[EricH]

Originally Posted by geomapguy

What about FiM, MAR, NE, and MAR. Seems like they would need it

Part of the district system is that the event costs are cut pretty solidly. Instead of renting an arena for 4 days, setting up full A/V equipment, etc, you rent a school gym for 3 days (which is cheaper, or tends to be) and use what happens to be there already for A/V, maybe bring in a projector or two with screens. That savings doesn't necessarily get passed on to the teams, but it sure helps the RDs out when fundraising--lower target per event (though there are more events...)