re: Would the CWS gain in stature if it moved?

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Not for us as die-hard fans, but the the CWS doesn't enjoy the status and excitement that the football championship brings, or the basketball championship, for that matter. Why is that?

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people don't care about college baseball nationally. it's mostly a southern thing

the national ratings for game 3 was like a 1.5 or something

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The CWS has outgrown Omaha, IMO. It does not have the proper infrastructure (hotels, restaurants, available commercial airline flights, rental cars) to support the number of people coming into the city from out of town.

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They support the Berkshire Hathaway convention every year and more people come to that.

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Also, as we saw this CWS, the venue needs to have a domed stadium or at least a retractable roof.

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So because it rained this year it needs a domed stadium? Domed stadiums for baseball suck. They are necessary in MLB due to the amount of games they have to play but not in college. Outdoors is always better.

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Seattle, or Minneapolis would work for me.

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Seriously? Could you have picked worse places for College Baseball?

If ESPN thought college baseball could grow and be a moneymaker by moving out of Omaha, they would be beating down the NCAA's door about moving it a long time ago.

Keep the CWS in Omaha. There is something magical about that place. It's small enough to have that small town feel but large enough to host an event such as the CWS. I understand that you want the popularity of college baseball to grow but if you look back over the past few years the event is growing. We set a new attendance record this yearat Rosenblatt and the tv audiance is sure to follow but this won't happen over night. Something else you have to think about is that if it grows to the popularity of football how easy will it be to get tix? What kind of people will attend? Will. LSU still own Omaha? No. I like it small and Omaha.