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Originally Posted by JamesBrown
Just curious, what email blast did this come from? I would hate to go to a regional at the Armory or ECAV. ECAV would be much more crowded than WPI and the Armory seating would be terrible, parkin will stink (and it leaks in bad weather). The HFH would have pit space but not much seating, it is half the size of the Verizon center and had 2500 less seats than the Agganis arena. The only place in the capital region I would think could host a good regional would be the TUC (Pepsi Arena? I don't know what it is called anymore)
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I've spend a decent amount of time, along with Chris and Carl looking at where a regional would best fit on RPI's campus. ECAV sits 1,200 for basketball, that's 200 more than WPI use to be able too. With the pits being in a different gym there would be room to add some more seats. Still not the most ideal location. The HFH sits 5000+ not all these seats would have a good view but more than enough seats for a 40 team event. RIT sits 4000 for 45+ teams. The Armory would require bringing in almost all the seating, this is very similar to whats done at any regional that is held in a convention center.
Parking isn't great at any of these locations. What do you expect in a city? A short simple shuttle just like RPI does for hockey games could easily solve that problem.