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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

One surprise to me--that they didn't set up a 4 or 5 "area" approach that carves out the 2 coasts and international teams, and rotates those between the two Super Regionals. It will make no cost difference to the West Coast teams where they go, and I suspect the situation may be similar for East Coast teams given that most fly to competition. (Air fare is not directly distance based.)

Well, they've only announced through 2018, but I believe the Houston/Detroit set-up will continue for several years. So maybe they'll change up the location assignments for 2019 after seeing how things shake out?