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Southern Sectionals is kind of big. And unlike Nationals, they are holding all levels and genders at once, Nationals generally has a single level and two genders so the court requirements are lower.
For Southern Sectionals, for most (all?) levels, there are 2 flights of 5 teams each meaning 20 team matches of round-robin per level and gender. For 40 & Over, there are 4 levels so 80 team matches per gender or 160 team matches total. Each team match uses 5 courts so you get 800 total match courts needed. Assuming 10 hours of play each day and 2 hours per match, that is 5 matches per court per day or 15 per court over the three days round-robin are held. 800 matches and 15 matches per court means you need 53 courts ...
Texas Sectionals is also very big with I believe usually 4 flights of 4 teams each, but they both spread it out over several facilities in an area typically, and will have half the levels one weekend and the rest the next.
Nationals with the new format will give all 17 teams 4 matches over the two round-robin days, or 34 team matches per gender and level, or 170 match courts required. For both genders of a level at a Nationals that is 340 match courts. Again using 2 hours per match and playing 10 hours a day over the two days, that is 10 matches per court, or 34 courts required. So sounds like Vegas will be at capacity and perhaps hoping for matches shorter than 2 hours or plan on playing longer than 10 hours a day.
yup. I think they are going to run into some issues as far as I can see based just on the math of it all. Unless they run the RR out of multiple facilities in town. (Vegas is not terribly big, several nearby clubs (15 minute drives) with 8 courts, one with 12 about 30 minutes on far SE side). I would guess to expect some night matches.