I can't understand why you can't understand. It's simple B'ham has more hotel rooms and a big arena. It can draw more people than a high school stadium around Scottsboro. Not to mention the big airport.
Ok. Let me rephrase it.
I understand why it's currently at Bham. I don't understand why Scottsboro, Guntersville and Huntsville don't join efforts to figure out a way to host it here, at home, Where the good fishing is taking place. Huntsville is every bit as capable to host a weigh in at the Von Braun Center. Seating Capacity isn't what the BJCC offers, but it could host a healthy crowd. Plenty of Hotels, Plenty of Restaurants. Huntsville has an airport that is plenty capable of anything this would need. It's a booming city and an overall nicer place than Bham.
Economic impacts have been reported as High as 32 million last year and is regularly in the mid 20 million dollar range. Our corner of the state could invest a little money into expansions at the VBC and capitalize off of the investment. IMO.
