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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
I wouldn't think so. FIRST is about growing the program, not shifting it.
Most of the newer regionals are named for their city location, or a state location if the city they are in is too small or is part of a larger metropolitan area - for example, West Michigan. The new regional might be called Minnesota rather than Minneapolis, so as not to diminish the importance of St. Paul. So, do you think any of the older regionals will be renamed to take into account that they not the only regional in the region for which they were named? PNW comes to mind, as does Midwest and Great Lakes.
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The speculation comes from the fact that the Pacific Northwest Regional (PNW) actually used to be in Seattle, before it moved to its current location (Portland). I don't believe FIRST has officially said whether the Seattle regional will be the new (old) location of PNW, or a completely new (kinda) regional. I certainly hope it's independent of Portland, giving the Pacific Coast it 6th regional (as opposed to the 14 in states bordering the Atlantic).