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Re: Ohio going to Districts?

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
Only one of the 18 FiM District events was previously a Regional location (W Mich.). Great Lakes was the MSC location until this year. Wayne State couldn't guarantee the arena one year because their basketball team might have made playoffs, so we moved out of there too.

On the subject of moving to smaller cities in more remote locations, we now have 3 - Traverse City (from year 1), Escanaba (last year) and Standish (new this year). It resembles "build it and they will come". More importantly, the event becomes a community and media event in the smaller locations. I was at the first TC event, and it was well covered by the local news media. People came from quite a distance away to see what it was about.
Instead of "regional venue" I should have said "regional location". You don't run away from the volunteers, sponsors, and especially the teams who are concentrated in those larger urban centers. You can have the events at whatever venue you can afford within the metro area of interest.

And if you want to establish other district competitions in more podunk locations, more power to ye.
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