RPI regional

[Steven Donow]

This also opens up a closer regional for some northern MAR teams(closer than the closest southern regionals; only regionals this close (and north of MAR) are CT and NYC). It also provides a good, closer in-state option for NYC teams.

[seg9585]

Awesome to hear that my alma mater is pushing to run a Regional on their grounds! The Houston Field House would be a perfect venue for this. I actually haven't seen the new football field/ECAV (built the year after I graduated) -- does it really have enough indoor space to host a competition?

I don't think the Armory would be a suitable place, not large enough and its logistically difficult with the multiple floors and surrounding parking availability

Hoping to come back for my 5 year reunion this fall to see ECAV.

Anyway, I got to reunite with Larry Ruff at Championship, who was a Woody Flowers Award winner this past year (finally) and has done a ton to promote FRC. He still runs the manufacturing lab at the school, and I was a student in his Engineering Design class where our design role was to mentor the local Albany High School FRC team.
Prof Paul Schoch is also a big advocate, and also attended Championship as a judge this year.

Anyway, keep me up to date with this news.

[brinoc]

It would be an awesome chance for FIRST alums at RPI to get a chance to help out and volunteer at the regional! There currently isn't a huge FIRST program at RPI and this would be a great way to get it going again.

The armory would be a bit small, but would probably still work. Will probably be a bit tight like the WPI regional. ECAV would really be the best option as it is a huge facility with a decent amount of nearby parking. The Houston field house would work as well.

Honestly, if they are looking for a location for a regional in the capital region, RPI is a great campus for it. It would also be a chance for students to look at a great potential option for college. (Gotta rep my school )

[Chris is me]

Just to be clear, I don't have any knowledge about the venue choice. I was just speculating. That said, fitting a regional in the Armory would be quite the squeeze and probably not work out too well. HFH is a great choice as long as there isn't hockey that weekend.