nope the site is working and there is nothing about nats

For the in the dome that opens:
It seems nobody has been to Toronto for the infamous opening SkyDome.

Chris

Almost confimable rumors state that Disney's only date they offered FIRST for hosting the the championship was May 1st- 3rd, but FIRST had to reject because they felt that May was too late for the championship, also the price butchering was another factor.

My sources state that the Nationals will be either April 10th- 12th or April 24th to 26th.

I know why don't we have the competition at UNH!!! Everyone bring your robots up here we can use the hockey center as the playing field and everyone can gain some vital college experience by visiting UNH:D Wow I'm dreaming now but it would be fun.

You, sir, are absolutely correct. With a little research, I found this Real Audio stream of Dean's interview this morning.. Jump to about one minute 50 seconds to hear him state the Championship Event location.

Enough said. Thanks Joel! :cool:


[edit] now, waiting for a date....[/edit]

If they release something today, can someone please e-mail my cell


Mobile@htownradio.cjb.net

Wow, Texas

Dean said in the interview that this years National Championship will be held in "The new version of what used to be called the Astrodome." Now does he it could be any one of the buildings in Reliant Park ie. Stadium, Centre, Arena, Hall, or the Astrodome itself? I couldn't find a website for any of these except for the Texans website, so I was unable to find anything.

I think that it will be at the Astrodome or the Stadium becasue from what I found for exhibition space there is no bleacher seating except for in these two places. So unless the are going to pay more money to bring in bleachers then I'm goin with the Astrodome.

Oh yeah, just so you all know Six Flags doesn't open weekdays until the second to last week of May so there wont be much to do on Thursday and Friday unless they wait till late May or they have some kind of special deal for the teams. (maybe a private team party?)

While it's true that the convention center doesn't have bleacher seating, by the same token, the Astrodome and Stadium don't really have any large, easily powered areas for pits spaces. And as big as FIRST is, the fields would still be fairly small and insignificant looking when placed inside a huge football stadium like the Astrodome or Reliant Stadium. So I think it could still swing either way, really.

so, what now.....
 

So, when do you think the announcement will come? Also, do you think that it was an intentional leak to see if we'd catch it, or accidental, or they just haven't put it on the website yet?

Re: so, what now.....
 

I think he didn't announce the dates on the radio, and details haven't been firmed up enuf for FIRST to want to post the announcement yet.

Just checked with hotel near Astrodome, they said FIRST would be coming in on April 10-12, 2003.

Thank you!

Wow. you people sure do take your decective work seriously. Still, even if that is the day, I think it's important to remember that it hasn't been officially announced by FIRST, and more importantly, that anyone jumping the gun and booking flights and hotels now is going to miss out on whatever packages FIRST is diligently working on for the teams. Indeed, booking things now will probably undermine FIRST's efforts.