Will they come if you build it?

For years, (Abilene) parents have told stories of driving teams to towns all across the state for weekend tournaments. They seem to mention they are gone almost every weekend from early May until mid July traveling 1,000s of miles busing kids to either a baseball or softball tournament.
Funny thing – they never mentioned staying at home and playing in a tournament.
Why is this? In a time when the City of Abilene and the County of Dickinson County are scratching their heads and wringing their hands trying to figure out an economic developmental solution – why not look no further than why families are traveling away from Abilene so often in the summer months?
Maybe a solution could be that if Abilene had suitable facilities and a person willing to host the tournaments, it could be an easy monitorial impetus the city needs for the foreseeable future. Other cities and towns of Abilene’s size have successfully proven it can be done.