[EricH]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

1.Pittsburgh - consol energy center is gigantic I've competed there (gymnastics) and its a beautiful venue. It's blocks away from a great convention center and its a pretty good neighborhood.

"Blocks away" doesn't work here. "Gigantic"--let's just say there's a lot of places that could be described that way and very few can handle a FRC Championship.

As a baseline: Seating for about 25K-30K persons. Absolute minimum floorspace requirement is 4 basketball courts including benches, football field preferred. Pit area of 10' square pits, with aisles at least 1.5 pits wide (15'), for 400 teams, preferably in one room, with another large area immediately nearby if not in the room for all the "pit administrivia" like inspections, Pit Admin, Spare Parts, practice fields. Competition and pit must have covered connection, and must be reasonably close (preferably next door to each other with at least one common wall); must be on same level or moderate ramps.

Now, can you still advocate for Pittsburgh?