Where is gonna be located the 2014-2015 Championship?

[jwallace15]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Sand is a mechanical hazard. Gearboxes, bearings, pneumatic cylinders...pretty much any moving part is not going to be happy with little sharp bits of rock.

I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue if we switched the floor back to the one used in Maize Craze...

[Boe]

Just found this online http://www.bizjournals.com/louisvill...-robotics.html

Looks like cities currently in the running are, according to this article:
Atlanta
Louiville
Detroit
Indianapolis
St. Louis

[safiq10]

How is the weather in the place listed above during april?

[Steven Donow]

What venues are there in Louisville? And I didn't know Detroit was in the running either.

Also, judging by the most recent tweet from the Indianapolis FRC bid twitter, it seems like the bids are finalized and the final decision process is in progress

[Boe]

Based on the article linked above it says that a decision is expected late september

[75vs1885]

Originally Posted by LucasM

According to Jim Beck at the Central Valley Regional, FIRST was considering holding it at the Anaheim Convention Center.

its way to small, dont forget they need 5 fields set up. plus the stands for 400 teams and then other spectators....then the pit!!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by 75vs1885

its way to small, dont forget they need 5 fields set up. plus the stands for 400 teams and then other spectators....then the pit!!

You do realize that 1) this thread is well over a year old, and 2) you miscounted and it's 7-9 fields and 600 teams, right?

[Brandon Ha]

I do not think that FIRST HQ has confirmed 600 teams for the remainder of the 2014/2015/2016 seasons... Maybe I am crazy but I thought that this was just speculation and nothing was confirmed as of "today"

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Brandon Ha

I do not think that FIRST HQ has confirmed 600 teams for the remainder of the 2014/2015/2016 seasons... Maybe I am crazy but I thought that this was just speculation and nothing was confirmed as of "today"

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...er-Recruitment --reference to "many more teams".

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...idays-06062014 --Question about some of the details.

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...t-championship would have the details when they came up--note the multiple-venue system, indicating that some larger number of teams across all levels is more likely in order.

They've confirmed it, but they haven't confirmed HOW it's going to work. Yet.

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by PerpetualMotion

I was left with the following 13 options.

Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri
Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana
Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas
Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

I then searched for nearby convention centers for each of these stadiums. There does not appear to be a CC near Tropicana Field, and the ones near University of Phoenix Stadium and Reliant Stadium are over 5 miles away. The CCs near Cowboys Stadium, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Safeco Field, Ford Field, and Mercedes-Benz Superdome do not appear to be connected to the stadiums (please correct me if I'm wrong). This leaves 5 options

Georgia Dome
Chase Field
Edward Jones Dome
Lucas Oil Stadium
Rogers Centre

You forgot covered college arenas. The ones that can hold enough people are:
Alamodome (San Antonio, TX)
Fargodome (North Dakota)
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY)
UNI-Dome (Cedar Falls, IA)
Walkup Skydome (Flagstaff, AZ)

Of those, only the UNI-Dome has an attached facility for the pits (the McLeod Center), but getting people to Cedar Falls would probably be an insurmountable obstacle.

[GaryVoshol]

Closing thread.

If you want to discuss post-St. Louis championship locations, start a new thread.