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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
Let's review the requirements again (this seems to come up every year):

(1) A covered full-size stadium for the fields.
(2) An adjacent convention center for the pits and other parts of the event.
(3) Hotels within reasonable distance/access.

There's not too many cities in the country that have all three.

Disney met (3) wonderfully, but fails miserably on (1) and (2) especially since the event has gotten so big.

Houston had (1) and sorta (2) and (3) - maybe with the new convention center planned to replace the Astrodome (2) would work better.

Detroit has (1) but not (2) at all, and hardly (3) because most of the hotels aren't near Ford Field.

Despite just being at IRI, I wasn't downtown. It is my understanding that the new development will have both (1) and (2), and someone else will have to address (3).

What other cities with covered stadiums are there to consider? Not Vegas. Minneapolis? (but who wants to go there in April - weather in Indy would be iffy enough)
I was talking to my dad about this and he asked why teams didn't like Houston and I told him about all of the walking up and down and pushing the robot etc was just difficult and he had a suggestion. He said use golf carts but that got me thinking...

A few students on our team have tried this and it had some success, but if each team ordered 2 extra CIM's and hooked them up to a battery DIRECTLY (so that you don't need the costly stuff) and had to KEEP a button pushed down it would solve much of the problem. I wouldn't mind it being in Houston obviously but if that is one of the better places than it would be worth it for teams to adapt. Now is 2 CIMS a few feet of wire and a few mounting screws really that expensive if you're traveling to Championships?

(The 2 CIMS are just powering the in place wheels, I don't think steering is that difficult. If you wanted you could do a joystick but it'd be too complicated...I smell a white paper!)

I honestly think if a place is really that great, and there are few kinks to work out, it is worth working out those kinks so that you're still able to be in a great place.

Pavan.

EDIT: They tore down Astroworld btw, so I guess if that is what finally persuaded FIRST to move championships there I guess that selling stone is out of the picture.
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