[mpking]

Couple things from my point of view.

I don't know many schools that will ok their students taking a week off. (it's like pulling teeth as it is)

I've been to the manchester National (1996). Acutally, i was the driver for our team that year. Not to dispel your sense of mystique, but New Jersey was always more exciting for us. And neither competes with Disney.

Dean used to invite the kickoff attendee's to his house. (Don't know if he did it last year)

I doubt going to a bigger place is going to help much, I don't know about you, but watching 1000 teams would grind me into the ground.

You have to have off hours activites for the students, putting 1000's of wound up kids into hotel rooms at 8pm translates into HUGE hotel bills. (food, damage, TV)

Disney brings in hundreds of people that would have never seen or heard of the Compeititon. That, and I seriously doubt that (again I make the point) that getting larger is the answer.

Here's my little tantilizing tidbit. (Logistics, Safty issues, and Costs aside) How about in the aircraft hanger of a Super Carrier. (My first thought was on the Deck, but there is a minimal safty fence around the perimeter)