Vex Competitions details

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

This year, we're spending about $10,000 to start 6 Vex teams. This includes a 20-seat RobotC license, and one full official playing field perimeter and elements for the six teams to share. We're starting just with 6 of the Competition Super Kits. The annual operating costs will be much lower, in the neighborhood of about $400-$500 per team (hopefully).

This is much more in line with I typically see. The typical VEX team around here spends $2000 in their first year on parts. In subsequent years they're spending about $500 a season on additional parts. Team registration fees are either $100 (first team at the school) or $50 (additional teams at the school), while event registration fees run from about $25-$200. Just like in FRC, there are some very high end teams that are spending big money, but that's far from the norm.

//Edit: Full disclosure. I work for IFI and VEX Robotics, and am the Chairman of the VEX Game Design Committees