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Originally Posted by Coffeeism
I'm still wishing for a Boston Regional. Not sure if there will be one soon. Since there are 3 in NY, one in NH and another in CT all of which aren't too far away. They could hold it at the same place as Beantown Blitz at NU.
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Yeah Boston would be awsome for a regional, but I doubt they'll get one. It just seems all the northeast teams as it is compete at just one local regional then spread out across the country. If Boston did get a regional that would probably become the hardest place to win in the nation. I think the city would attract a lot teams to stay in New England instead of going elsewhere and I'm sure some midwest teams might take the advantage to compete here against some excellent teams like WPI, Buzz, Sie-H20-bots, Techno-Ticks, Geal Force and also look at some of Boston's best colleges. It's really a spot FIRST could do well with, I just don't see 7 regionals within driving distance of Hartford/Springfield/Eastern NY.
As long as UTC is the sponsor of New England it will stay in Hartford or in Connecticut somewhere considering this is where UTC has all their major plants for each company.
NH being where FIRST was founded and the location of the HQ that regional will never be moved.
I've only been in FIRST for two years, I just don't know how many regionals FIRST will expand to. This year I saw more regionals than I'd expect that had several open spots, especially with the cost to attend second and third regionals and travel.