All the big tournaments get courted with monies, comped rooms, food etc to come into an area. Tournament sites are not based on "good fishing" they are based on who is willing to give up the most to get it there...but...something like 31,000 is nothing compared to the return that the community gets from having the big tournaments in town from all the monies spent by the anglers and those that come to see them. All those sales also generate state tax monies.