[AmyPrib]

For whoever commented that someone should do an analysis of the "centralized" location for teams to attend (like Indy) - it was already done once a few years ago and showed that more teams could reasonably drive to Indy than Atlanta - thus typically saving costs..

So.... I did the analysis again...

This is only accounting for FRC teams.
Data is based on the 340 teams that attended Championships in 2008. Results are similar to what I found back in 2005.

Of those 340 teams, 64 were omitted from much of this because they would have to fly anyways (includes "mandatory fliers" or if 20+hrs of driving).

Note - 54 "Mandatory Fliers" included HI, WA, CA, OR, WA, PR, Brazil, Israel, Mexico. That leaves 10 teams that are 20+hrs driving.

Of the remaining 276 teams:
13 teams are under 3hrs of driving to Atlanta 4.7%
17 teams are under 3hrs of driving to Indy 6.2%

17 teams are under 5hrs of driving to Atlanta 6.2%
73 teams are under 5hrs of driving to Indy 26.4%

74 teams are under 10hrs of driving to Atlanta 26.8%
148 teams are under 10hrs of driving to Indy 53.6%

227 teams are under 15hrs of driving to Atlanta 82.2%
237 teams are under 15hrs of driving to Indy 85.8%

Further - of the 340 teams total: (but not including 54 mandatory fliers)
221 are closer to Indy than Atlanta.
106 teams would shave 5+hrs off their driving if going to Indy instead
33 teams would shave 8+hrs off their driving if going to Indy instead


This is just data. Note it does not take into account who actually flies or drives each year - simply what the realistic potential would be. Also - it's a lot of data, so give or take a few for human error, but it's correct as best I can see.