Einstein seating: possible solution

[cpeister]

It would be nice

It would be an even shorter trip if they moved to the Metro Convention Centre and Rogers Centre (Skydome) in Toronto Only trouble is the Jays play there.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Chris_Elston

Conceso Fieldhouse, Indy. 18K seats.
http://www.seats3d.com/nba/indiana_pacers/

3 Blocks away Convention Center or of course Lucas Oil Stadium.
http://www.lucasoilstadium.com/Asset...wntown_Map.jpg

3 blocks is an awfully long trip between the pits and the field...

Originally Posted by IBdrummer

Oklahoma City Arena is used by the Oklahoma City Thunder and the NBA would have playoffs going on during late April, so you couldn't reserve their arena.

If you moved the Championship event back to the Atlanta time-frame, it would be very possible. The NBA playoffs started on 4/17 this year. The Championships in Atlanta would typically end no later than the 19th. Given that not every NBA series starts on the same day, it could be possible to work around the NBA schedule (agreeing never to have the Championship end later than the 18th).
The NHL playoffs start a week or two before the NBA playoffs, usually. That makes any NHL-related stadiums near impossible to book.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

3 blocks is an awfully long trip between the pits and the field...

Ah....but still shorter than Atlanta.

[akeisic]

While I can see why a lot of people would wish to have the Champs in Detroit (or other east coast locations) due to the location of many teams, I feel it would actually hurt FIRST by doing so.

I participated with FIRST in Detroit (Team 217), Florida (Team 386) and now LA (Team 294). I've been to the champs in Disney, Atlanta and now St Louis. So I've seen how a region and teams are affected by the location of events.

Having the champs in Detroit or similar would only further promote FIRST in relatively saturated regions that "get it" already. I feel there is a larger potential for FIRST growth further west and am glad to see champs in St Louis.