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IHSA Boys State Basketball Tournament to Return to Champaign!
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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniFaninHoosierLand" data-source="post: 1541882" data-attributes="member: 85743"><p>Here's the release from the IHSA: <a href="https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-boys-basketball-state-finals-return-to-the-university-of-illinois-in-champaign-urbana-in-2021" target="_blank">https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-boys-basketball-state-finals-return-to-the-university-of-illinois-in-champaign-urbana-in-2021</a></p><p></p><p>Some of the key highlights: </p><p></p><p>I bolded the part above as price gouging at the hotels was at least a portion of the reason that Champaign lost the tournament back in the mid-1990s. That along with the fact that there wasn't much to do in downtown Champaign back then and also coupled with the money from Caterpillar and other businesses in Peoria, helped the tournament head up there. My family has been going to the small school tournament since the mid-1970s though due to me being a bit younger I wasn't able to go until the 2nd year in Peoria (which would have been 1996) and I have gone every year except for one (due to just having started a then new job in Indy at the time) ever since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniFaninHoosierLand, post: 1541882, member: 85743"] Here's the release from the IHSA: [URL]https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-boys-basketball-state-finals-return-to-the-university-of-illinois-in-champaign-urbana-in-2021[/URL] Some of the key highlights: I bolded the part above as price gouging at the hotels was at least a portion of the reason that Champaign lost the tournament back in the mid-1990s. That along with the fact that there wasn't much to do in downtown Champaign back then and also coupled with the money from Caterpillar and other businesses in Peoria, helped the tournament head up there. My family has been going to the small school tournament since the mid-1970s though due to me being a bit younger I wasn't able to go until the 2nd year in Peoria (which would have been 1996) and I have gone every year except for one (due to just having started a then new job in Indy at the time) ever since. [/QUOTE]
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