As i understand it they sent out info to 80 possible host cities. Pretty sure a city has to bid for it. Many on the east coast might not want there convention centers taken up for 6 months.
Blame the USBC for not advertising there services to the east coast. Can we find out if other cities have bid for the tourney but the USBC turning them down?
does anyone happen to know what those 80 cities were? Being born in the Midwest, I consider Baton Rouge to be Deep South, and don't ever remember if the tournament was ever hosted in a town west of the Mississippi and east of the Grand Canyon.
Personally, I was oping that an Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, OKC, or Denver may have been in the running, but it's like we don't know what cities bid until they announce the host city..
BL.