[Kit Gerhart]

Originally posted by Kevin Sevcik
I just did a search on Travelocity. The cheapest roundtrip flight from Richmond to Orlando at around the right time was 207. The cheapest to Houston was 277. I'd think that extra 70 would be offset by the cheaper hotel rates you're bound to get in Houston. Plus, while airfare might be a little more expensive for the Eastern teams, it will be that much cheaper for the Western teams.

The price of air fares, to a significant extent, depends as much on the nature of the place you are going as to how far it is. It is highly likely that it would be cheaper to fly to Orlando than Houston from many west coast airports, just as it is cheaper to fly from Indianapolis to Las Vegas than to many places closer. Since Orlando and Las Vegas are kind of "tourism capitals of the US," there are a lot of cheap flights to these places from about anywhere in the world.

Still, as many people have pointed out, the total cost of a non-Disney championships is likely to be less because we probably won't be buying such expensive meals and largely unused park passes. I guess we'll find out when we get to the new location how much we actually spend on food and off-time entertainment.