[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by EricH

Actually... The OC and AZ North regionals are "replacement" regionals. Orange County replaces Inland Empire; Arizona North replaces Arizona East.

Trust me, taking spots away from the CA/AZ/NV area--or threatening to--is a really great way to get a horde of annoyed CA/AZ/NV teams writing emails and taking other necessary action until they get a replacement event (or keep the threatened event). About like if someone were to suggest that, oh, I don't know, the Duluth Regional (but not the Lake Superior Regional--I'm not THAT mean!) were to disappear from your great state of Minnesota, perhaps.

Ahh, I didn't realize they were replacements for previously existing regionals... that's definitely good to know!

And yes, closing any one of our regionals here would be a significant issue, even if we had a replacement, I'm guessing!