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Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man
Pretty sure Wk7 District Championship teams will be sent to the later of the two World Championships (in Detroit). For that matter, they could put ALL District Championship teams for the time being in Detroit and still have room left over. Probably won't though.
However they do it, I hope it isn't an afterthought.
PS: Didn't Houston use to host Nationals back in the day for like 1 year?
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2003. It was a terrible idea that can only be excused because FRC had been kicked out of Disney/EPCOT and had to find a venue on short notice. Fields were in Reliant Stadium, and pits were on the floor of the Astrodome. This caused significant problems, because you had to walk up several ramps to get out of the astrodome, then down several ramps to get to the floor of Reliant Stadium. The whole trip was pretty long, and extremely difficult if you didn't have a robot cart. At EPCOT, most field were close enough that you could hand carry the robot without much difficulty, so I think a lot of teams were caught out by that. I know a few teams somehow ended up with shopping carts for transporting their robots.
Anyways, I promise 2017 is going to be loads better than 2003, since HQ's had a lot more experience with the convention center+dome Champs model, and they've accepted a lot more involvement from the local experts on running events here. I'm just sad that 2003 soured things in Houston so much that we didn't get a chance to do it right in 2004.