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Originally Posted by M. Krass
It's important to realize that FIRST HQ pays little or none of the costs of operating a regional event beyond those associated with the creation and transportation of the field and the staff on hand. Venue rental, A/V, catering, pipe and drape... everything else is almost always funded by sponsorship at the regional level.
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And note that many (J)FLL and FTC events are run similarly.
Still, for the reasons above, I could see why FIRST would want a fair amount of money in the bank. Running four competitions can't be easy; running four competitions when you're absolutely out of funds until next month when registration opens or a donor's fiscal year rolls over, I imagine, is nigh impossible.