[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/2017-first-championship-announcement



Remember playing in the pits in 2011? That will be the norm in these new cities. Playing in the pits is not inspiring...

This is probably my second biggest issue with the whole concept, playing all your matches in a Convention Center just cheapens the whole experience. FIRST is trying to sell this to us by saying that getting more teams to Championship(s) will increase the number of students that you can inspire, but if you are vastly cheapening the experience by playing in the convention center it will a be much less inspiring experience. I'm so disappointed...

Welcome to the FIRST Robotics Expo.