[EricH]

Originally Posted by bduddy

That would be great, except that the Hawaii Regional only had 40 teams. A Hawaii-only district adds nothing at all, and a Hawaii+ district places massive travel costs on a ton of teams.

In terms of teams, true. However, it would double the play time of the Hawaii teams.

Actually, you could use the exact same argument to support turning L.A. into a district zone. Most years, it's only CA teams (and often only SoCal teams) other than one Chilean team. That's a 60+ team event! And when there are teams from other places, usually it's Arizona or Nevada.