Originally Posted by
franklin_m
The fact remains that AMA EC decided to spend five times as much money upgrading fields at Muncie than they spent on all of the club fields combined. And those other club fields are where the overwhelming majority of AMA members fly regularly.
The reason there are no regional flying sites remotely comparable to the one at Muncie is because the AMA brass doesn't want any other venues that might compete with their white elephant for hosting events that bring in the revenues to cover the costs of owning it. Of course they are spending a lot of money on it, continuously.