Madison is stepping up efforts to keep the state boys and girls basketball tournaments and their $9 million in estimated tourism spending. The WIAA is considering moving the tournament as early as 2013 because of the Kohl Center is unavailable to the WIAA for its preferred dates in 2013 and perhaps 2014 due to conflicts with WCHA and NCAA hockey events. The WIAA?s agreement with the Kohl Center expires in 2013. “We want to do what it takes to make this successful,” said Deb Archer, president of the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau. About 96,500 people attended the boys tournament and 55,000 the girls tournament last year.
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