I have been to numerous wrestling tournaments at the expocentre, including last week's district 1 tourney. The tournament was so well run with so many mats going that it seemed as though it almost went too fast. The public and parents were kept in the stands and this allowed for a great amount of room for the kids and coaches to get ready for each match. Several of the mats were finished very early and this allowed the moving of matches and allowed wrestlers to use a couple of the mats on which to warm up. I have not been to a tournament in Wichita in years, but certainly would not agree that there is anything wrong with Topeka as a venue. There are plenty of nice hotels in Topeka (Ramada, Holiday Inn, Clubhouse Inn, Hampton Inn, Capitol Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, Hyatt Place, Courtyard by Marriott, etc. etc.) to accomodate everyone involved. There is truly something special by having state in Topeka. It is the biggest thing in the capitol city. Moving it to a bigger city like Wichita or Kansas City for that matter makes it just one of many other things happening in the month of March.