Salina a B+ with a few tweaks to be made.

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