The comment was made earlier that Wichita did not seem to want to win the bid.
That could not be farther from the truth.
I think that Hays and Wichita both showed up with a knife to a gun fight!
Both the Expocenter and the Downtown Arena are both managed by the same group.
We were also led to believe that Topeka applied some pressure (to the corporate office) to control the bid coming from the Downtown Arena.
I think the management team for the Downtown Arena did everything they could (based on their corporate direction) to help Wichita win the bid. But to some degree their hands were tied.
I would like to know if it true that the Topeka team sent out special gifts prior to the selection?
