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Originally Posted by sirbleedsalot
To me it does not matter where they have it, but it should be advertised more. I was in a hotel that was mere block from the dome and nobody knew that there was a robotics competition there.
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I'll drink to that. We too were very close to the dome, although our hotel had quite a number of FRC and FLL teams staying there.
I like Atlanta for The Championship -- the Georgia Dome/GWCC combination seems to work well and the team social in Olympic Park works out well too. The pits were in an improved area this year; I think they should keep them where they were -- last year was such a pain to walk that far from pits to Dome.
I also liked when The Championships were at EPCOT. I can't speak for Houston since I wasn't there, but the general consensus I get from fellow FIRSTies is that it wasn't a great place for The Championship.
I would like to see a Championship Event on the West Coast or in Canada, actually. It's not fair to the West Coast teams that they have to travel so far every year. I think it should be cycled throughout the country or the world so that a different city plays host every year. Also, don't put it in the same part of the country every year. For example, don't have a Championship in Los Angeles followed by a Championship in San Diego.
As far as where the host city ought to be after FIRST's contract with the City of Atlanta expires in 2007, I haven't really travelled a great deal. I like Boston as a city but I don't think they have a venue big enough (unless they rented out the Fleet Center, but where would they put the pits?). Rumor has it that my company is trying to sponsor a Boston Regional at the Fleet Center next year, anyway.
The same goes for Providence -- I like the city but I don't think there's a big enough venue. I think the Rhode Island Convention Center is big enough for pits, but there isn't really a good place to put the actual competition.
If what Tuba4 said about Toronto is true, then Toronto gets my vote... there 's lots to see and do there, plus there's that park with the big windmills by the water (Ontario Place?) where the team social could be held.