OK, so my general comment about that experience has never happened to you. I'll check you off the list.
But let's address that anyway... I rarely if ever choose such a place. But I don't know if I'd want to be in the position where I might be forced to say "no" every time someone else was picking the place. There are potentially plenty of important events that aren't black tie, no? It just seems like if I didn't already have them, eventually I'd get invited to something that would require me to buy them anyway.