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Originally Posted by Dested
Im kind of confused as too why so few people have thus far signed up for the AZ regional, any ideas/reasons?
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Dested,
The first year for the regional we paniced when only a few teams signed up for Arizona in the first round. The second round wasn't much better for us that first year. The third round saw the Arizona regional fill up quickly. Our second year was about the same.
After talking with many people, I have drawn the following conclusions. Teams sign up for regionals that are close and less expensive (travel costs) in the first two rounds. Many teams who do not think they will make Nationals, select Arizona as their big trip (who can blame them, great weather, great teams, great regional.) Teams need to know if they can raise the money to travel to Arizona before they sign up, this takes time. This year the Las Vegas Regional drew some teams that would have signed up early for the Arizona regional. With more teams in FIRST this year, teams are watching which regionals are filling up fastest and signing up for those events first (we did that with our first choice, Las Vegas.)
I have no doubt that the Arizona Regional will be nearly full if not totally full after everything is said and done. Even if no other teams sign up, the teams that have will make Arizona a great regional again this year.
Ken