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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards

Boy this thread is getting alot of mileage...
Let's see.
What is required to properly host a FIRST championship? You need:
-A large, dome stadium ( the robots are not designed to handle the elements. Half of the team can't even design them with a functioning autonomous mode never mind weatherproofing them!). Not a basketball arena that would be OK for a regional a football stadium that can host at least five fields.
- A large area adjacent to the dome stadium for the pit area, Not the stadium itself.
- A good amount of hotel to host 340 teams and numerous volunteers and important people.
- A nice place to host an after party (It's a big deal with FIRST. It's a big deal with us). Good weather is probably a determining factor (which is why Detroit is a no go. It's still cold and I know I ain't going outside to eat dinner if it's cold. And yes I know it got cold last year but that was a freak storm. It's actually cold at night up North because it's supposed to be)
So with that in mind instead of throwing things against the wall to see if they'll stick come up with some authentic suggestions that FIRST can actually use or else why not be happy that Atlanta is actually willing to host the event and move on.
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