[BasketBallonlyfan]

...I know I have seen the crowds that were at the Expo center and needless to say it was far from being packed...

the students were closer to the floor as well....

There isnt a gym in East Kentucky that could hold the average attendance for the regions last year. Bigger arena means it takes more to fill it up. At least in the Expo you have room to sit and not be packed in like sardines. Each school is alloted a the same amount of tickets. If that school decides to put the students in the upper area and allow the old people to sit in the lower arena, that is the schools fault, not the Expos. Talk to the principal at your school about that situation.

...I know that NOT every school can host the Regional due to size and parking. But eveery District has at least one school that CAN host the Regional and would much rather see it done like they used to. This gives other shools at least a feel of some kind of home court advantage...

Wouldnt that be better for the schools with the larger gyms and just the same for the ones with the smaller ones? Who would get the home court advantage? The team that the regionals are being played at?

IMO, the regional tournament should go back to a rotation of each district. Each school gets more money, the gyms are packed and has more of a high school atmosphere, and most importantly everyone is out less money to attend the games

It cost 1 dollar more to go to the regional games at the Expo. That is comparing prices to regular games during the season. I will have to say that consessions are higher. But you can eat before or after the game and many different restaurants cheaper than you can at any gyms concession stand.

I will admit, the atmosphere was great at the high school gyms. Even more so before all the consolidation started taking place. Having it at the Expo is good in the sense that it gets players more adapted to playing in Rupp. For example, goals are 50 feet from the wall which messes with your depth perception.