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If only Cobo Arena was still a thing... It almost has to be college level, NCAA basketball would be done by then as it would be the championships. Could land at Van Andel, but I'm not sure about pit space there. I can't see it being anywhere but EMU. They already know the event, the schedule appears to work there. But I don't know how you could fit any more teams into that building without putting pits in the loading area and by the freight elevator.

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This means a water game right?

http://m.imgur.com/a/UXbNQ

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I was gonna say, I thought I read a report about the Silverdome being abandoned seems I was right

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Honestly, it's starting to sound like Michigan should split into two separate districts. When you have enough teams in the district that everyone that makes it to the district championship also makes it to states, then the district championshipbecomes meaningless. This is something that FIRST really needs to look at and come up with some rules on... It doesn't make sense to habe an event when everyone who attends progresses to the next state-owned it just turns into a required payment in order to then pay for the next level.

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I think you're mistaking FIRST's website for actually giving accurate numbers. You're probably seeing some duplicates through FIRST's "What's in My Area?" function, or teams that aren't actually registered for this season. I know CA is stretching to hit the 250 team milestone this year, with a goal of 251.

Source: On Sac RPC, talk to RD's once a month.

Meanwhile, FiM continues to grow at an inspiring rate. When something works, it just works.

-Mike

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You can't go only by seating capacity. Calihan hall was the site of the FLL State tournament long ago, until FLL wouldn't fit there any more.

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Yea, I see only 223 California teams registered and in an event so far.

2728 total teams at the moment.

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My thoughts on MSC would be that instead of dividing into two districts, it would become more like CMP by having divisions, allowing it to expand. This way, more teams would get more matches at the championship. My idea would be to have two 40 team divisions for this year, and run the divisions like a normal 40 team district event.

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From little information I have heard through the grape vine, MSC will 100+ teams with two fields. How it is to be broken up is anyone's guess. Also newest rumors are that the event will be held somewhere on the west side of the state.

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West side? Where? I'm not trying to bash where I live, but we just don't have the capacity for that anywhere that I can think of. Everywhere that does doesn't have seating and everywhere that has seating doesn't have the capacity for that many teams plus two fields. I've never been to DeVos though, is there anyone here who has inside knowledge of that building?

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If it is on the West side of the state I'd say it would be at Van Andel Arena. Not sure how well it would fit two fields though.

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Holy Moses!

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Interesting. All of the rumors I've heard hint at Ford Field. But those are only rumors, as I have absolutely no connections with anyone involved with making this decision. I'm interested to see how this shakes out.

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Methinks FiM knows more than VIMs.;)

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However, they also haven't updated the pictures on their website since 2010. There is always the chance that they are a little behind...