When we hosted at Eudora, twice in a three year period, We were fortunate to have all volunteers for the table workers. These were alumni & parents mostly and each received a free t-shirt for their efforts. We would let Blue Chip set up a stand for the tournament and let them sell whatever they wanted, but the trade-off was that they provided us with free t-shirts, labeled "staff" for all of our workers. They also had unlimited access to the hospitality room or course. Very few of our faculty members worked the tables, and only did so because they wanted to volunteer. I realize that this would not be possible in all schools.

At my current school, we only have room for two mats, but we are going to start putting in for regionals every year and hopefully we will get one one of these days.