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Fair enough. The majority of our athletes don't deal with that at NCA, so our experience is different. Also, it is more of a "value" consideration than purely "cost". I don't mind paying for items that bring value, but I think the venues at WWS are not great for cheer at all - most disappointingly the newest one.
Worlds has gotten a little better, but the event logistics at both Summit and Worlds have typically been below that of nearly every other competition we attend each year. We have had more than the normal share of issues with check-in, warmups, staying on schedule, communication of results/scoring, scoring in general, awards, and general organization at the events. The services Disney provides are usually fine, but the EP part hasn't been.
Both Worlds and Summit have had astonishingly bad years from an organizational point of view (Looking at you D1 Summit 2018) that have probably soured me permanently on WWS as a cheer venue. If our experience there had been great, I wouldn't mind the cost as much.
The new arena blows.
I was lucky and avoided it last year at NHSCC. I haven’t looked at the block schedule to see if I’ll be lucky again this year.
With that said: I’ve not had recent logistical issues with NHSCC aside from waiting for a set of score sheets two years ago for over an hour.
The new arena has the best warm up area in the place. The field house has the best production/staging. The Josten’s center has the beat crowd viewing area. The primary problem is that none of the venues are convention centers made for concert-like performances. It’s like the old cookie cutter stadiums from the 60’s and 70’s that cities built to house their baseball and football teams simultaneously. Venues made for multi-purpose use do not serve any single purpose expertly.