[crawdad]

I vote to have it at the Expo. My reasons...
1) It has much more comfortable seating and you don't have to feel 'packed like sardines', as others have said.
2) It prepares the kids for the experience of playing in a bigger arena for whatever team advances to Rupp.
3) It eliminates homecourt advantage by being on a neutral court. As others have mentioned, not every school has the facility to host the regional, so even on a rotating system those schools (Betsy Layne, Paintsville, etc.) would get left out. This is more fair.

I will say that I do think one drawback is the loss of that special kind of atmosphere you got from being in a packed gymnasium, but the feeling in the Expo each of the last two years for the championship game was pretty amazing too.

well said. i would add that "making it to the expo" is a goal now just like "making it to rupp or diddle" its a great opportunity for these youngsters and there is absolutely no home court advantage. the team from the 15th best equipped to handle the bigger stage moves on to represent us.