Einstein seating: possible solution

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by MikeE

Perfect - let's give some travel love to New England teams and hold the Championships in Manchester, NH

TOOO Cold!

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Yes, but the Summit high adventure reservation will most likely be used by the BSA year-round, bringing in $$$. Additionally, they got a huge, very generous donation that payed for a huge portion of the initial cost.

Now if FIRST were to be given a gargantuan sum of money, that would at least be a step in the right direction.

It also doesn't need to be near a major airport, have public transportation service the venue, and have plenty of available hotels in the immediate area. It's a lot easier to get a bunch of land in the mountains than it is in an urban area.

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Did anyone mention Phillips Arena back there in Atlanta? Seats 18-20k
Wouldn't it be funny to go back to ATL only to use the Arena next to the Georgia Dome?
Of course with the Hawks and the Thrashers calling it home, I am sure it wouldn't work.

I have memories of Philips Arena, I went to the first two ever Atlanta Thrashers playoff hockey games in 2007, during Champs that weekend... =D

[Cory]

Originally Posted by dodar

Thats what FIRST could do. Build 3 arenas to the same spec to what it needs to fit CMP perfectly, put one on the East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest. And then have a rotating CMP. Like 2012 would be East > 2013 would be Midwest > 2014 would be West >2015 would be East > etc... And you would try to keep them in line. Like East = Virginia, Midwest = Kansas, and West = California.

Got $300,000,000?

The GWCC alone cost $350,000,000 to build. Granted you're not building the entire thing, but you want to build 2-3 halls of a convention center, plus a dome? That's probably $100,000,000 a pop.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Cory

Got $300,000,000?

The GWCC alone cost $350,000,000 to build. Granted you're not building the entire thing, but you want to build 2-3 halls of a convention center, plus a dome? That's probably $100,000,000 a pop.

Or you could go with seeing if a college would want a CC next to their basketball arena? Have them use it along with FIRST, half the cost with the college and get some big sponsors you could drastically lower the cost. I mean you could check at like Virginia Tech, Univ. of Kansas, and Stanford.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Cory

Got $300,000,000?

The GWCC alone cost $350,000,000 to build. Granted you're not building the entire thing, but you want to build 2-3 halls of a convention center, plus a dome? That's probably $100,000,000 a pop.

Just today the Minnesota Vikings agreed to build a multi-purpose restractable roof facility. The total cost: 1.057 billion; $884 million for the stadium and another $173 million for the infrastructure. Obviously FIRST's dream location wouldn't cost that much, but I can think of a better use of FIRST's money.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by dodar

Or you could go with seeing if a college would want a CC next to their basketball arena? Have them use it along with FIRST, half the cost with the college and get some big sponsors you could drastically lower the cost. I mean you could check at like Virginia Tech, Univ. of Kansas, and Stanford.

Basketball arenas are really only big enough for one, maybe 2 fields. Most college arenas also don't seat more than 10k.