KC Regional Considering District Model

I want to thank Aaron for describing what happened in that meeting. I wasn't able to attend but was told information would be posted on the KC FIRST website soon after. However, a month later, no word from anyone about it. I do understand that this is something that needs to be made official before anything is announced. I'm just glad I randomly stumbled on this thread.

Now about the potential move to this semi-district model. I can see the advantages as far as more qualification matches go, but I can't say I like much beyond that. KC by itself has a bunch of teams in the metro area (which is fairly sizable), but it's very sporadic once you get out of the general area. Until the number of teams increases, then I think the current regional format works until a nation-wide district system is implemented.

As it is, Hale Arena is the cheapest venue in all of FIRST. With the square footage that is available, it's an amazing deal and my favorite venue that I've ever been in for a competition (I am slightly biased ). So I'm slightly confused as to how the RPC is wanting to move to save money, yet regionals in much more expensive venues are still operating.