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Originally Posted by BMSOTM
The Duluth double-regional venue would probably make for a rather loud two-field state championship similar to Michigan's this year.
If MN sends half of its 192 teams (96) to MNSC, each team could have 12 qualifications matches with 96 matches played on each field, which is comparable to the current Duluth regionals (90 qualification matches at NLR, 95 at LSR).
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Duluth wouldn't make a ton of sense for a state championship location. While the venue is fantastic for accommodating two fields and large number of teams, it is about two hours from the Twin Cities, where the vast majority of MN FRC teams are from. While that isn't prohibitive for most (any?) teams in terms of sheer distance, it does mean that most teams would need to get hotel rooms. It also means fewer spectators, as parents would have to make the trek, and you wouldn't have nearly as big of a population to pull in random passer-bys.
If we are talking about a bigger-than-just-Minnesota district, the Twin Cities becomes even more attractive.
But talking about a (in-season) state (or bigger) championship is getting far from the original discussion, and is jumping the gun by at least a year anyway.