Originally Posted by MikeE (Post 1060473)

Perfect - let's give some travel love to New England teams and hold the Championships in Manchester, NH :D

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 (Post 1060577)

Yes, but the Summit high adventure reservation will most likely be used by the BSA year-round, bringing in $$$. Additionally, they got a huge, very generous donation that payed for a huge portion of the initial cost.

Now if FIRST were to be given a gargantuan sum of money, that would at least be a step in the right direction.

Originally Posted by The Lucas (Post 1060581)

Did anyone mention Phillips Arena back there in Atlanta? Seats 18-20k
Wouldn't it be funny to go back to ATL only to use the Arena next to the Georgia Dome? :D
Of course with the Hawks and the Thrashers calling it home, I am sure it wouldn't work.

Originally Posted by dodar (Post 1060454)

Thats what FIRST could do. Build 3 arenas to the same spec to what it needs to fit CMP perfectly, put one on the East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest. And then have a rotating CMP. Like 2012 would be East > 2013 would be Midwest > 2014 would be West >2015 would be East > etc... And you would try to keep them in line. Like East = Virginia, Midwest = Kansas, and West = California.

Originally Posted by Cory (Post 1060705)

Got $300,000,000?

The GWCC alone cost $350,000,000 to build. Granted you're not building the entire thing, but you want to build 2-3 halls of a convention center, plus a dome? That's probably $100,000,000 a pop.

Originally Posted by Cory (Post 1060705)

Got $300,000,000?

The GWCC alone cost $350,000,000 to build. Granted you're not building the entire thing, but you want to build 2-3 halls of a convention center, plus a dome? That's probably $100,000,000 a pop.

Originally Posted by dodar (Post 1060709)

Or you could go with seeing if a college would want a CC next to their basketball arena? Have them use it along with FIRST, half the cost with the college and get some big sponsors you could drastically lower the cost. I mean you could check at like Virginia Tech, Univ. of Kansas, and Stanford.