[EricH]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

I agree. LA's venue would be the best option and there's plenty of hotel space nearby, but that forces all of us up here in Northern California to drive 6 hours + LA traffic to get there. I never thought of this actually: Who has a higher concentration of teams, SoCal or NorCal? I believe it's SoCal but it would be interesting to see the numbers.

I think we're going to need to start by defining SoCal and NorCal.

That being said, I put it as SoCal has L.A., San Diego, Inland Empire, and Ventura--give or take 200 play slots, though quite a few of those are 2-event teams--versus SVR, Sacramento, and CVR in NorCal, not sure on slot numbers there. I'm pretty sure there aren't all that many teams in the far north area of the state, so that would kind of kill the concentration numbers up there.

And I would tend to lean towards a mid-state solution myself--too far north and the San Diego area teams have to travel really, really far (add in about 2 hours + LA traffic to the LA team travel distance); too far south and the NorCal teams are having that drive. Anybody know any good venues in, oh, Bakersfield?