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Originally Posted by AlbatrossAgain
It is curious to see that of the 12 teams that were on Einstein last year, and could go to the World Championship for free, two are not going: 207 & 548. My guess is that it had to do with costs associated with travelling to St. Louis.
What additional costs/challenges are there to going to world's, other than the entry fee? Does anyone have any ballpark figures on how much travel and other expenses are for an average team (as if there were an average FIRST team  )? |
These teams were offered automatic spots for CMP not a free ticket. They were treated the same as HOF or Legacy Teams. They still had to pay their registration costs.
There is no free lunch... or free CMP...
We are a team that usually takes about 25 students to CMP. Our costs are in the neighborhood of $9000 for airfare,
$8000 for hotel $5000 for registration $2000 for shipping pit supplies/incidentals...so a total of approximately $25,000 to attend.
We are from Seattle so your airfare might vary... we get our airline tickets early...