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Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!

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Originally Posted by Francis-134 View Post
I find your comment most perplexing. First, I would assume that the NEFIRST committee is not just blind-picking events, but is doing homework on where to put them. It is their job to find a suitable location, taking into account a number of factors, and I would hesitate to assume they failed in this capacity.

Additionally, the facility held a 60 team, two day event only 4 months ago. The venue seating is likely large enough, and there is ample hotel space within 15 minutes of WPI.

Can you elaborate on how you think the facility would not be able to hold the event? What specifically do you think would make the facility unable to accommodate a DCMP?
Speaking as somebody with absolutely no horse in the race, so to speak, the issues I've seen in this thread mostly aren't whether it is possible to hold the event at WPI (I think the majority trust that the planning committee on this point), but rather it will be of the same quality as last year's championships. I can't speak to that either, as I only watched them online-- and from a computer screen both WPI and the NE champs last year looked like quality events. But we all know that there's a lot more to making an event pleasant both to experience and compete in than what the field looks like or what how good the webcast is.

I also think that the previous posts concerning WPI hosting the NE championships have been pretty clear, and it would make sense to directly address those concerns (but like I said, I don't have much of an opinion other than hoping that everyone can have the best possible event, so take my opinion for what it is: that of a vaguely interested and hardly invested bystander).
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