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Originally Posted by Cory
The space required for a football field alone, on the GA dome floor is ~60,000 sq ft. Plus extra room on all sides.
If the championship event was changed to only include FRC, it could be held any number of places--including Disney again, I'd assume. But as long as it stays the size it is (FRC, FTC, FLL), there's no real way it can be held anywhere but a domed football stadium with an attached conference center.
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Good points.
While talking to the bid coordinator of Indy's FIRST Championship bid package the last couple of years, here is some info he has given me:
RCA Dome* floor size: 94,000 square feet (about)
Georgia Dome floor size: about the same as the RCA Dome floor
Lucas Oil Stadium** floor size: 150,000 square feet, after one end of the stadium has its removable seats taken away
* - home of the current Super Bowl Champions, Indianapolis Colts
** - future home of the Colts, starting in 2008
So, if FIRST chose to put their Championships in Indy, using Lucas Oil Stadium, the dome floor would be over 50% larger than the current setup is in Atlanta. I'm wondering if this is big enough for both the FRC pits and the fields.
Andy B.