Bills Blog - Champs info

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by EricH

I think there might be something else going on here, besides what people are suspecting.

FRC has 3 fields. Presumably, one of them is Einstein field. Traditionally, FLL plays on Einstein Thursday and Friday, then on Saturday the field is turned over to FRC crews to put everything in that needs to go in. FLL is even bigger than FRC internationally. I might suspect space for a few more tables.

FTC has had the space of another field, traditionally. That gives them two fields. I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see them with a larger area.

But that's only half the floor space... what could go in the other half?

How about 1-3 fields for the FIRST College Pilot competition? I don't remember offhand how big those fields are supposed to be--but when you have aerial vehicles, you need extra space, for the protective netting, if nothing else.

How about a dedicated FLL space? As in, not shared with FRC? More FLL matches is not a bad thing!

How about volunteer food? (Actually... If I was FIRST, I'd put that elsewhere. Can't have the mass of hungry high school students trying to raid the volunteer food.)

There are also a couple other places to consider that I haven't heard anything about. The America's Ballroom (2nd floor) is large enough to host FTC or FLL, pits and all. I doubt they'll be up there, though. There's also a theater in the building that could accommodate either one (though without the pits). Again, I doubt they'll be in there.

I agree that FTC and FLL especially need more space, FLL is growing so much faster than any other program. FLL has had to cut back a ton over the years with not every state attending the Championship every year with the number of international teams expanding at a rapid rate.

FIRST college competition? I haven't seen or heard anything about that officially, just a thread on CD months ago.