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Start looking at Central NY - Utica area. I know SUNY IT is there and they are heavily involved with FTC. I would be surprised if some passionate individual couldn't get a FRC team going there. There are also plenty of potential corporate sponsors: Indium, Special Metals, SUNY IT NANO Tech facility etc. I grew up in this area and its disappointing to see that no FRC teams have popped up since.

In this area hotels are very cheap, it is also a good central location 3 hrs from Rochester, 4 hrs from NYC, 4 hrs to northern NY. 5 hrs from Buffalo.