Frayed Knot wrote: ]Last I checked, they still don't know which cities will be featured in the WS until the LCSs are over No, but they can start eliminating (starting tomorrow) specific dates for certain cities. They'll know after tonight that they'll need to reserve hotel space in Boston, for instance, for these dates but not those, while doing the opposite in St Louis, San Diego, etc. So he reserves them for a few extra days. No big deal.