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qwertyuiop[]\ 25-04-2009 16:48

Re: Location Suggestion for 2010 Championship
 
i would love to say that the DC convention center would be a great place, but considering price, it probably would be a little absurd. Also if you are trying to get from the airport to the competition via train it would work to well coming from reagan because most flights to DC come through dulles. THis location as a champion ship event would only work once the dulles rail extension is completed. however concerning space, there is plenty of it. the DC regional was full with plenty of space to spare, while only using one of the centers 4 halls which can be combined into one.

Koko Ed 25-04-2009 17:00

Re: Location Suggestion for 2010 Championship
 
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Originally Posted by Macdaddy549 (Post 854665)
My suggestion is Disney. I attended the 2001 event and the atmosphere was electric. Much more than the Championships since. The pits and the playing fields were not far away from each other. That meant for an easy transition from the field to the pit. You have to admit that it's a VERY long walk. With this great distance it's hard to go back and forth. Also the venue is much to big. It doesn't have that closeness like the regionals. Let's get away from these giant 70,000 seat stadiums. You only need seating for 15,000 at the most. That's my 2cents. :ahh:

I don't get the Disney love fest seriously.
All I remember was being hot all the time and could care less about the robots.
Going to the parks afterwards was nice and all but our old lead teacher was right: the FIRST championships at Disney is more about Disney than is about FIRST.
We need to be somewhere where FIRST is the main focus not a side attraction in an amusement park.

Richard Wallace 25-04-2009 17:59

Re: Location Suggestion for 2010 Championship
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed (Post 854977)
I don't get the Disney love fest seriously.
All I remember was being hot all the time and could care less about the robots.
Going to the parks afterwards was nice and all but our old lead teacher was right: the FIRST championships at Disney is more about Disney than is about FIRST.We need to be somewhere where FIRST is the main focus not a side attraction in an amusement park.

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I know the kids on my team had fun when FIRST was at EPCOT in '97, but FIRST wasn't always the first thing on their minds. The adults on the team saw it very differently -- several of them told me they'd rather have been there with their own families. The following year we chose to compete at the (new) Midwest Regional, rather than go back to Disney.

Donut 25-04-2009 18:27

Re: Location Suggestion for 2010 Championship
 
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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock (Post 854574)
The following are cities that offer an Airport to affiliated city train service just like Atlanta currently does.

This is the best thing Atlanta has over a lot of other cities in the past who have held The Championship Event in my opinion.

This fact is why I was surprised to see Phoenix mentioned as one of the Finalists a few pages back. Phoenix has a venue now (the Arizona Cardinals stadium is across the street from the Phoenix Coyotes hockey arena, and there is a large convention center in one of the hotels in the same plaza), and a track record from hosting the recent Super Bowl and NCAA Football Championship, but the major thing still missing is a good transportation link to the airport. The stadium is at least a 20 minute drive from the airport, and although Phoenix just opened a light rail system it is not planned to connect to the stadium until 2017. In addition although we hosted a number of events most people for those big games had to be bussed over because there aren't enough hotels right by the stadium quite yet (and with no light rail line, no easy access to hotels a little further away).

I will say however that Phoenix would be an excellent location for the 2017 Championships and beyond :D


Anyway if a change of scenery can be made to the Championships without compromising its quality, I'm all for it.


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