Einstein seating: possible solution

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

Wings haven't missed the playoffs since FIRST was founded, I can't imagine the Arena is going to book anything during playoffs until they are definitely out.

NHL/NBA playoffs knock out the majority of large capacity Basketball and Hockey venues.

NBA playoffs could be worked around if Championship was moved back to the same timeframe as it was in Atlanta. NHL playoffs cannot.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Perhaps FIRST should build its own venue (or 2 or 3).

Jane

That would do what the rest of the year? Who's going to fund it? Who's going to give up land for it? Who's going to build the infrastructure around it that's needed to support it?

Arenas and convention centers are MASSIVE undertakings. And local governments don't approve them unless they can see them being beneficial to the local community and cost effective. The degres of this undertaking is truly something well beyond what FIRST has ever done.

They would need to find other tenants to share the venue with, design a venue that suits the needs of FIRST programs going forward but is still appealing for other uses, and find a location with the kind of infrastructure to support an FIRST Championship for a long, long time.

And then you ask them to do it in two or three different locations?

It sure is a nifty idea, but it's one that's completely beyond the scope of possibility for this program at this point in time.