2013 Predicted Events Calendar

[Akash Rastogi]

Have folks heard about changes in venue/location/week for events? Any more new regionals? I've heard that Palmetto is moving to week 1 and Myrtle Beach, can anyone confirm? Have also heard of a new regional in Cali!

Hope people have some info to post. The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST.

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar


Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)

[jwfoss]

I believe Maine is establishing a new regional for 2013.

[akoscielski3]

At IRI I was Told by Chris Fultz that they are trying to get one started in Indiana. Not sure how that will turn our, but I think it would be a great Regional.

I wonder if another Canadian regional will show up. Right now my team is trying to create more teams in Windsor/Essex (right across the river from Detroit). Currently there is only one, us (772). We contacted a Teacher in Kingsville which is where 773 use to be, they may be coming back as a rookie team.
With these new teams we are trying to start we are hoping that in the next five years we can get enough teams to 1. start an offseason event 2. start a Regional event, and maybe get American teams to come to Canada for a regional.

Any comments on the Double Regional's this year? Last year there was GTR-West and GTR-East in the same Venue, and I believe there were a couple this year. GTR-West and GTR-East are just completely different Regional's now.

[Jon Stratis]

What's your definition of a Double Regional? Minnesota has had a double regional for a few years now (North Star and 10,000 Lakes). Same weekend, across the street from each other.

Also, I believe Duluth is turning into a double regional this year!

[ebarker]

I've heard that Palmetto is moving to week 1 and Myrtle Beach, can anyone confirm?

It is listed on the event calendar for the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

[Ekcrbe]

Is the Calgary Regional going to happen? I heard it was cleared by FIRST, but I don't know if they got a place.

[Akash Rastogi]

It is listed on the event calendar for the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

Thanks for pointing that out!

http://www.myrtlebeachconventioncenter.com/calendar.php

Looks like Feb 28th - March 2nd at Myrtle Beach for Palmetto.

[Akash Rastogi]

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Anyone have info on perhaps a new location or a new week? Nothing FIRST related is booked yet for March.

Also just heard that the MAR Championship will not be in "week 7" like last time. It will be week 6 and is moving from Temple University, new location is TBD.

[Taylor]

Looking at the spring breaks for the host sites, Boilermaker Regional could be March 14-16, Queen City Regional could be March 28-30, and the unconfirmed yet strongly hinted second Indiana regional could be April 4-6.

Akash - For reference, would you mind putting the corresponding dates on the OP?

[Nate Laverdure]

Virginia Regional -- March 14-16 (http://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/fastbook/calendar.asp?filter=&month=3&day=14&year=2013&x=12&y=16) (no surprises there)

[Dale]

The Autodesk Oregon Regional is Week 2 as usual.

[R.C.]

Central Valley Regional in Madera, CA should be week 1.

-RC

[MARS_James]

There have been rumors floating around that the South Florida Regional might be going to a new location (after only 1 year), but that is just a rumor

On a side note does anyone know the date the FIRST is releasing all the regional dates and locations?

[akoscielski3]

What's your definition of a Double Regional? Minnesota has had a double regional for a few years now (North Star and 10,000 Lakes). Same weekend, across the street from each other.

Also, I believe Duluth is turning into a double regional this year!

Double Regional would be where Two fields are set up in the same arena, and two different Regionals are taking place. 2011 GTR west and east were both held in the Hershey Center, and they would play matches on one field while the other field is being reset.

Another thing I saw (at my very first ever regional - GTR 2006) was the same regional having two fields. I don't believe they do this anymore. But you could be playing on either field, and it was only one regional. It got pretty confusing though so I think that is why they stopped doing those. The nice thing was that there was almost always a match being played.


The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Anyone have info on perhaps a new location or a new week? Nothing FIRST related is booked yet for March.

Also just heard that the MAR Championship will not be in "week 7" like last time. It will be week 6 and is moving from Temple University, new location is TBD.


Well this just sucks! I know that this is the one Regional we WILL be attending. The Ten hour drive is worth trying to get back to back regional wins in Smoky Mountains, the atmosphere at this regional was amazing, I would recommend going to Knoxville to anyone. It was cool being the team that everyone came to for advice, we helped out a lot of teams while we were there and we hope that helps them all become more competitive in the future!


There have been rumors floating around that the South Florida Regional might be going to a new location (after only 1 year), but that is just a rumor

On a side note does anyone know the date the FIRST is releasing all the regional dates and locations?

There is never really a specific date. FIRST has to get all contracts and such done before they release the Regional lists for the year. You should expect it to come out in September or at the latest early October.

[Phyrxes]

Washington DC Regional is listed as being 03/29/2013 - 03/30/2013 on the convention center's website.

[Chris is me]

Based on WPI's spring break, the regional should be held March 7th through 9th.

The US Cellular Arena website lists the 2013 Wisconsin Regional for March 21, 2013 - March 23, 2013.

[Tyler Olds]

The US Cellular Arena website lists the 2013 Wisconsin Regional for March 21, 2013 - March 23, 2013.

I believe that this is correct for week 4......

The two Lake Superior (Duluth) will most likely be week 2.
10000 Lakes and North Star (Minneapolis) will most likely be week 5.

[Steven Donow]

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Anyone have info on perhaps a new location or a new week? Nothing FIRST related is booked yet for March.

Also just heard that the MAR Championship will not be in "week 7" like last time. It will be week 6 and is moving from Temple University, new location is TBD.
IIRC at the little "MAR Year in Review Open Forum" powow thing at Monty Madness this year, they told us that it wouldn't be week 7...it'll be interesting to see where they bring it...Also the Rutgers District might not be happening

[BackInCalgary]

Is the Calgary Regional going to happen? I heard it was cleared by FIRST, but I don't know if they got a place.

The Olympic Oval.

[jee7s]

According to the website of the Henry B. Gonzalez San Antonio Convention center, the 2013 Alamo Regional will be Easter weekend (March 28-30, 2013).

[JB]

IIRC at the little "MAR Year in Review Open Forum" powow thing at Monty Madness this year, they told us that it wouldn't be week 7...it'll be interesting to see where they bring it...Also the Rutgers District might not be happening

I have also heard the Rutgers District will not be happening at the same location again. Also at the BR^2 off season event it was announced that 303 and Bridge Water would be hosting a district event, which may be the former Rutgers event.

[bearbot]

Anyone know wen chespeake regional will be held

[JB987]

Las Vegas Regional is set for week 6. Tuscon in Arizona and San Bernardino in California are supposed to have new regionals last I heard. If anyone knows the venue for the San Bernardino event could they please enlighten the rest of us?

[akoscielski3]

Is there any Rumors or Facts about any New Districts??

[Joe G.]

Is there any Rumors or Facts about any New Districts??

I imagine we would have heard by now if anyone was planning on implementing anything for the 2013 season...MAR and FiM were announced well before this time during their respective launch years. I know New England, and possibly other locations, are working towards a district system starting for the 2014 season.

[rsisk]

We are still negotiating a location for the Inland Empire regional but the planning committee is already meeting and FIRST has given us the thumbs to have a regional in our area.

[Tetraman]

From the looks of the RIT calender, the Finger Lakes Regional will go back to being Week 1.

[bardd]

Is there any Rumors or Facts about any New Districts??

I've heard rumors about districs in California in 2014/2015 (rumors of rumors, actually).

[R.C.]

I've heard rumors about districs in California in 2014/2015 (rumors of rumors, actually).

Its only a matter of time that California switches to some sort of District Style Format. Its not happening this year for sure, but should be soon.

-RC

[Mark McLeod]

Lake Superior (Duluth) will most likely be week 2.


That one is the only FRC event officially listed on the FIRST website, so far.Northern Lights Regional
07-Mar - 09-Mar-2013
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

[Astrokid248]

According to the website of the Henry B. Gonzalez San Antonio Convention center, the 2013 Alamo Regional will be Easter weekend (March 28-30, 2013).

Well that's a change. Normally Alamo is week 1. The George R Brown Convention Center has no mention of Lone Star on the calander.

[ChuckDickerson]

Looks like Bayou is March 22-23 - Week 4. (http://www.pontchartraincenter.com/site.php?pageID=2&jump=1&month=03&year=2013)

[Akash Rastogi]

The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST unless otherwise stated.

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule
BAE Granite State Regional - historically week 1

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)
Las Vegas Regional - as per Joe from 987

[DarrinMunter]

According to the Purdue University calendar, The Boilermaker Regional will be Week 3, March 14-16th.

[sportzkrazzy]

UCF spiring break is the week of march 4th so it looks like the Orlando regional will be on march 7nth-9nth

[The Calgarian]

The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST unless otherwise stated.

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)

Assuming everything works out (so far they're good), you can add the Calgary/West Canada regional to Week 6 (April 3-6). Location is Canada Olympic Park, on The Oval, as BackInCalgary noted. That's a nice big venue, did I hear someone say 'practice fields'? :D

Very ambitious RD out here is also trying to start a bunch of new teams in Alberta. So far there have only been 2 teams West of Ontario for us to choose from out here.

[Jay O'Donnell]

The Granite State Regional at the Verizon Wireless Arena has been week 1 for as long as i can remember, but that is not confirmed by anything

[JB987]

The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST unless otherwise stated.

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule
BAE Granite State Regional - historically week 1

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)

Add Las Vegas Regional to week 6...

[Akash Rastogi]

Will the Michigan State Championship be week 7 again? I was surprised by MAR being moved to week 6.

Sorry Joe, forgot to hit save when I edited it last time.

[ghostmachine360]

Peachtree will be Week 3 (https://www.facebook.com/events/388656544533330/). Confirmed from GeorgiaFIRST a couple days ago.

[P.J.]

Will the Michigan State Championship be week 7 again? I was surprised by MAR being moved to week 6.

I assume it will be, since with the volume of teams in Michigan it has been tossed around that new districts may have to be held during Week 6. But that's based on pure hearsay.

[KevinGoneNuts]

Los Angeles Regional looks to be week 3. According to their schedule, It's the only time when the arena inst occupied by any big events.

[AdamHeard]

Los Angeles Regional looks to be week 3. According to their schedule, It's the only time when the arena inst occupied by any big events.

I've heard it won't be at the same venue, so that might not be a valid assumption.

[Basel A]

Will the Michigan State Championship be week 7 again? I was surprised by MAR being moved to week 6.

Sorry Joe, forgot to hit save when I edited it last time.

More speculation: if Michigan again grows by 20-30 teams, we'll be at 210-220 teams, which needs 11 districts. Because it's unlikely that three districts will take place in the same week, that would necessitate a week 6 district.

Note that it may be possible to squeeze 420-440 team-events into 10 districts, but I don't think that'll be attempted.

As for concrete evidence, there's nothing on the EMU Convocation Center event schedule for any FRC weekend (or 2013 at all for that matter).

[Gary Dillard]

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html



Not necessarily; if you look at the dates for last year's event there were also other things booked for the same time. They have multiple venues at the convention center.

[Akash Rastogi]

Not necessarily; if you look at the dates for last year's event there were also other things booked for the same time. They have multiple venues at the convention center.

This is true, guess we'll just wait and see.

I'll be checking up on the venue websites for these events. If I see an update, I'll post and update.

[Lil' Lavery]

Will the Michigan State Championship be week 7 again? I was surprised by MAR being moved to week 6.

Sorry Joe, forgot to hit save when I edited it last time.

MAR Champs and MSC were week 7 last year to avoid Easter weekend (Week 6). It doesn't surprise me in the least that MAR is moving to week 6 given that Easter falls on week 5 this year.

[Jon Stratis]

That one is the only FRC event officially listed on the FIRST website, so far.Northern Lights Regional
07-Mar - 09-Mar-2013
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center


Lake Superior will most likely be the same weekend. The DECC is massive, and can easily hold two competitions with room to spare.

[Mark McLeod]

SBPLI is scheduled for April 4-6

[bardd]

According to FIRST Israel, Israeli regional will be either 3/10-12 or 3/11-13, which puts us between week 2 and 3.

[ezygmont708]

The MAR Calendar is still being finalized. There should be more information available in the coming weeks.

[Saberbot]

The spring break for the venue for the Arizona regional is March 11-22. This could be either week three or four, but it has historically been week 4.

[Nate Laverdure]

Smoky Mountains Regional -- March 27-30 (http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html) (Week 5)

[IndySam]

Smoky Mountains Regional -- March 27-30 (http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html) (Week 5)

Hmmm right in the middle of our break.

[MrTechCenter]

I've heard that the new Cali regional will be located in San Bernardino. No idea yet as to when the date/venue will be. Sacramento Regional will most likely be March 14th-16th, but it's not finalized.

[bardd]

According to FIRST Israel CMP will be in St. Louis, April 25th-28th.
I haven't seen any announcement of this from US FIRST.

[rsisk]

According to FIRST Israel CMP will be in St. Louis, April 25th-28th.
I haven't seen any announcement of this from US FIRST.

Your date was last year's Championship. This year is April 24-27, 2013 in St. Louis announced here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/first-championship

[bardd]

Your date was last year's Championship. This year is April 24-27, 2013 in St. Louis announced here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/first-championship

I've sent a message to FIRST Israel regarding this.
Thank you :)

[MrTechCenter]

I've heard it won't be at the same venue, so that might not be a valid assumption.

I think everyone hopes that they'll finally move to the Anaheim Convention Center. But according to their website, they're booked for most of March.

[rsisk]

I think everyone hopes that they'll finally move to the Anaheim Convention Center. But according to their website, they're booked for most of March.

I haven't heard of any change in venue for LA Regional. Anaheim Convention Center would be cool, but it moves the venue further away from the teams in the LA area and closer to the San Diego and Inland Empire Regionals.

[RoboMom]

The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST unless otherwise stated.

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule
BAE Granite State Regional - historically week 1

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)
Las Vegas Regional - as per Joe from 987

I believe there is also a Week 7 this year.

[PayneTrain]

I haven't heard of any change in venue for LA Regional. Anaheim Convention Center would be cool, but it moves the venue further away from the teams in the LA area and closer to the San Diego and Inland Empire Regionals.

But it's right across from Disneyland! /kidding.

Is MAR really being moved up a week meaning they will fit their districts within the first five weeks?

[Steven Donow]

But it's right across from Disneyland! /kidding.

Is MAR really being moved up a week meaning they will fit their districts within the first five weeks?

It's highly probable; last year we had 5 districts in 5 weeks (week 2 had 2 districts, week 3 was an 'off' week, the NYC regional took place, and there was nothing week 6) and the reason we had a Week 7 was because Week 6 was Easter. Easter is Week 5 this year.

[TKM.368]

Hawaii is officially Week 6 per an email blast (http://www.facebook.com/teamkikamana/posts/518175818209516) to local teams.

Teams who want to do Weeks 1, 2, 3, or 4, and finish up in paradise, feel free to apply!

[Andrew Y.]

Peachtree regional is confirmed March 14th-16th based off the GAFIRST Mentors meeting.

[Mark McLeod]

Assuming everything works out (so far they're good), you can add the Calgary/West Canada regional to Week 6 (April 3-6). Location is Canada Olympic Park, on The Oval, as BackInCalgary noted. That's a nice big venue, did I hear someone say 'practice fields'? :D

Very ambitious RD out here is also trying to start a bunch of new teams in Alberta. So far there have only been 2 teams West of Ontario for us to choose from out here.

Just received this email confirming the new western Canada event and the date:


Western Canada FRC Regional is looking to recruit existing FRC teams to sign up for the inaugural event.
　
April 4 - 6th (week 6), 2013 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary Alberta

At our event we will have 15-20 Rookie teams, having experienced FRC teams would be an amazing addition to the event.

$1,500 grant to help cover part of the cost of travel (if needed)
Subsidized accommodations　and or billeting available
Less than a 12 hour drive from Washington, Idaho or Oregon to Calgary
Calgary International Regional Airport is a hub for most airline carriers
Support a brand new FRC Regional event and provide experienced presence for new FRC teams
4 world class ski resorts within a 2 hour drive
Tons of interesting tourist experiences including a brand new $40 million Science CentreInvite any inquiries to be directed to…
　
Blair Gallant
Regional Director

[Travis Hoffman]

Just received this email confirming the new western Canada event and the date:

Any intel from anyone on dates for the remaining Canadian events?

Would love to hear news re: Pittsburgh, Midwest, and Queen City as well.

Commence speculation. :cool:

[Saberbot]

I have heard from a nemebrr of the Arizona Regional Planning Committee that the Arizona regional is definitely week 4.

[rick.oliver]

Would love to hear news re: Pittsburgh, Midwest, and Queen City as well.

I checked University of Pittsburgh academic calendar and see that they are on break March 10 to 17, the same week as Purdue and CSU (Buckeye).

I am not serving on the planning committee for Queen City this year, so have no data, have not asked, this is purely speculation (enough disclaimer?)

Xavier has a break 2/25 to 3/1 and Easter weekend 3/28 - 4/1. So, I'm guessing Queen City will be one of those two weeks.

Any idea when the official dates will be published?

[Mark McLeod]

Last year the offical dates came only a few days before registration opened at the end of September.

[Jimmy Nichols]

I have heard when some of those dates will be, but am sworn to secrecy. I have been told that FIRST is shooting for a release of dates by mid-sept. I know Midwest was locked, then all of sudden had to change a couple weeks ago.

[SarahBeth]

Boston is usually mid-March, during Boston University's Spring Break since its held at their arena. I just checked the Agannis's event calendar and haven't seen anything yet, however since their spring break is March 10-17, it would make sense for the regional to be Week 3.

Speculating is fun! :D

[Phyrxes]

The American Physical Society meeting is at the Baltimore convention center during week 4 and I'm hedging that the Chesapeake Regional, Virginia Regional, and DC Regional are unlikely to overlap so I'm going with week 2 for Chesapeake unless there is some double secret venue change going on.

[ehfeinberg]

The American Physical Society meeting is at the Baltimore convention center during week 4 and I'm hedging that the Chesapeake Regional, Virginia Regional, and DC Regional are unlikely to overlap so I'm going with week 2 for Chesapeake unless there is some double secret venue change going on.

Supposedly Chesapeake is week 7 according to a MD-First Meeting. I didn't know there was a week 7.

[Phyrxes]

There was a week 7 last year, but wasn't it MAR and FiM championships and not regular regional events?

Edit: We had an awesome time in Chesapeake last year and want to come back but its unlikely to be workable if its week 7.

[rees2001]

Supposedly Chesapeake is week 7 according to a MD-First Meeting. I didn't know there was a week 7.

I believe there is also a Week 7 this year.

Make of this what you will.

[scottandme]

There's a MAR conference call tonight - expected to address the district events and championship event. Last I heard the plan was 6 qualifying events (up from 5), and a week 7 championship event due to scheduling issues.

[BigJ]

Hopefully Midwest and Milwaukee aren't stacked again this year. We missed seeing a bunch of our buddies in Chicago!

[tim-tim]

I think Chesapeake will see a lot of 'normal' antendees turn away if it is a week 7 event; for whatever reason.

[Qbot2640]

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Anyone have info on perhaps a new location or a new week? Nothing FIRST related is booked yet for March.

Also just heard that the MAR Championship will not be in "week 7" like last time. It will be week 6 and is moving from Temple University, new location is TBD.

I found this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/tennesseefirst/
That is counting down the days until 2013 regional. The countdown puts it in week 5.

[Basel A]

Word on the street says there's going to be a new MI district at Grand Blanc High School in Week 4.

[scottandme]

Here's what was just shown/discussed at the MAR teleconference. Trying for 6 district events with ~36 teams each depending on rookies and 3rd event registration.

Verified:

Week 1 - Hatboro-Horsham - March 1-3 (FSS)
Week 3 - Springside Chestnut Hill - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 4 - Lenape - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 4 - Mount Olive - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 7 (CMP) - Lehigh University - April 11-13 (TFS)

Tentative/Unverified:

Week 3 - The College of New Jersey - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 6 - Bridgewater-Raritan - April 5-7 (FSS)

[Akash Rastogi]

Here's what was just shown/discussed at the MAR teleconference. Trying for 6 district events with ~36 teams each depending on rookies and 3rd event registration.

Verified:

Week 1 - Hatboro-Horsham - March 1-3 (FSS)
Week 3 - Springside Chestnut Hill - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 4 - Lenape - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 4 - Mount Olive - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 7 (CMP) - Lehigh University - April 11-13 (TFS)

Tentative/Unverified:

Week 3 - The College of New Jersey - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 6 - Bridgewater-Raritan - April 5-7 (FSS)

This is an awesome tentative schedule. Thanks for the update Scott!

[musicgurl1329]

Here's what was just shown/discussed at the MAR teleconference. Trying for 6 district events with ~36 teams each depending on rookies and 3rd event registration.

Verified:

Week 1 - Hatboro-Horsham - March 1-3 (FSS)
Week 3 - Springside Chestnut Hill - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 4 - Lenape - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 4 - Mount Olive - March 22-24 (FSS)
Week 7 (CMP) - Lehigh University - April 11-13 (TFS)

Tentative/Unverified:

Week 3 - The College of New Jersey - March 14-16 (TFS)
Week 6 - Bridgewater-Raritan - April 5-7 (FSS)


I REALLY hope there is an event at TCNJ. Not just because I go there but, they are (from what I found from talking to professors/previously switching majors research) more than extremely interested in FIRST students.

[JB]

With more events hopefully it will be easier for teams that would like to sign up for three to do three events. Does anyone know if there was discussion of this during the meeting?

[Jared Russell]

There are no Week 2 MAR District Events...?

[tim-tim]

There are no Week 2 MAR District Events...?

...or week 5.

[Carol]

Easter is on week 5 and the thinking was to avoid this weekend. It also allows teams the week off to attend an outside regional if they desire.

But in truth, the driving factor in making the schedule is more based on when the schools are available. Frank Larkin and his committee has been working very, very hard on this. Thank him when you see him next.

Week 7 championship at Lehigh isn't totally verified yet, but the odds are it will be there.

When a event is listed as FSS or TFS (which are the days of the week - duh) that means the first day is setup day. So a FSS even will have competition on Saturday and Sunday.

[ehochstein]

Using the process of elimination you can determine when the Duluth, MN regionals will most likely happen... This is their schedule for March via this link (http://www.decc.org/calendar/calendar.aspx).

1 - 2 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Alabama-Huntsville Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
8 - 9 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Nebraska-Omaha Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
9 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra DSSO 7PM
22 - 23 MN Ballet | Firebird MN Ballet 7PM

The first event with UMD vs. Alabama eliminates the first weekend in March, the second events UMD vs. Nebraska and the Symphony Orchestra eliminate the second week. There is nothing scheduled the third weekend and the fourth weekend is taken up by a Ballet. I have also eliminated the fifth weekend as that is when the 10K Lakes and North Star regional typically occur.

I would like to remind everyone that it sounds like Duluth will be turning into a double regional this year exactly like the Minneapolis double regional. One will take place in the DECC arena and the other in the AMSOIL arena (From what I understand).

I realize it has been previously stated that the events will be taking place during week two but I fail to see where two regionals will take place if there are hockey games and an orchestra playing... I could always be wrong though.

It appears to me that the Duluth Regionals will be taking place from March 14th-16th, or week 3.

[scottandme]

With more events hopefully it will be easier for teams that would like to sign up for three to do three events. Does anyone know if there was discussion of this during the meeting?

They discussed it for a good amount of time. The cost is $1000 for the 3rd event - there was some talk about reducing the cost but decided to stick with $1000. I think it was partly a FIRST restriction and partly not wanting to use grant funds for anything but MAR CMP / World CMP.

They were definitely talking about more slots being open for 3rd event registration. The range is somewhere between 216 and 240 total slots (36-40 teams per event). 36 teams seemed to be the ideal they were shooting for, but some events are able to support more. We had 99 teams last year, so that eats 198 slots, and then add rookies (they were projecting 8).

The schedule this year might pose a problem, since it's pretty condensed, with only 4 competition weekends. We're still thinking that we want to attend an out of state regional, but it's hard to plan with 3 separate registration periods, and district registration coming first.

The week 7 CMP is one of the few bad parts of the district model, but apparently there wasn't a suitable venue to be found week 6.

It's going to be interesting how FIRST transitions as more regions go to the district model.

[Basel A]

Seven regional weeks, one week off, then the Championship.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/calendar/month/2013-04

[ehochstein]

Using the process of elimination you can determine when the Duluth, MN regionals will most likely happen... This is their schedule for March via this link (http://www.decc.org/calendar/calendar.aspx).

1 - 2 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Alabama-Huntsville Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
8 - 9 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Nebraska-Omaha Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
9 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra DSSO 7PM
22 - 23 MN Ballet | Firebird MN Ballet 7PM

The first event with UMD vs. Alabama eliminates the first weekend in March, the second events UMD vs. Nebraska and the Symphony Orchestra eliminate the second week. There is nothing scheduled the third weekend and the fourth weekend is taken up by a Ballet. I have also eliminated the fifth weekend as that is when the 10K Lakes and North Star regional typically occur.

I would like to remind everyone that it sounds like Duluth will be turning into a double regional this year exactly like the Minneapolis double regional. One will take place in the DECC arena and the other in the AMSOIL arena (From what I understand).

I realize it has been previously stated that the events will be taking place during week two but I fail to see where two regionals will take place if there are hockey games and an orchestra playing... I could always be wrong though.

It appears to me that the Duluth Regionals will be taking place from March 14th-16th, or week 3.


I wanted to follow up my previous statement, I was looking up the floor plan at the DECC here (http://www.decc.org/cms/files/ground-level.pdf) and realized that it is still might be possible to host a double during week two. Hockey would take up the AMSOIL arena, the orchestra would be in the Auditorium and the Existing Arena might have the potential to host two fields. I know that the South Pioneer Hall has enough space to hold at least 80 teams in the pit. They also might be able to convert the North Pioneer Hall into something other than Curling fields, but I am not 100% sure about that

I guess we will see in a few weeks when the schedule is finally released.

[MrTechCenter]

Los Angeles Regional is confirmed to be 3/20/2013-3/23/2013 at the Long Beach Arena.

[Mark Holschuh]

It appears that the Midwest Regional will not be a Week 1 or Week 2 event, as the UIC mens and womens basketball teams schedules show that they have home games at the Pavilion those weekends.

[bearbot]

WOW can anybody relate to cheaspeake regional being in week 7 i find that hard to believe it been week 3 or 4 forever why change it most veterans will turn away if they win other regionals and you only have a week to raise the fund for ST.Loius will be a tough climb for most::rtm::

[Basel A]

Michigan Events (confirmed here (http://firstinmichigan.org/FRC_2013/frc_2013_season.html)):
Week 1-Kettering District
Week 1-Traverse City District
Week 2-Gull Lake District
Week 2-Waterford District
Week 3-Detroit District
Week 3-St. Joseph District
Week 4-West Michigan District
Week 4-Grand Blanc District
Week 5-Livonia District
Week 5-Troy District
Week 7-Michigan State Championship

Same number of District events as last year (10). Niles and Northville Districts don't appear to be happening this year, replaced by District events in St. Joseph and Grand Blanc.

Michigan has grown by 8, 31, and 19 teams over the past three years. With 190 teams, Michigan is roughly 10 teams below the 10-district capacity of about 200 teams, which suggests the possibility that there will need to be an 11th district. We'll have to wait and see.

[Greg Young]

I just heard that the North Carolina regional has been bumped from week 2 to week 3 by a venue conflict. So *unofficially* North Carolina is week 3.

I guess we won't get to make our 5th appearance at Peachtree since it is also week 3. It looks like Palmetto or Smoky Mountains with Virginia also in week 3.

Unless NC gets moved again.

[Akash Rastogi]

MAR Email blast

"This season there will be six district events and one Mid-Atlantic Robotics Region Championship. 4 of the 6 district events have been finalized, and 2 are tentatively scheduled; we will notify you when they are finalized. We would like to thank our 4 returning hosts and look forward to working with our three new venues. The competition schedule is as follows:

Week 1: Fri - Sun 3/1 - 3/3 -- Hatsboro-Horsham (Horsham, PA) (finalized)
Week 2: no event scheduled-- HSPA testing in New Jersey
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16-- Springside/Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, PA) (finalized)
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16 -- The College of New Jersey (Ewing Township, NJ) (tentative)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Mt. Olive (Flanders, NJ) (finalized)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Lenape-Seneca (Tabernacle, NJ) (finalized)
Week 5: no event scheduled-- Holiday Week (Easter and Passover)
Week 6: Fri - Sun 4/5 - 4/7 -- A High School in Central New Jersey (Middlesex or Somerset Counties) (tentative)
Week 7: Thr - Sat 4/11 - 4/13 -- Mid-Atlantic Robotics Region Championship, Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) (finalized) "

[MarcSol]

It appears that the Midwest Regional will not be a Week 1 or Week 2 event, as the UIC mens and womens basketball teams schedules show that they have home games at the Pavilion those weekends.
I was told last year that the Midwest Regional is always held during UIC's spring break (no one else uses the Pavilion that week). According to the UIC Calendar, their Spring Break is March 25-29. I assume this puts the Midwest Regional during Week 5 (March 28-30).

If what I read here is correct, that puts us a week after the Wisconsin Regional which will be better than last year when they were the same weekend. I missed the Wisconsin Regional this year (not that I minded replacing it with the South Florida Regional... first a first year regional they did a GREAT job!)

[rsisk]

Please be careful with speculation about dates and locations. Nothing is confirmed until officially announced by FIRST.

If you make plans for your team before FIRST publishes dates, you may end up having to make changes to those plans. It has happened before.

[MrTechCenter]

If you go to www.firstchampionshiphousing.com and click on "Regionals" and then select "FRC" from the list, it will show you the list of 2013 regionals whose dates and locations have been confirmed. If you click on a regional it'll tell you the dates and venue. There's a handful that have already been confirmed. I heard that all the MAR events have been confirmed but there's no district events listed as of yet.

[Travis Hoffman]

If you go to www.firstchampionshiphousing.com (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com) and click on "Regionals" and then select "FRC" from the list, it will show you the list of 2013 regionals whose dates and locations have been confirmed. If you click on a regional it'll tell you the dates and venue. There's a handful that have already been confirmed. I heard that all the MAR events have been confirmed but there's no district events listed as of yet.

Looks like Queen City (housing website) and Wisconsin (venue website) are both on Week 4. That will be an interesting decision for us.

[bearbot]

WOW cheaspeake listed 4/10/13 to 4/13/13 which is a week 7 event bet their will be new teams that show up since its so late and so close to championship

[PayneTrain]

If NCR really gets bumped to week three I'll be so disappointed. I loved the simplicity of the Dorton Arena, the atmosphere, and the variety of teams. 422 can't turn down a regional two blocks from our school in VA, so I can see my old team putting the feelers out for a Week 5 or 6 regional within a few hours of home.

[Nate Laverdure]

I just heard that the North Carolina regional has been bumped from week 2 to week 3 by a venue conflict. So *unofficially* North Carolina is week 3.
Here is further evidence (http://www.ncstatefair.org/events/3-13.htm) that the NC regional will be week 3 (14-16 Mar).

This sucks-- VA, NC, and Peachtree will probably be all the same week.

[Phyrxes]

Assuming these dates hold up I see a lot of negotiating with our building administration over field trip dates, especially considering Champs is the week before AP exams if we qualify.

[MagiChau]

Assuming these dates hold up I see a lot of negotiating with our building administration over field trip dates, especially considering Champs is the week before AP exams if we qualify.

I have seen the discussion about AP exams and whether the FIRST Championship affects the students' preparation. I believe that if the student knows the material from studying throughout the year he or she should be able to do fine on the tests. You should read this thread. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86285&highlight=ap+exam+championship

[Gregor]

Regionals ~ New regionals are in bold, please tell me if I missed any

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule
BAE Granite State Regional - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break
Orlando - as per UCF spring break
Lone Star - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
New York - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Portland - as per Madison (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1185340&postcount=119)

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar
Boilermaker Regional - as per venue calendar
Peachtree - Confirmed by GeorgiaFirst
Duluth Regionals - as per this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1184534&postcount=89)
North Carolina - as per this (http://www.ncstatefair.org/events/3-13.htm)
St. Louis - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)

Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar
Los Angeles - as per this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1184610&postcount=93)
Queen City - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Phoenix Regional (Chandler, AZ) - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Utah - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Waterloo - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Central Washington - as per Madison (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1185340&postcount=119)

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar
Smokey Mountains Regional - as per venue calendar
Buckeye - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Greater Toronto West Regional - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
South Florida - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Seattle Century Link - as per Madison (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1185340&postcount=119)

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
SBPLI - as per Mark Mcleod
Las Vegas Regional - as per Joe from 987
Hawaii - as per First in Hawaii email
Western Canada - as per regional director
Colorado - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)
Pine Tree Regional (Lewiston, ME) - as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)

Spokane - as per Madison (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1185340&postcount=119)
Week 7 April 10th - April 13th:
Cheaspeake as per housing website (http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Regionals.aspx)



Michigan Events
Confirmed here (http://firstinmichigan.org/FRC_2013/frc_2013_season.html)

Week 1-Kettering District
Week 1-Traverse City District
Week 2-Gull Lake District
Week 2-Waterford District
Week 3-Detroit District
Week 3-St. Joseph District
Week 4-West Michigan District
Week 4-Grand Blanc District
Week 5-Livonia District
Week 5-Troy District
Week 7-Michigan State Championship

MAR Events

From here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1185146&postcount=98)

Week 1: Fri - Sun 3/1 - 3/3 -- Hatsboro-Horsham (Horsham, PA) (finalized)
Week 2: no event scheduled-- HSPA testing in New Jersey
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16-- Springside/Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, PA) (finalized)
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16 -- The College of New Jersey (Ewing Township, NJ) (tentative)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Mt. Olive (Flanders, NJ) (finalized)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Lenape-Seneca (Tabernacle, NJ) (finalized)
Week 5: no event scheduled-- Holiday Week (Easter and Passover)
Week 6: Fri - Sun 4/5 - 4/7 -- A High School in Central New Jersey (Middlesex or Somerset Counties) (tentative)
Week 7: Thr - Sat 4/11 - 4/13 -- Mid-Atlantic Robotics Region Championship, Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) (finalized)

[Saberbot]

Also, the Arizona Regional must have been renamed the phoenix regional. I believe they did this because Arizona FIRST was hoping to host a regional in Tucson this year, but it didn't go through. You can remove the Arizona regional from the list.

[Cory]

According to San Jose State's calendar, spring break will be the week of the 25th-29th, so it looks like Silicon Valley Regional will be Week 5, March 28th-30th.

This is not consistent with what I have heard.

[Travis Hoffman]

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

[mwmac]

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

It's down....

[rees2001]

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

Not just you. They let you see the page & select FRC but then.....
Good thing we got the list up here before it went away.

[waialua359]

Can someone clarify the MN regionals?
Is there a new one during week 2 in addition to the 2 already planned tentatively for week 3?
Or did one of the previous MN ones become replaced with the Northern Lights one?

Since we cannot go to the Alberta one during week 6 (Hawaii regional) , it looks as though week 2 and 3 in the same city would both be cost effective and a great place for snow activities for our students.:rolleyes:

[MechEng83]

Last year the offical dates came only a few days before registration opened at the end of September.

I really hope the official calendar comes out a little sooner than the week of registration. :ahh: getting agreements from the school administration on when the students can be out, aligning a regional with our spring break, and coordinating mentor schedules is a big deal, and the sooner we know, the better.

Thanks, everyone for providing information on when a lot of the regionals are. Now I only have 10ish permutations to work through, rather than 100s.

[jessss]

Can someone clarify the MN regionals?
Is there a new one during week 2 in addition to the 2 already planned tentatively for week 3?
Or did one of the previous MN ones become replaced with the Northern Lights one?

There will be four regionals in MN this year. 10,000 lakes, North Star, The Northern Lights Regional and Lake Superior regional. In previous years North Star and 10,000 lakes have been during week 5. It doesn't make sense that Lake Superior and Northern Lights would be in different weeks though. It doesn't sound right because I'm pretty sure the whole reason they were adding the Northern Lights regional was they wanted to have two regionals at the same time in Duluth.

[Tyler Olds]

There will be four regionals in MN this year. 10,000 lakes, North Star, The Northern Lights Regional and Lake Superior regional. In previous years North Star and 10,000 lakes have been during week 5. It doesn't make sense that Lake Superior and Northern Lights would be in different weeks though. It doesn't sound right because I'm pretty sure the whole reason they were adding the Northern Lights regional was they wanted to have two regionals at the same time in Duluth.

The last time I talked to the volunteer coordinator, I was told that it was going to be a double regional. I haven't heard of this changing in the last few months since I last talked to her.

[Mark McLeod]

I imagine that the housing calendar got pulled as soon as FIRST HQ realized (from this thread) that it was inadvertently put up. That's happened before, too.

Last year they didn't get all the contracts squared away and the dates officially blessed and published until two days before Registration opened.
Even then San Diego threw them for a loop at the end of October after teams had already registered and had to change venues, as well as weekends.

In most years FIRST always tries to get the dates published by mid-September. It's just that the contract signing rarely goes as expected and gets delayed or the dates move or the venue has to move.

FIRST has started publishing the Local Kickoff venues and info.

[Madison]

I am not sure if you have this in this thread yet.

Seattle is going from a double regional to a single regional. :(

There is a new "Central Washington Regional," though I am not sure where it is located.

•Portland March 6-9 (64 teams) (week 2)
•Central Washington (52 teams) March 20-23 (week 4)
•Seattle Century Link (64 teams) March 27-30 (week 5)
•Spokane April 3-6 (52 teams) (week 6)

[coachgallina]

when is the pittsburgh regional?

[Travis Hoffman]

when is the pittsburgh regional?

Good question. Just an observation - last year, Pittsburgh was Week 2 and the university's spring break coincided. I don't know if that is customary or a coincidence. This year, their spring break is Week 3. Gotta wait and see.

Week 3 is OGT testing for us, and typically off limits as a competition week.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Good question. Just an observation - last year, Pittsburgh was Week 2 and the university's spring break coincided. I don't know if that is customary or a coincidence. This year, their spring break is Week 3. Gotta wait and see.

Week 3 is OGT testing for us, and typically off limits as a competition week.

Week 2 for us is a big Band competition weekend in Ohio and we usually lose a lot of students and like you said Week 3 is OGT's. It isn't off limits just exclude's the sophomores from attending.

[dodar]

I dont know the exact dates for the South Florida Regional but per the FRC in South Florida Facebook page SFR is moving from Florida Atlantic University to the Broward County Convention Center.

[SarahBeth]

FIRST has started publishing the Local Kickoff venues and info.


So it looks like instead of a kickoff in Manchester, there's one in Boston for the Northeast. Interesting....

I'm sure that may change, or there's going to be 2.

[Brandon Holley]

So it looks like instead of a kickoff in Manchester, there's one in Boston for the Northeast. Interesting....

I'm sure that may change, or there's going to be 2.

I wouldn't read much into that. We've hosted a local kickoff in Boston for 5 years now in the same location.

-Brando

[Alan Anderson]

So it looks like instead of a kickoff in Manchester, there's one in Boston for the Northeast.

The one in Manchester doesn't show up where you're looking because it isn't a Local Kickoff. It's The Kickoff.

[Libby K]

Boston is usually mid-March, during Boston University's Spring Break since its held at their arena. I just checked the Agannis's event calendar and haven't seen anything yet, however since their spring break is March 10-17, it would make sense for the regional to be Week 3.

Speculating is fun! :D

Last year was not on BU's Spring Break- we had many BU students sign up to volunteer.

EDIT: (on mobile) - The list probably got taken down because FIRST wants to wait til all or most things are finalized. It will come back.

[SarahBeth]

The one in Manchester doesn't show up where you're looking because it isn't a Local Kickoff. It's The Kickoff.

This is true. :D ::rtm::

[ttldomination]

Looks like the actual event calendar is up.


Week One - February 28 – March 2

BAE Systems Granite State Regional - Manchester, NH
Central Valley Regional - Madera, CA
Finger Lakes Regional - Rochester, NY
Lubbock Regional – Lubbock, TX
Palmetto Regional – Myrtle Beach, SC

March 1-2
Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition – Horsham, PA
Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition – Flint, MI
Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition – Traverse City, MI

Week Two - March 7-9

Autodesk Oregon Regional – Portland, OR
Greater Toronto East Regional – Oshawa, ON
Lake Superior Regional – Duluth, MN
Lone Star Regional – Houston, TX
New York City Regional – New York, NY
Northern Lights Regional – Duluth, MN
Orlando Regional – Orlando, FL
San Diego Regional – San Diego, CA
WPI Regional – Worcester, MA

March 8-9

Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition – Richland, MI
Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition – Waterford, MI

Week Two and a Half - March 10-12

Israel Regional – Tel Aviv, IS

Week Three - March 14-16

Boilermaker Regional – West Lafayette, IN
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional – Montreal, QC
Greater Kansas City Regional – Kansas City, MO
North Carolina Regional – Raleigh, NC
Peachtree Regional – Duluth, GA
Pittsburgh Regional – Pittsburgh, PA
St. Louis Regional – St Louis, MO
Virginia Regional – Richmond, VA

March 15-16

Detroit FIRST Robotics District Competition – Detroit, MI
Springside - Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition - Philadelphia, PA
St Joseph FIRST Robotics District Competition – St Joseph, MI

Week Four - March 21-23

Bayou Regional – Kenner, LA
Boston Regional – Boston, MA
Central Washington Regional – Ellensberg, WA
Dallas Regional – Irving, TX
Los Angeles Regional – Long Beach, CA
Phoenix Regional – Chandler, AZ
Queen City Regional – Cincinnati, OH
Sacramento Regional – Davis, CA
Utah Regional sponsored by NASA – West Valley City, UT
Waterloo Regional – Waterloo, ON
Wisconsin Regional – Milwaukee, WI

March 22-23

Grand Blanc FIRST Robotics District Competition – Grand Blanc, MI
Lenape Seneca FIRST Robotics District Competition – Tabernacle, NJ
Mount Olive FIRST Robotics District Competition – Flanders, NJ
West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition – Allendale, MI

Week Five - March 28-30

Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting – San Antonio, TX
Buckeye Regional – Cleveland, OH
FIRST Connecticut Regional - TBD
Greater Toronto West Regional – Mississauga, ON
Inland Empire Regional – San Bernardino, CA
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional – Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota North Star Regional – Minneapolis, MN
Oklahoma Regional – Oklahoma City, OK
Seattle Regional – Seattle, WA
Smoky Mountains Regional – Knoxville, TN
South Florida Regional - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Washington DC Regional – Washington, DC

March 29-30

Livonia FIRST Robotics District Competition – Livonia, MI
Troy FIRST Robotics District Competition – Troy, MI

Week Six - April 4-6

Colorado Regional – Denver, CO
Crossroads Regional – Terre Haute, IN
Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems - TBD
Las Vegas Regional – Las Vegas, NV
Midwest Regional – Chicago, IL
Pine Tree Regional – Lewiston, ME
Razorback® Regional – Fayetteville, AR
SBPLI Long Island Regional – Hempstead, NY
Silicon Valley Regional – San Jose, CA
Spokane Regional – Cheney, WA
Western Canadian FRC Regional – Calgary, AB

Week Seven - April 11-13

Chesapeake Regional – Baltimore, MD
Michigan FRC State Championship – Ypsilanti, MI
Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship - Bethlehem, PA



April 24-27

FIRST Championship – St Louis, MO

- Sunny G.

[Steven Donow]

It looks like some MAR events are missing...


EDIT: On my phone and didn't look at the actual site.

[Libby K]

It looks like some MAR events are missing...

As noted on the site, anything TBD isn't listed.
(That's how I read it, at least)

[Koko Ed]

Looks like the actual event calendar is up.




- Sunny G.

Where is the link to this information?

[Kristian Calhoun]

Where is the link to this information?

Frank blogged about it here (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-09-14-12).

[JohnSchneider]

I can't believe Lubbock got a regional before Austin...

Oh well glad to see Arkansas got their own regional!

Some of those weeks are pretty event heavy though...

[rsisk]

Hooray! I can finally say it officially - Inland Empire Regional Week 5 at the beautiful Coussoulis Arena on the Cal State San Bernardino campus
http://arena.csusb.edu/

[JohnBoucher]

Wow. Baltimore Week 7.

[BrendanB]

I'm excited for the Pine Tree regional! Its nice when there are five regionals within a two hour drive from your house! :yikes:

[JohnBoucher]

New York City is a Thursday to Saturday this year! Was it that way last year? Our last visit was Friday to Sunday.

[Misty Dawn]

Has anyone heard about dates for the Hartford, CT Regional?

[Basel A]

FIRST's schedule seems to indicate that all the MAR district events are TFS as opposed to FSS. Is that inaccurate?

[JohnBoucher]

Has anyone heard about dates for the Hartford, CT Regional?
Week 5 location TBD

[Misty Dawn]

New York City is a Thursday to Saturday this year! Was it that way last year? Our last visit was Friday to Sunday.

Last year it was Friday to Sunday. We were there the 16th - 18th.

[dodar]

I wish the South Florida people could have gotten SFR to week 4 or week 6 because then Florida teams could possible throw in an OOS competition along with the 2 in-state ones.

[Kristian Calhoun]

FIRST's schedule seems to indicate that all the MAR district events are TFS as opposed to FSS. Is that inaccurate?
The four finalized MAR district events posted by FIRST match up with the dates posted by MAR here (http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/2013-district-events/). The difference is that the dates on the FRC blog cover two days, which is sometimes shifted to include the setup/practice day (or maybe match up with the FiM events, since they're listed together?). So far the Springside/Chestnut Hill district is the only TFS event, but the not-yet-finalized TCNJ event is expected to be TFS as well.

Week 1
Hatsboro-Horsham
MAR: March 1–3 [FSS]
FIRST: March 1-2

Week 3
Springside/Chestnut Hill
MAR: March 14–16 [TFS]
FIRST: March 15-16


Week 3
Lenape Seneca & Mount Olive Districts
MAR: March 22–24 [FSS]
FIRST: March 22-23

[Joe Ross]

FIRST's schedule seems to indicate that all the MAR district events are TFS as opposed to FSS. Is that inaccurate?

The official calendar shows several Saturday Sunday events for MAR. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regional-events I'm guessing Frank was just trying to save typing.

[Mark McLeod]

New York City is a Thursday to Saturday this year! Was it that way last year? Our last visit was Friday to Sunday.

The NYC dates conflict between Frank's post and the FIRST schedule on What's Going On (http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon).
I suspect Frank's is correct.

March 8,9,10
Friday/Saturday/Sunday

[Basel A]

The four finalized MAR district events posted by FIRST match up with the dates posted by MAR here (http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/2013-district-events/). The difference is that FIRST's dates cover two days, which is sometimes shifted to include the setup/practice day (or maybe match up with the FiM events, since they're listed together?). So far the Springside/Chestnut Hill district is the only TFS event, but the not-yet-finalized TCNJ event is expected to be TFS as well.

Week 1
Hatsboro-Horsham
MAR: March 1–3 [FSS]
FIRST: March 1-2

Week 3
Springside/Chestnut Hill
MAR: March 14–16 [TFS]
FIRST: March 15-16


Week 3
Lenape Seneca & Mount Olive Districts
MAR: March 22–24 [FSS]
FIRST: March 22-23

My best guess would be that you're right and the dates on the blog were shifted to match the MI districts (as Joe said, to save typing), but I was just wondering if there was official confirmation of that, since the official FIRST calendar isn't updated yet (only shows 2012 events).

[RoboMom]

Wow. Baltimore Week 7.

Another great Chesapeake Regional brought to you by the folks who work so hard to make this a fabulous event. Sometimes you just have to roll with the cards you are dealt.

[mwmac]

One thing I don't understand why First would schedule Calgary the same week as Spokane. Seems you will have two regionals drawing largely from the same pool of teams.:confused:

[BigJ]

One thing I don't understand why First would schedule Calgary the same week as Spokane. Seems you will have two regionals drawing largely from the same pool of teams.:confused:

It's largely based on when dates work out with venues. Milwaukee and Chicago were the same weekend last year.

[Jimmy Nichols]

One thing I don't understand why First would schedule Calgary the same week as Spokane. Seems you will have two regionals drawing largely from the same pool of teams.:confused:

The goal is to always stagger events close to each other while balancing the number of events each week and fitting within the venue availability. A very tough thing to do and Why FIRST doesn't publish the calender early.

[Alpha Beta]

It's largely based on when dates work out with venues. Milwaukee and Chicago were the same weekend last year.

Kansas City and St. Louis fall on the same week for the first time ever this year. Could impact the strength of both events. Kansas City might have more room for out of town talent for those looking for a week 3 event with their second registration.

Interesting graph for which regionals fill first for the2010 season. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=888682&postcount=181)

More recent information from 2012 (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1182472&postcount=282).

[Tom Ore]

Kansas City and St. Louis fall on the same week for the first time ever this year. Could impact the strength of both events. Kansas City might have more room for out of town talent for those looking for a week 3 event with their second registration.

Could be an issue for us as well. Week 3 is the start of spring break and we don't usually schedule regionals at either end of spring break due to conflicts with student vacation travel, band trips, etc. I'd hate to miss Kansas City - it's a great event.

[SarahBeth]

Hmm, Manchester and WPI run back to back this year, and I believe WPI is going to be a full regional now that their new recreation facility is done. But Boston's the same weekend that it was last year, so that's nice. :)

[P.J.]

Ooh Midwest is during Michigan's off week...I think it may finally be the year I go on a volunteering road trip :yikes:

[Coach Norm]

I can't believe Lubbock got a regional before Austin...


I think the biggest factor here was the location for the next regional in Texas. Lots of West Texas teams made the trip to either Dallas or Alamo last year. Lubbock also gives Eastern New Mexico growth a better chance to happen.

Being centrally located here in Austin, we have lots of choices for the teams in our area to attend already.

Excited to see the schedule though.

Do you know where in Irving, the tournament will be and if it will be a double again?

Norman

[jee7s]

Do you know where in Irving, the tournament will be and if it will be a double again?

Norman

With a cap of 54 teams, it looks like a single field only. According to the event list, it'll be at the Irving Convention Center on Las Colinas Blvd.