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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards
The 2007 Championship -- held in Atlanta, GA with its covered football stadium and enormous convention center and and and... -- hosted 344 FRC teams.
The 2002 Nationals -- held in Epcot at Walt Disney World with its giant tents, stadium seating and main stage -- hosted 335 teams.
There are way more teams now than there were then, but the size of the event has not changed significantly where FRC teams are concerned. There were operational shifts, certainly, including abandoning the use of the Einstein stage for regular match play. That's not a great loss, all things considered, given how remarkably alike and boring all of the fields have become, however. The biggest change, however, is the inclusion of FLL and FTC competitions at the same event. This is where capacity needs changed and so it's probably wisest to consider the needs of these programs when considering new locations than it is to consider our own.
I think, as with many things in life, the deciding factor in the location is more about economics than it is about anything else. If another city comes along and offers FIRST a better deal that still meets their capacity needs, they'll take it -- even if that city doesn't have a big, ugly football stadium and concrete-floored convention center to make us feel all warm and cozy.
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