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Not sure they can add 70 plus teams in just 13 days.

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Up to 47 can be added after Week 7 events for merit-based slots alone. If FIRST wants to take teams off the waitlist up to 400 even in a short amount of time, I can guarantee you teams will find a way.

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I challenge you to find a larger venue. :D

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Atlanta. Pits were in only one conference hall, of 3 possible ones, in any given year. And some of those halls could easily hold bleachers if needed, so if you really took over the space you could put 8 fields and 8 divisional pits in 3 conference halls and the Dome. Can't do that in St. Louis.

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That would probably be the biggest undertaking in Atlanta since the Olympics. You would take over the city of Atlanta.

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Or Orlando, where the largest convention center in the world is. You'd have to drop the 'domed stadium' aspect of it though.

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Even though that would be AMAZING, I wouldnt like the OCCC because it wouldnt have the "big time feel" like a major stadium does. Plus, the stadium seating, more often than not, has better seating than bleachers. Orlando would be a really good city for CMP though; tons of things to do, tons of hotels, and tons of restaurants. But I think Orlando is out of the question because FIRST tried Orlando for a few years at Epcot and they left for probably a good reason.

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George R. Brown Convention Center? The Lone Star Regional took up only one hall out of the several it has...or possibly Reliant Stadium/Center...

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What the location of events always comes down to, is the Venue. Now while I was a tike back then Epcot happened, I can tell you that the event just out grew the venue (among the other issues I know arose). It really wasn't an issue with the city, but there wasn't a good venue.

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2003 was NOT a good year to go to Championships. The pits were in the Astrodome, down all the ramps to the floor. The fields were 1/4 mile away in the Reliant, as the crow flies, but more like 1 mile as the robot cart rolls, up the ramps. Not to mention security around the venue generated quite a few lines for bag searches and the like.

I speak from experience.

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Well I know that, the Astrodome year sucked. I've heard enough stories about the nightmares of back then. Probably not the best idea to hold the Championships right after the Rodeo...

I still believe that the GRB would work.

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No way.

Atlanta can easily very handle it. GWCC hall 'C' can handle the 400 teams, plus all the other stuff like FLL, FTC, and vendors, scholarship row, etc, plus you have the dome for then fields. And there is still GWCC hall 'B' and hall 'A' if you really needed to expand.

And tons of hotel space. Sporting events like SEC championships, multiple college games, Braves, conventions, etc are here all the time, often simultaneously, and there are plenty of accommodations.

Transportation wise it could be argued that Atlanta is the 'center of the traveling US'. According to Airports Council International, Atlanta Hartsfield is the busiest airport in the world. Many people that would need to get to the geographical center of the US would have to travel through Atlanta to get there. 95 million or roughly 250K passengers a day go through the airport.

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I never said it couldnt handle it. I meant it as an accomplishment. Everything that has happened in Atlanta, like you listed, and yet they would all pretty much be dwarfed in size by an 8 Field/Pit FIRST Championship. The population of Atlanta would probably grow by about 100,000 people for about a week. Oh, and you add into it the jrFLL, FLL, and FTC stuff that goes on at the same time. That maybe jumps it up to 125,000-150,000 in population growth. lol That's just an amazing thing to think about.

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Interesting. I think the limiting factor then becomes time, since you would have to fit in 4 more eliminations series (World quarterfinals). Not saying it can't be done, it's just adding more matches to an already tight schedule.

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You'd have to extend Division eliminations to 4 or 5 PM and start Einstein at 7 or 8.