Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Mr V

One thing that could potentially lessen the cost of moving to the District system is the new field that AndyMark developed. It has yet to be approved for official use by FIRST but will be used for IRI and some other off-season events and FIRST personnel will observe how it performs and if it is similar enough with the current field. FIRST wants to be able to make a single design of game specific elements that will work properly with both versions. The AM field is set to retail for $20,000 including the 3 road cases that it fits in. This is much less than the current field purchased from the fabricator that FIRST uses and that doesn't include the road cases which is another significant cost.

Andy had fliers about the field that he was handing out at CMP.

How did they manage that? I've packed a few offseason fields, and the field barriers alone probably take up two cases. Even if you really skimp on the safety stuff (thinner field barriers, different driver station construction), I doubt your be able to fit that stuff into three road cases.

That said, if this really does work as well as a regular field, it would be really nice in terms of transportation. Few people realize how logistically difficult it is just to transport this stuff. If we could fit a field in the back of a large van or two rather than a moving truck, it would make events a lot easier and cheaper to plan.