Denver/Boulder, Colorado
Reno, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadia
San Diego, California

Don't let few teams in a state fool you.
Arizona: 17 teams
Texas: 19 teams
Missouri: 11 teams
Georgia: 15 teams (14 rookies)
New Hampshire: 16 teams
Illinois: 16 teams


Wetzel
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A little bird told me.

For a Hawian regional I think it would cost a lot of money... How many teams would actually go??

Wouldn't the question first be how many Hawaiian high schools are there who could make a regional (I stopped counting at 28)...

hawaiian high schools

then how many teams would go...

US FIRST!

Thats a list of all the high schools but how many are in first???

D'oh!

The FIRST question is how quickly they can be assimilated.

There are currently 6 Hawaiian teams.
Geogia had 1 last year, and got a regional this year.


Wetzel
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Build it and they shall come.

thats true... there would probably be more teams if they added a regional...

Reno? Why not Vegas? There is plenty of show space, lots of cheap hotel rooms, and ample public transportation.

perhaps FIRST should get the european teams to asimilate a bunch more than hold a regional over there

A European regional would be great! It's the only way to get a critical mass of European teams. As long as they have to cross the Atlantic to compete, there won't be many, but as soon as we get a regional on the other side of the pond, there will be teams jumping at the chance. I'm sure a few North American teams could be persuaded to go over the first year to jumpstart the competition, too...

CNY regional
 

What about Syracuse, NY?

It would be cool to have one here, we've got the Carrier Dome and lots of hotels, two teams locally plus Rochester's only an hour away, Clarkson's team is only 2.5 hrs away, albany's 2-3 hrs away - we're in the center of most things, albeit there is a six flags near Rochester....

Cheers

Aaron Knight
Webmaster, Team 891
http://first891.topcities.com

OH YEAH!
 

i wonder what will they call "nationals" then... haha

Hawaii
 

I want a competition in hawaii, altho i havent heard any rumors

Re: OH YEAH!
 

They already refer to it as the "Championship Event." Dave Lavery was bugging about that the other day... If they start a European regional and want to make the final event more special, they can stick a "World" in front of "Championship."