RPI regional

[Patrick Flynn]

Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92

Also, Patrick: I'm not sure why you would have concerns with parking at an ECAV Regional over Spring Break. The field house parking for hockey games will be almost 100% available and right there, along with student housing parking on the other side of ECAV that will be available to us due to Spring Break. That parking accommodates thousands of fans coming for hockey games and students who live there all winter. It is more than suitable for any FRC event hosted at these venues, the limiting factor is by far the venue size, not the parking in any way (at least for ECAV, the armory has a parking challenge associated with it).

Hockey game parking is a mess. 50% of the fans park in north lot or on the street and are bused up to the HFH. There's also the off chance that there is a home hockey game that weekend, Friday-Sunday 7pm. Can you imagine telling 5000 hockey fans they can't park in those lots because they are being used by a robotics regional? Parking will be a concern. But not something that can't be easily solved.

[JackS]

Originally Posted by Patrick Flynn

Hockey game parking is a mess. 50% of the fans park in north lot or on the street and are bused up to the HFH. There's also the off chance that there is a home hockey game that weekend, Friday-Sunday 7pm. Can you imagine telling 5000 hockey fans they can't park in those lots because they are being used by a robotics regional? Parking will be a concern. But not something that can't be easily solved.

We have been told by RPI there will be no home hockey game that weekend. I think ECAV's only real limitation is seating. Show Ready said the regional can hold 1,500 with extra bleachers.

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by JackS

We have been told by RPI there will be no home hockey game that weekend. I think ECAV's only real limitation is seating. Show Ready said the regional can hold 1,500 with extra bleachers.

I hadn't checked this thread in a while but it looks like there is potential for playoff hockey overlapping with the Regional. The ECAC Hockey site lists the Regional weekend, 14th-16th as the second round of the playoffs which would be at home if RPI is the higher seeded team.

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tourna...4_Championship

[KrazyCarl92]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

I hadn't checked this thread in a while but it looks like there is potential for playoff hockey overlapping with the Regional. The ECAC Hockey site lists the Regional weekend, 14th-16th as the second round of the playoffs which would be at home if RPI is the higher seeded team.

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tourna...4_Championship

This possibility has been talked about in planning meetings. The conflict here is mostly parking spaces. We may need to work something out on Friday and Saturday such that certain areas of parking are cleared out by 6 PM. There is still plenty of parking in and around the venue and it shouldn't be anything beyond a minor inconvenience.

[KrazyCarl92]

Reminder to teams about the New York Tech Valley Regional. This is a week 3 event that will be held on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, NY. We already have an exciting list of teams attending, but there is still room for more.

With second event registration just around the corner, consider joining us for the inaugural event. It promises to be a great one.

For more information, visit our website: http://techvalleyfirst.org/

[Herbblood]

Team 3044 is excited to be going!
We can't wait