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Originally Posted by dodar
I remember in '08 hearing about making Florida a superregional because of the new arena at UCF would give us 2 arenas but it never happened, but i think that would be awesome to see  |
There were rumors as far back as 2007. when the construction of the arena was on schedule... For those of you who have not been to the Florida Regional since 2007. The field and black curtain only take up about ~40% of the total floorspace in the arena. (the pits were actually in the same building in 2008) The arena (and pits, now located in the old UCF arena, where the regional was held from 2003-2007) can easily hold two fields with 80-85 teams.
I've loved this idea with a passion ever since i saw it in 2006 at GTR (the webcast was amazing to watch. nonstop action all the time).
To get the teams for a event like this is the truly difficult part. I can only see a few area's with enough FIRST teams to support this. The Pacific Northwest, Lone-Star, NYC and possibly somewhere in New England, and Minnesota. I don't see GTR happening again because of the lack of US teams attending (partially thanks to the MI District Events and the way the economy is right now.)