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Re: 2009 Regional Dates Announced (Unofficial)
Nice to see Oregon moved back to week 2. It has been one of our favourite regionals for several years now, but it has always been such a rush to get the robot through customs, the van packed and all the travel documents double-checked that an extra week of "breathing space" will be appreciated.
The Seattle regional will be exciting, too... with the move from the Tacoma convention centre to the 17,000+ seat Key Arena downtown, it looks like the amazing people at FIRSTWA are going to make a great, friendly, little regional in to a great, friendly, BIG regional!
Teams who haven't experienced the Pacific Northwest shouldn't miss out. Memorial Colliseum in Portland has to be one of the best venues in all of FRC*, and Key Arena has to be the most exciting new competition space of the year.
Jason
* check it out... HUGE pit spaces close to the playing field, plenty of seats in the stands, lots of good affordable hotels and restaurants in walking distance, free public transportation to downtown, good load in and load-out (once you figure out where to go), and all located in a very nice, very friendly city.... with no sales taxes (and some really good locally-brewed beverages for any thirsty adults who aren't on supervision duty). Oh, and did I mention that the people are great, too?
Last edited by dtengineering : 06-09-2008 at 16:10.
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