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Originally Posted by 1493kd
What about the cost of getting a hotel in NYC... That is almost 2-3 times the cost of anywhere else in the state
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Originally Posted by smistthegreat
Second, if the criteria is total cost, you have to take into account NYC hotel prices, food prices, and the cost of keeping a bus In NYC, which are all higher than they would be upstate.
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Excellent points to consider.
My main point was that 'cost' is a better indicator of where to place the DCMP than 'travel time'. This includes how many teams would need hotels and how much those hotels would cost.
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Originally Posted by smistthegreat
First, not everybody will make DCMP, and there's no guarantee the same fraction of upstate and downstate teams qualify.
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It's definitely more fair to assume an even distribution of qualifying teams than to assume a skewed one.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard
Personally I still think the geographic center is the best option (Albany/Binghamton) for a DCMP, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
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The map doesn't show too many teams in the Albany or Binghamton areas, but maybe some of them are overlapping. How many teams are within an hour and a half drive of Albany? How many within an hour and a half of Binghamton?
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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard
Buffalo to Binghamton: 3.5 hours
Montauk to Binghamton: 5 hours
NYC to Binghamton: 3 hours
Clarkson to Binghamton: 3.5 hours
Albany to Binghamton: 2.5 hours
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Those numbers look pretty reasonable.