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Originally Posted by AlbatrossAgain
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  )? |
Approximate cost to take 30 students, 2 coaches and 4 Mentors from South Texas
US FIRST Registration Fee – $5000.00
Travel by Plane- $14000.00
Hotel for 14 rooms for 4 nights – $20000.00
Food for students/Coaches $5769.00
Trailer and Towing (pit structure, tools and spare part) $2500.00
Total cost for sending the Team $47,269
there are many other items that were not included (Parking, baseball tickets :-), etc.