catlady
Cheer Parent
- Jun 6, 2012
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What I will say about moving locations, Atlanta, LA, Chicago, Dallas, New York , San Francisco, Houston, Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, Denver, Charlotte, Seattle, St. Paul, Newark, Detroit and Orlando are some of the larger airports that can accommodate a large influx of people coming in on a Friday and leaving on a Monday. And, for those that are ready to protest, even in Atlanta (largest in terms of traffic), on that Friday before NCA, if your flight is canceled parents are ready to sell body parts to get on another flight out that day. Sometimes it's because they don't have extra aircraft to work with or the receiving airport just can't handle the traffic. Then look at cost of living. If people complain about Stay to Play in Atlanta and Dallas, try LA, Chicago, San Francisco or New York. Then look at weather at the time of year when AS competition season is really ramped up, Atlanta and Dallas have issues in March, it's still snowing/icing in April up North. Then look at it from an EP's point of view. After the first year, you find out the kinks, what worked, what didn't, what corrections need to be made, only to move it somewhere else the next year. It sounds great in theory but, in reality, AS is truly limited on location options for big National venues.....no matter which way the wind blows.;)