[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Since this discussion is starting up again, I feel the need to summarize what I gathered from the last one

In order to hold championship in city we need:

• A Domed Football Stadium
• A Convention Center next to the stadium

With almost no exceptions to this criteria

And we figured there are only 3 cities met this criteria

1. Atlanta
2. Indy
3. St Louis

Are there any other cities we can think of to add to this list?

Those three cities have venues that meet the criteria that has been discussed in CD for a few years. I personally prefer St. Louis because it is geographically more central than Atlanta.

The relatively new (opened fall 2006) University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ is the only domed football stadium in the West. It has enough internal space for pits (no need for convention center adjacent to stadium). There are a few motels within a mile away, with more likely to be built in the next couple of years. Yet, I don't think Arizona is a realistic venue. It's too far away for the eastern teams and FIRST definitely has deep roots in the east. (We west coast teams just love the three-hour time difference and five-hour flights endured for the Championship in Atlanta).