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Originally posted by Todd Derbyshire
Ok here is my case for a brand new regional in New England.
1) UTC Regional is way out of hand.
2) The nearest venue that is closest is either NJ, NY, or Phily some in which have similiar or other problems of their own. Example, NJ is just too small. As many people know who have gone there this year and the year before
3) Wouldn't it make sense to have a Regional where you first started and where a good percentage of your FIRST teams are
lets see if we hold a regional in lets say either Worcester or Boston then the enter Northeast would come with other teams from New York and possibly Pennsylvania.
Now doesn't that just make sense??
Also as Jessica mentioned push back any northern regional to mid-late March due to the wonderful New England weather.
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Let me respond to those comments because I can.

1) I agree that the New England Regional has too many teams attending.
2)The nearest venue is NYC and then probably Long Island. Neither which (as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong) have had any problems with overcrowding.
3)If there's a regional in Worcester or Boston I sincerely doubt any teams from NY or PA would go. As far as NY is concerned, most of the teams are from either NYC or Long Island, which is why there are regionals in both those locations. Second of all, for NY, the remaining teams (and there aren't too many) are Upstate and considerably Upstate at that (we're about equidistant from NYC, NJ, Philly, and CT -- we go to NJ). PA has too many attractive regionals to add another and get people to go.
3)I believe FIRST started in neither Boston or Worcester.

But unless you refer to Manchester, that doesn't really support that claim. And while Manchester may sound like an attractive idea, I don't think it has the best location (you'd only have people coming from the south -- there's nothing north or east of Manchester and not too much west) but that's just my opinion.
I think something has to be done about the New England Regional but I'm not sure if there are enough teams to support a whole other regional. We will wait and see what FIRST decides.
Matt