> Is there a reason besides lack of funds for shutting this place down?
It's always a trade-off between money and physics results. The question is: is the cost of running the Tevatron worth the information it will give you about the few physics questions where it has an advantage over the LHC? Would that money be better spent on other experiments (e.g. direct dark matter detection)?
It's always a trade-off between money and physics results. The question is: is the cost of running the Tevatron worth the information it will give you about the few physics questions where it has an advantage over the LHC? Would that money be better spent on other experiments (e.g. direct dark matter detection)?