Expense is one thing, but pair expense with a complete lack of infrastructure and support for the size of the event they were hosting. People were staying in hotels normally 45 minutes away from venue and they were still sitting in traffic after leaving those hotels at 6AM on a Saturday (for 8AM starts). After the games,they would walk around aimlessly in a grass field looking for their cars b/c there were no markers to remind them where they parked. You couldn't really leave anyway b/c it would take you another 2 hours to get in. High Heat/No Shade. Nowhere to sit and unwind. Not enough Shuttles. Ridiculous lines at food vendors (long, hour+ waits for food). Terrible porta-potty conditions and lines.
All this added stress for parents and players (coupled with the high cost of participating) is something most Parents I talked to will do without next year, especially right before the Holidays. | 
