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Re: NEFIRST Championship
Happy to provide some clarity on this.
Like our many past Regional, District, and Off-season events, the NE FIRST Championship will be hosted in Harrington Auditorium & the Sports & Rec Center.
Harrington (and its 2500+ seats.. meaning each of the 60 teams can have 40+ people with plenty of room) will host the competition area, mentor lounge (with birds-eye view of the field), scholarship row, t-shirt sales, and other displays.
And yes, they are just bleachers. Seat cushions are recommended!
In the connected Rec Center will be the pit area. No doubt, this will be a cozy fit! Like BC last year, it will feature up to 60 teams. In the choice between a little more elbow room and a few more teams, we decided more teams is better.
In the lobby between Harrington and Rec Center there will be inspection, as well as displays from EI and RAS winners who are attending without their robots.
One floor up from the pit, accessible via the freight elevator in the pit, is the practice area. This will include a full field (with full electronics running matches), 2 quarter fields (what is typically provided at a district), and an open carpeted area (teams are encouraged to bring their own totes/bins for this area).
I hope this clarified the locations of the event. WPI is looking forward to hosting the top teams in New England in an awesome event!
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Colleen Shaver (Traitor) - Assistant Director, WPI Robotics Resource Center
FRC190 WPI/Mass Academy (2001-Present) :: FRC246 BU/O'Bryant School (2000) :: FRC126 Nypro/Clinton High (1996-1999)

Last edited by ColleenShaver : 03-04-2015 at 15:26.
Reason: Steve said my grammar was bad.
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