Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

[Kevin Pardus]

While attending both the NC Regional and VA Regional, I heard talk that once the National Capital Region (VA, DC, & MD) had converted over to the District Model that NC might be included in an expanded NCR.

If that happens then the center of mass for FRC teams within that new NCR would move farther south from the DC-Baltimore corridor towards Richmond.

Also the cost of venues to handle a 64+ team championship event within the Baltimore-DC area is extreme. One of the reasons why regional venues were downsized from both the Washington & Baltimore Convention Centers. And as stated previously in this thread the Patriot & Comcast Centers were hard pressed to handle 50+ teams (both would do well as 40-45 team district events).

Plus the cost of lodging in the whole Baltimore-DC-NOVA area is extreme as well. So most teams from outside that area would be traveling far twice a day to stay in lower cost alternatives. Also, being the Baltimore-DC-NOVA area during a District/Region Championship is not a critical issue, since there will be very little, if any, free time for tourist activities in most team's trip schedules.