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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
Yep, that sounds reasonable. As I thought, it's a whole lot less than the $250+ for transportation you seemed to be balking at when Albany was first suggested.
Maybe I'm out of touch, but spending $140 (plus food) to attend a three-day out of town competition seems fine to me. Your students should be able to do that much fundraising for their own benefit.
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And remember, this is only for the teams that qualify and decide to go. 5027 recently did a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for the world championship and raised something like $20,000.
If the students don't want to raise the money to go to the District Championships, they don't have to.
That being said, something like 2/3 of all teams in New York are located in the city or on Long Island, so an NYC district championships makes a lot of sense in some ways.
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Originally Posted by Dominick Ferone
While Albany has a nice regional it is a little cramped as it is at RPI. Possibly having district champs in Syracuse at the dome? I'm not to fully sure about the venue but it could be big enough. Or on long island you could use Nassau Coliseum possibly since I know there is an underground tunnel connecting to the Marriott and possibly another center.
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There are other venues near Albany, heck RPI has other venues that could host a larger competition. My personal choice would be the Times Union Center (formerly known as the Pepsi Arena). It's plenty large enough to hold the state championship for years to come.
It's also a mile away from an Amtrak station.
Regardless of what plan we choose to take, planning committees and regional FIRST advocates should come together to discuss a plan for the state's transition to districts- sooner rather than later.