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Re: Future First Championship News
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/2017-...p-announcement
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Future FIRST Championship Q&A
Where and when will the FIRST Championship be held in the coming years?
2015: St. Louis, MO: April 22-25, 2015
2016: St. Louis, MO: April 27-30, 2016
2017: Houston, TX: April 19-22, 2017St. Louis, MO: April 26-29, 2017 2018: Houston, TX: April 18-21, 2018Detroit, MI: April 25-28, 2018 2019: Houston, TX: April 17-20, 2019Detroit, MI: April 24-27, 2019 2020: Houston, TX: April 15-18, 2020Detroit, MI: April 29- May 2, 2020 Why is FIRST holding multiple Championships?
FIRST knows how transformative the FIRST Championship experience can be for students (and for Coaches, Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, etc.) and we want more kids to feel the passion and power that comes with being a part of a FIRST Championship.
By expanding to multiple cities for Championship, our goal is to grow capacity and enable more young people, across all of our full Progression of Programs, to experience the thrill of the FIRST Championship.
In addition, by hosting the Championship events in two separate cities, we seek to reduce the travel distances and associated travel expenses for a significant number of teams.
Which Championship will my team attend? Can we go to both?
While FIRST appreciates teams’ enthusiasm for attending either or both Championship celebrations, our goal is to enable as many teams and students as possible to experience a FIRST Championship. Based on geographic location, teams from all four programs will be assigned to attend one of the events.
Each Championship will serve a still-to-be-defined geographic region in an effort to minimize travel distance and travel cost, while balancing team attendance at both events.
Will there now be two sets of Championship Awards and recognition?
Our most prestigious honors, such as the FIRST Robotics Competition Chairman’s Award; FIRST Tech Challenge Inspire Award; FIRST LEGO League Champion’s Award, the Dean’s List Award and other top honors, will be replicated and celebrated at each event - while the FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award and the FIRST Future Innovator Award (for FRC and FTC) will be given outside of the events. Finalists for these two awards will be announced at both events.
I support multiple teams across various FIRST Programs. Will they all be going to the same Championship?
In addition to qualification based on performance or ranking, FIRST will determine what teams attend which event based on geographical location of the team and by balancing team capacity at both events. Hence, it is highly likely that the geography for FTC teams at a given Championship will align with the geographies for FLL and FRC teams at the same event. However, we are still in the process of determining those geographic alignments for each Championship.
For the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Program, how will the new Championship model impact the four FTC Super Regionals?
FIRST is working out all of the details and options associated with the continued high growth of the FTC program. We will review capacity at both the Super Regionals and the Championship level before making a final decision. FTC expects accelerated growth in the coming years with the recently announced Android™ based, Qualcomm powered communications and control platform. The new system will be demonstrated at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, April 22-25, 2015
What activities will be happening in each of the venues in each of the Championship host cities?
In 2015 and 2016, FIRST will host an expanded Olympic-style Championship throughout downtown St. Louis. In 2017, the St. Louis Championship will be similarly sized to the 2014 Championship held there
For the Houston Championship, Opening Ceremonies will be held in the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets. Competition matches for all programs will be held in the George R. Brown Convention Center, followed by Closing Ceremonies in Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, which has a retractable roof.
For the Detroit Championship, Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be held in Ford Field, an enclosed domed stadium, which is home to the Detroit Lions. Competition matches for all programs will be held in Cobo Center.
Each city has been chosen with our visitors in mind and each location – St. Louis, Houston, and Detroit has many opportunities for outdoor and recreational activities, as well as arts and cultural experiences, and simply sightseeing. We invite you to watch for detailed descriptions on the FIRST website as the dates come closer.
In the meantime, take a look at the tourist attractions as detailed on each of these visitor websites:
http://explorestlouis.com/visit-expl...o-in-st-louis/
http://www.visitdetroit.com/
http://www.visithoustontexas.com/things-to-do/
We realize this is only a small subset of the questions you might have. As we move forward, we welcome your questions and suggestions, and will keep you informed as more details become available. Please send your questions to customerservice@usfirst.org.
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