Thread: Decline of GTR Attendance
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Re: Decline of GTR Attendance
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Originally Posted by Bongle View Post
I thought it might have to do with FIRST encouraging more matches per team at each regional. GTR started early on Friday and Saturday, and ran pretty late (4:45 on Friday, 12:30 on Saturday). If they'd had to deal with more teams, they would have had to start even earlier and end later if they wanted the same # of matches.
We had more teams in Seattle (64) than GTR, and everyone managed to get 9 matches in without any problems, so I don't think thats it. (The FIRSTWA folks are justifiably proud of their volunteer crew.... they are GREAT!)

It might have something to do with the economy... although, truth be told, with the entry fees at $5000 and the Canadian dollar at, or close, to par with the USA, this has been the least expensive year for us as far as entry fees since we started with FIRST.

But if we'd lost our major sponsors at GM, the season was in jeopardy for us. I'm sure there are at least a few teams who pulled out for financial reasons.

Jason