>                       One very important benefit of playing at a campus site
> is surely the avoidance of uncontrollable financial risk.
 
 
more accurately, the reduction of uncontrollable financial risk.
Schools (and whatever partners they can find) bid to host the
regionals. They put forward a proposal that they think is financially
viable. There are no guarantees to the host (unless they happen
to have a partner who is willing to cover potential losses, which is
unlikely since the sponsor doesn't get to plaster their name over
everything like they do for the conference tournaments).
 
        --david
 
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