2014 Predicted Event Calendar

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by Mrcope9

Any news on Lone Star or Dallas? Those are the two we are interested in.

Dallas has been week 4 for the past 2 years. No idea if the pattern will hold though.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Mrcope9

Any news on Lone Star or Dallas? Those are the two we are interested in.

Rumor around TRR this weekend was that Lone Star is moving back to Week 6. I have not confirmed this with any official source. Also it might be a Fri-Sun event. Again this is all just hearsay until the planning committee releases more information.

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Rumor around TRR this weekend was that Lone Star is moving back to Week 6. I have not confirmed this with any official source. Also it might be a Fri-Sun event. Again this is all just hearsay until the planning committee releases more information.

That would make Lone Star an even harder event next year. Allowing all the bots there have lots of time to tweak/change. If Lone Star was week 6 this year my teams 30 pt climber would not have had a chance at all.

[Mrcope9]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Rumor around TRR this weekend was that Lone Star is moving back to Week 6. I have not confirmed this with any official source. Also it might be a Fri-Sun event. Again this is all just hearsay until the planning committee releases more information.

They wouldn't put Bayou & Lone Star on the same weekend, would they? Bayou confirmed apr 3-5. (Week 6)

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn

Dallas has been week 4 for the past 2 years. No idea if the pattern will hold though.

And lets hope its week 3 or earlier.

[Mrcope9]

Originally Posted by waialua359

And lets hope its week 3 or earlier.

Please let it be week 2! That is our spring break this year

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by waialua359

And lets hope its week 3 or earlier.

We hope it's not 3, because then it sort of takes up most of our spring break. But that's when it was before week 4

Originally Posted by Mrcope9

Please let it be week 2! That is our spring break this year

Oh no, way too early

[Nate Laverdure]

Smoky Mountains Regional is week 5 (March 27-29) per venue calendar.

[avanboekel]

When's the actual event schedule released? Or does it differ from year to year?

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

When's the actual event schedule released? Or does it differ from year to year?

IIRC It is generally released early September. Last year it was released September 14th, and initial registration opened September 27th

[MechEng83]

Update based on information in this thread so far:

*DISCLAIMER* The official event calendar will be released by FIRST, most likely in early September. Any plans based on inaccurate information in this thread are not the fault of the posters. This post is in the Rumor forum for a reason.

-Request- When saying when you think a regional is, please provide justification for your prediction (i.e. listed on venue event calendar, host university spring/quarter break, local FIRST affiliate email, etc.) rather than just “I hope it’s XXX week”

Week 1: Feb 27-Mar 1
----------------------
Alamo Regional (Venue Calendar)

MAR: Hatboro-Horsham (MAR)
MAR: Mt. Olive (MAR)

Week 1.5:
----------------------
Israel Regional (CD Post)

Week 2: Mar 6-8
----------------------
Crossroads Regional (Rose Hulman quarter break)
Lake Superior - Week 2 (CD Post)
Northern Lights - Week 2 (CD Post)
Orlando Regional (UCF spring break)

Week 3: Mar 13-15
----------------------
Pittsburgh Regional (Pitt spring break)
Tech Valley Regional (RPI spring break)

WPI District? (WPI Spring Recess)

MAR: Springside-Chestnut Hill (MAR)
MAR: Clifton (MAR)

Week 4: Mar 20-22
----------------------
Boilermaker Regional (Purdue spring break)
Greater Kansas City Regional (CD Post)
Virginia Regional (Venue Calendar)

MAR: Lenape-Seneca (MAR)

Week 5: Mar 27-29
----------------------
Finger Lakes Regional (CD Post)
Hawaii Regional (Event Calendar)
Peachtree Regional (CD Post)
Sacramento Regional (US Davis spring break)
SBPLI Regional (CD Post)
Silicon Valley Regional (SJSU spring break)
Smokey Mountain Regional (Venue Calendar)

MAR: Bridgewater (MAR)

Week 6: Apr 3-5
----------------------
Bayou Regional (Venue Calendar)
Calgary Regional (Venue Calendar)
Las Vegas Regional (target date)
New York City Regional (CD Post)
South Florida Regional (Venue Calendar)

Week 7: Apr 10-12
----------------------
FiM Championship (When else would it be?)
MAR Championship (MAR)
NE FIRST Championship (When else would it be?)
PNW Championship (When else would it be?)

Championship Event: Apr 23-26 (FIRST)

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Mrcope9

They wouldn't put Bayou & Lone Star on the same weekend, would they? Bayou confirmed apr 3-5. (Week 6)

There's actually surprising little team cross over from these two events. Very few LA or MS teams play at Lone Star anymore (none last year) and only a handful Texas teams (4 last season) traditionally cross the border to play at Bayou each year. It'll be very sad if we can't go to Bayou next year but overall not too many teams will be affected.

[MrTechCenter]

No way would they put Sacramento and Silicon Valley the same week, they're way too close and a lot of teams go to both of those. I know Silicon Valley traditionally is on the week of SJSU's spring break but Sacramento isn't always that week, it's been during a school week before.

[KrazyCarl92]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

Week 3: Mar 13-15
----------------------
WPI Regional (WPI Spring Recess)

Given that New England will be making the switch to districts for 2014, I do not think there will be a regional event at WPI. However, I would not rule out the possibility of a WPI district event.

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by FrankJ

They are right next to each other aren't they? This is one of the reasons mom sent me to engineering school

I think Massachusetts would have something to say about that! ;-)

Honestly though, I understand the confusion! I don't know exactly which states border... Iowa for example... and I like to think I'm pretty good with geography!