23-03-2015, 22:54
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#StickToTheStratisQuo
AKA: Gregor Browning
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Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,447
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Re: (Lack of) Value in the Regional Model
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
I can imagine. Im at the javits center all the time (once a month at least) one event I go to every year is the 3d printing expo. When I was in the press lounge I noticed the event coordinator. Being it was in the same room the Frc competition was hosted I asked him how much it costs to rent this for the weekend. He told me it cost them 300,000 for the 3 days during the week but if it was a weekend it would cost. 400,000! Now I imagine first does get some discount. But it still is crazy expensive. Let alone them renting bleachers, cherry pickers, light systems, and trucks to transport all their things. It most cost close to 600,000 so I see why you would pay 5k to enter it. Where as the hofstra competition probably costs like 150,000 - 200,000 at most. The difference is though sbpli is a small company compared to the companies who sponsor the NYC competition.
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Did you know that none of your registration money goes to the regional?
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What are nationals? Sounds like a fun American party, can we Canadians come?
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