Some of the reasons TU gets the priviledge of hosting the NCAA Tennis championships is of course the Case Tennis Center. But there ARE other reasons as well such as Tulsa's central location as well as its proximity to other needed infrastructure inside the city. TU is only about 6 miles from the Tulsa International Airport. Downtown is only about 3 miles with its vast array of quality Inns and Hotels. The dining area in midtown and downtown is great and provides a variety of quality dining. The crosstown expressway (I-244) is less than half a mile from campus and is a natural connector to the interstate HW system. The central location is important in the same way that OKC's central location is for softball and Omaha for baseball. It allows most folks to drive to the venue or have a bus or short flight to Tulsa and the Case Center. If the Case Center were located in say Salt Lake or Indianapolis or Vegas or Nashville or Chicago or NOLA, the distance would increase and the accessability of not being in the middle of the country would make it much more difficult for folks to attend.

Like OKC in softball, Tulsa in tennis is a perfect location with the infrastructure required for the event being performed.