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Originally Posted by Rick
In New England, as long as events are primarily being held in high schools, the trend is going to be Fri-Sun events.
The only reason RIDE, which is returning to Bryant University, is not Thu-Sat is because the president of Bryant got complaints from the faculty about having to walk a further distance from their cars during the event. Nothing to do with policies, event conflicts, etc.
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I think what some of us are curious about is why GSD was scheduled as a Sat/Sun event. It is at a high school however it falls during New Hampshire school vacation week and when it was hosted at Nashua in 2014/2015 it was kept as a Fri/Sat event. The move to Windham coincided with the off calendar year pushing out a week so it had to be Sat/Sun. Knowing what happens at the school during vacation week it surprised me to see it come up as a Sunday event. With such a tight schedule and one of two non-Sunday options pushing teams to take two full days plus early release on Wednesday to beat traffic to Worcester it would have been nice to have it return to a Saturday event.
I do have some concerns for UNH hosting the DCMP, but those aren't for me they are for other teams having to travel. We do thank NEFIRST for rotating it up here so our families and sponsors have a chance to attend! We just know there isn't much for hotel options for visiting teams and even we push the boundaries of commuting vs staying overnight. Parking will also be tight from family and friends who commute to UNH. Its not perfect but I think of the four venues we've had its the lower on the list of good places to host.
Glad to see a Bedford, NH event. Maybe Dean will stop by considering its 5 minutes from his house!
