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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.
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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.