Carpet source?

[cadandcookies]

We got our carpet from the 2008 Minnesota regional (if I remember correctly), so I can vouch for asking the regional planning committee.

[Christopher149]

Several years ago (<2008, probably more like 2006 or something), I believe 857 helped clean up after an event, and we got to keep at least some of the carpet. We've been using it ever since.

[ksafin]

Interesting.

Why don't Regional Directors keep the carpets? Why spend $1,400 every year?

[DonRotolo]

$1400 is tiny money when you consider that a damaged (= used) carpet might cost a team a championship. New carpet is new, and always the same.

A typical regional might cost 6 figures to run: a number as small as 1400 is almost negligable. To put it in perspective: That's on the same order of magnitude as the crew's T-shirts...

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by ksafin

Interesting.

Why don't Regional Directors keep the carpets? Why spend $1,400 every year?

The field carpet changes most years based on the game. In 2013 it was more gray, in 2012 it was more brown, if I remember correctly. Since all regionals need to provide a regulation field, and the regulation carpet changes, it's up in the air whether the same carpet is worth storing for a year.

In the larger scope, someone may be able to better speak to this, but regionals can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on. $1400 of carpet (that might be donated anyway) is one of the smaller expenses.

Plus it improves area teams to have the carpet circulating for offseason events or week zero events in future years.