[RyanJK]

Hello everyone,

I've heard from a few FIRST staff members that 10 cities have given FIRST bids to host the next world championship and are currently considered to be in the running. Those cities are:

1) St. Louis
2) Orlando
3) Atlanta
4) Anaheim
5) Indianapolis (but they couldn't host the 2015 championship due to planned construction, or something like that)
6) New York City
7) Chicago
8) Philadelphia
9) Detroit
10) San Diego

I was told that, while other cities can still give FIRST a bid, at this point it is unlikely that this will happen, meaning the championship will be in one of these cities unless someone comes in out of nowhere with an amazing deal.

I think the most interesting thing about these cities is that it seems FIRST is willing to explore the idea of not having Worlds in a NFL stadium/convention center affair. That could lead to some very cool host cities in the future!