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Originally Posted by Gregor

Could you provide us with the specific considerations you've made to regarding venue, geographic location, cost, impact to the city and surrounding area, hotel capacity, airport capacity, ect. that make these cities better than the ones FIRST has identified?

Wow alright

1.Pittsburgh - consol energy center is gigantic I've competed there (gymnastics) and its a beautiful venue. It's blocks away from a great convention center and its a pretty good neighborhood. There's a ton of restaurants in walking distance along with quite a bit of parking around the stadium. Hotel wise there are numerous. Hotels right there including a Hilton and Marriott across the street. It's also close to carnegie melon who I am sure being the engineering school they are would support the event.

Pittsburgh is a declining city but it's not at a decline where it becomes dangerous.
The only thing bad about Pittsburgh is everything closes very early.

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

One of those cities is a desolate wasteland and the other one is Las Vegas.

Vegas is not bad. Yes it has its quirks but it is filled with convention centers, hotels, and stadiums. It's also in a harsh decline. The area isn't awful as it's filled with police 24/7.