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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Back on topic, I'm curious if the Dallas regional is going to have any problems attracting teams, given the proximity to the more established LSR regional.
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I'm skeptical this will be an issue - especially after going to the OKC Regional and seeing some of these phenomenal rookies compete. I don't necessarily think established regionals always have the advantage, either... it definitely depends on the individual regional committee, location, and event volunteers to make a regional a success in the eyes of the teams, not the number of years that it has been in existence, at least from personal experience from the however-many events I've attended between FLL, FTC/FVC, and FRC.
That aside, if we can bring back some of the defunct FRC teams from the area, it'd be great. Even so, it looks like there are 11 Texas FRC teams for which this event will be closer than the Houston event, and it will be closer for 12 of the teams total that went to Houston last year. There's 39 OK teams, 1 AR team, and 2 LA teams that will find Dallas closer than Houston.
What do you think the regional capacity might be? Especially with the draw of a new regional, 148 might want to invite some of our friends from the north to come compete.
