I have no problem with the finals being taped delayed. Even I like to watch the finals from the other two sites later in the week or month. Sure those you describe will continue to attend the events, but a large number of them must be dying off, because it appears to me, at least in the 4A, that the numbers continue to drop every year. Of course it doesn't help when the semi-finals are scheduled for times before most average fans get off work on a Friday.
We simply won't find a venue to replace the Coliseum where all the classes could be brought back together. The Coliseum for those that don't know was recently sold to a private entity for other purposes.