The Everywhere Else District

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by logank013

I would totally disagree with you. IN is one of the least populated districts. We went to 4 events for $10,000 (3 qualifying events and the DCMPS). The same cost as two regionals. Those cancel out. Regionals require you to stay at hotels for each regional and charter a bus for each regional unless you live in an area like MN where finding 2 regionals within driving distance isn't as hard. That right there saves you 4 nights of hotels and 4 days of chartering a bus. That saves you so much money.

You're looking at it from the perspective of a team that would attend many events. A majority of teams in the regional model attend only 1 event. The minimum cost for a regional team to compete at the Championship is $9000 for registration. The minimum registration cost for a district team is $14,000.