Another Idea of Expanding the Nationals

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Posted by Wayne Cokeley at 04/11/2001 1:21 PM EST


Coach on team #25, Raider Robotix, from North Brunswick Twp. H.S. and Bristol-Myers Squibb.



Everybody seems to be on the topic of what to do if FIRST outgrows EPCOT- here is another view

Consider dividing the country into 4-6 large regions which each have a handfull of regional events. Every year the National event changes venue to a large theme park in one of the 4-6 major regions. This would allow small teams from each section of the country to have at least a chance of getting to a National event when it is in their neighborhood. The change of venue would expose the travelling teams to new sections of the American culture and the proximity of the big event would be a shot in the arm for the FIRST program in that region of the country every few years.
Disney has been great to FIRST and we should always be grateful for it. Maybe Anaheim,Cal. is a possible site? Or how about the Six Flags theme park chain? They have big crowd venues all over the country.

In any case- the guys in the FIRST office will no doubt be left with THAT major problem to solve. They might appreciate the help of our regional teams....

WC- looking forward to the Nationals in Honolulu.....

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Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 04/11/2001 1:24 PM EST


Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.


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Posted by Wayne Cokeley on 04/11/2001 1:21 PM EST:



Theme parks are great and all, but I still don't think they're big enough to handle Nats. Even the big crowd venues probably wouldn't be big enough to handle all the fields and pits and such, as they're not THAT big and not really setup for doing what FIRST does....

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Posted by Chris Orimoto at 04/11/2001 11:11 PM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation.


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Posted by Wayne Cokeley on 04/11/2001 1:21 PM EST:



Trust me, I also would like to see an event in Hawaii...
Well, I'm not sure it will take us to get a handful of teams formed down here...but I'd personally like to see a regional event held in Hawaii in a few years. I'm sure the west coast teams would just LOVE that idea.

Just my personal thoughts...

Chris, #368