Detroit

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

And the MLB Allstar game, and the Superbowl, and the NCAA basketball playoffs, and who knows how many NHL playoff games, and the NCAA Football bowl games, and the North American International Auto show.....oh, and who knows how many FIRST teams at the MEZ.

Totally unsafe. Don't hold it here. /sarcasm

I absolutely agree with the point you're making.

However, there is one significant difference between those events and the FRC Championship. While those sporting events may draw a larger number of total people (especially the Super Bowl), they are not predominantly youth competitions. The immediate area around the venues is safe, but it's a question of how many hotels that teams will actually be staying at and the transportation to/from those hotels. It's not an issue for the largely adult crowds for the Super Bowl/Final Four (the other sporting events largely attract locals), but it takes on a different dimension for elementary-high schoolers on field trips.