This is 100% true.

There is plenty of lodging for $100 and under a night near by and lots of white sand beach that free to watch the race on.

Ummmm, no. Key West is where it is at. As far as ease of access to KW, Southwest Airlines flies there daily. If you can't swing a ticket on the Greyhound of the skies.....
There are plenty of options in KW for inexpensive lodging. On that note, if you think lodging is expensive in KW, you aren't drinking enough. Your bar tab should easily be $500+/day if you are doing it right.

You can't compare SW flights into key west with Tampa, KW flat out is harder.

Buy I love KW, and you can get B &B's pretty cheap. Just a whole different vibe,,,,,,,, I'll take KW.

Key West is to powerboat racing as Wimbledon is to tennis.

Changing it would be a downright shame. Simple as that.

key west is the best

I didnt know there was an off season in Key West...

Actually, last December I was in KW with my wife and asked at the hotel desk "Whats a good time to come when KW isnt as busy..." The chick behind the counter "Ummm, we pretty much have something every weekend 12 months a year..."

What's the attendance and dollars for the KW Worlds?

Your post just proved the exact point i was making.

The general mass doesn't have $500 a day to drop on a bar tab and what not. Flights are a bit more costly as only a small few major airlines run direct into the Keys.

Trust me I love the keys and have been there at least once a year minimum to 3 or 4 times a few years.

I am not saying they should move those races, I am simply saying I can see why the talks are there. The Clearwater race has grown in size and money brought in each and every year since it started here and as said, it can be a bit easier on the general population to watch that doesn't have hundred of $$ to blow on a day out for fun.

You've got that rite!

Hey, Clearwater can take the races.

That leaves a LOT of extra rooms in KW for the Poker Run crowd. Better show, more fun, no Harbor closings, I could go on and on...