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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1528226, member: 716"]
Good question - I was using that 10,000 number from a post CuseATL made earlier today or yesterday; I think he included a link or something.

Regarding the official hotels, I'm not sure if there are any requirements the NCAA has made publicly available; I was just estimating based on past experience and observation (I'm sure I saw something years ago - they're very specific). I'm thinking that at least 5 or 6 hotels need to meet some pretty stringent requirements (as TomCat noted - four hotels for the teams, one for the press, one for the NCAA [between the actual working stiffs and the NCAA folks who make a vacation of it, that's a lot of people], another for the coaches). Our market doesn't seem to support that kind of hotel, but the new Hotel Syracuse will be one of this type. Maybe more will be developed as our economy continues to shift.

We could conceivably play at home for a Final Four - that's the one round in which there's an exception to the "no home court" rule. It comes up so rarely.

As has been said, this would be a very cool event for the community and could be pursued, but there are some big changes to the local hotel scene that would have to take place for this to be a possibility. It's a long way off.
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