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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards

Well, I have to say that I did love the one year that I went to the Championship in Disney that it was great. It's a fun place to be, but when I went, they were already kinda running out of space. Having that many teams there could be problamatic for moving around from pit to playing field.

Even though our team is only about a two hour drive to Atlanta, I think that it would be very good for FIRST and for many teams to have the Championship more easily acessible to more people. Some place in the midwest (such as St. Louis, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Houston) would be easier for west coast teams to get there.

While safety is an issue anywhere, I dont think that security is number one on reasoning for the event to be held. If this was the case, some of the regionals that exist now, wouldn't. Atlanta is a dangerous city, but what city isn't. There are regionals in Richmond, St. Louis, New Orleans, and if im not mistaken LA and San Deigo (just to name a few). If safety was number one priority, then some of these regionals wouldn't exist.

My verdict would just be to find a different place to spread FIRST that has adequite facilities similar to the setup in Atlanta. If I remember, St. Louis would be a good pick, but it's been a long time since ive been there.

My $.02
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