[tStano]

One of the big concerns I've seen is that the "Championship experience" no longer happens in a stadium except for opening and closing ceremonies. With how the cities are laid out, there doesn't seem to be a way around this, but if anyone can think of some sort of alternative...


I think that qualifying teams could easily sign up to switch places under the current geography plan.
Create a list for Houston teams who want to go to Detroit/St Louis and a list of Detroit/St Louis teams who want to go to Houston. As soon a team qualifies for their championship event they can put their number at the bottom of their respective lists, and as soon as a team exists on both lists, the affected teams will be notified and will be swapped.

Once they had been swapped, this decision would be set in stone, but until a partner shows up, a team can cancel their request and go to their originally scheduled championship event. It sucks if you're qualifying near the end of the tournament, but its at least something.