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[QUOTE="73CAV, post: 3377692, member: 3916"]
Greensboro isn't just about the fact that it is in the heart of what once was the traditional ACC footprint.  It is also about money.  It seats over 23,000.  Barclay's seats over 5,000 fewer, if I am not mistaken.  Now, I suppose you could say that that is only 300 more ticket packages per school, and, based on the surface price of those tickets, that isn't much money.  On the other hand, the old schools of the ACC use access to ACC Tournament tickets to leverage donations to their athletic boosters' organizations.  In Virginia's case, it requires gifts in the five figure range.  I have heard that the level of giving required is about equal to a scholarship (out-of-state tuition and fees).  I have never pursued the matter personally, because even when the requirements were more modest (relatively), they were still beyond my means.  However, Greensboro's extra 300 tickets for Virginia can mean over a $1 mil in the coffers.  (The actual figure is probably somewhat smaller as the gift typically qualifies the giver for more than one package, but it still isn't chump change.)  The numbers are similar elsewhere in the conference, although, back in the day, UNC and N C State fans would join Clemson's booster club because the required donation for tournament tickets there was considerably lower.  Clemson fans were more concerned with football in those days.
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