"Anyway, I agree that putting one in Chicago would cut out a lot of people (and yes, Chicago is "Central"
), but with only 3 of these things, no matter where you put them, somebody will be left out... Remember the "Pokémon Rox America" Tour? The Easternmost location was St. Louis, Which cut out everyone east of Indiana basically..."
Also, St. Louis was the northernmost city these occoured in. Of course, that had more to do with the fact that these events were held in November and October, an I was not about to go out in Milwaukee or Chicago in November.
There are lots of good places for these events to be held, but also a lot of other factors to consider? Which places will have locations availible, etc.?
A while back (I believe in 2002) I proposed a rotation with four regions: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West. Three of the regions would get stadium challenges and the fourth would get Worlds (at least as long as Worlds was to be kept in the United States), and this would rotate every year in a four-year cycle. It's not perfect, and I never realy established the boundries of these areas, but it was an interesting concept.