[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

There's been some discussion about how the Seattle event will affect the existing regional in Portland, OR and, specifically, whether teams from this region would be likely or willing to attend both. Seattle was home to Pacific Northwest Regional before it moved to Portland, so there's some precedent for shifting the location of a regional, but what little I've seen, heard or read about this new event suggests that it's meant as an additional opportunity to demonstrate FIRST to the community, not as a supplicant to what already exists.

This is similar to the New England Regional which was in Manchester, NH until UTC took over the sponsorship and moved to Hartford where their corporate headquarters is (Almost across the street from the current venue). Then BAE Granite state Regional was added in Manchester and Hartford kept the New England name until this year. It was finally changed after adding Boston to minimize confusion.

Surprisingly these events don't really cannabilize each other for teams as many teams go to one and a farther away event.