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Originally Posted by Pjohn1959
The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio would hold everything in one place.
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Originally Posted by dodar
The Orange County Convetion Center in Orlando could hold World's like 50 times at the same time.
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Looks like Houston and Orlando would be fine from a space perspective. I would question San Antonio (size of convention center).
For reference, at St. Louis, the five halls are 340,000 sq. ft. not including the dome space. That space looks to be mostly used from the FIRST provided maps as to how tight it is hard to saw from the map. The dome is 105,000 - 145,000 sq ft of additional area.
Is a space that would require bleachers/stands for all fields acceptable? Where would you have a near 500 team FRC group sit for the Einstein matches and awards (more if FTC and FLL groups are still around)? Ultimately, that question can be boiled down to this: is getting away from a stadium/convention center set-up acceptable?
When I asked about what venues, I had in my head the stadium/convention center set up. Last year around this time, I think the three places that came up were Atlanta, St. Louis, and Indy. I may go back and look to see if any others were mentioned.