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Originally Posted by Allison K
I've never been to the Toronto regional, so I'm not sure how it works but I was under the impression that only one of the two fields was in use at a time. The other was being reset while one was running a match.
I don't know if there's enough room on the dome floor, or if FIRST even has enough fields, but could each division be allocated two fields right next to each other?
Teams would get more matches because reset time would be reduced, and no radio upgrades would be required. Also, it wouldn't require as many volunteers as eight seperate fields (though more than four single I suppose).
~Allison
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AFAIK, FIRST does not have enough entire fields to provide each division with two fields.
Since FIRST only has eight fields to work with, there are the Archimedes, Curie, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton fields, in addition to the two practice fields in the pits. That totals seven fields, which leaves one field to cannibalize backup parts off of. Providing two fields for each division would mean FIRST would have to build four additional fields, and with each additional field costing in the five-digit range, that would be an expensive endeavor.