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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards

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Atlanta has CNN literally across the street and one of the largest airports in the world with direct flights from everywhere.
Too bad CNN can't get up off their butts and walk over to the Dome to give just a little coverage of something positive that's happening in the nation for once.

I also agree that transportation is a key factor into where this event should be held. The city must be equipped with an international airport in addition to a facility with the capacity and staffing for FIRST.

However, it seems that alot of people are missing a key point: On top of that there needs to exist a ridiculous amount of hotel rooms in the same area as the event such that teams can walk to the event in about 30 minutes -- this infers that the event must be held in a downtown area since the only other area known to have a plethora of hotels is the airport itself. So a brand new convention center + stadium is probably not going to get on the list of possible candidates until there are enough hotel rooms for 15,000 people at an affordable rate.

Having a place with the capacity to do the after party is also nice, but not as much of a "must" as these other key things.

Personally, I'd like to see a city that has alot of extracirriculars to offer in addition to the FIRST competition -- Braves Baseball and (whatever they're called) Hockey was nice in Atlanta, but perhaps we could also arrange something like a tour of Google or GM or similar if it was held in the appropriate city.
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