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Originally Posted by PVCpirate
It looks like FIRST's way of compensating for the capital region teams not being able to join New England. Must feel good to have a local regional now though.
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This is exactly why there's such a strong push for this regional. Without this regional, Albany region teams would have lost their four closest events. Finger Lakes is several hours from here, and regionals farther than Finger Lakes aren't logistically possible for most of us.
I am extremely excited that I live within 2 blocks of the three possible venues. I haven't heard if it will take place in the Houston Field House (RPI's hockey arena, think a BAE style layout), ECAV (RPI's basketball court, think like WPI), or the Armory (older athletic center, would be more like Connecticut). Either way, RPI should be an excellent venue for a FIRST event - just off the road from multiple major highways, plenty of parking, reasonably sized venues, a few nearby hotels, and you don't even have to drive in downtown Troy to get there.
Hopefully with the venue being announced as at RPI, students (like myself) will take an active role in planning and volunteering. There are a fair number of FIRST alums at RPI, but not a lot of them are active with teams. This regional would be a great way to help out and stay involved without destroying your GPA.