There have been repositionings as a few teams have withdrawn from some events and moved to others.
Maybe due to nerves as events fill up so quickly.
I'd guesstimate that at least two Regionals are now showing in the single digits of maximum venue capacity. At least one has already assigned 6 slots past what was listed for Initial Capacity. Of course, waitpools for each event may have already made the allocation of remaining spots moot, just waiting on potential rookies, then HQ and the RD's to assign the remaining slots to teams waiting in the wings.
22% of Regional Events are at Initial Capacity (last year it was 11%, 6 Regionals + 1 District at this time):
- Granite State (25) (week 1)
- Boilermaker (30+1) (week 3)
- Pittsburgh (30+6) (week 3)
- WPI (32) (week 2)
- LI (39) (week 7)
- Silicon Valley (42+2) (week 6)
- Oregon (54) (week 2)
- Seattle (54+1) (week 5)
- Waterloo (20) (week 4)
- St. Louis (26) (week 3)
- Phoenix (40) (week 4)
- Midwest (43+1) (week 6)
- Peachtree (46) (week 3)
Events with Initial openings reduced to single digits (last year there were 2 Regionals + 5 Districts by this time):
- (4) Boston
- (4) Smoky Mountains
- (6) Los Angeles
- (7) Orlando
- (7) Finger Lakes
- (7) Razorback
- (7) MAR Hatboro-Horsham
- (8) 10000 Lakes
- (9) Montreal
P.S.
14 defunct veteran teams have resurfaced, the oldest having been away for 11 years (Hampton Bays High School here on Long Island).
36% of last year's teams have yet to re-register.
Really 26% are expected to show, since normally 10% of teams do not return the very next year.
Of course, it hasn't even been a week yet, so I'm just being impatient.