2017 New York Regionals

[Chris is me]

5030 posted in a thread that they are confirmed for registration for NYC, but it doesn't show up on their team page. 2791 is in the same boat. So I wouldn't totally trust FIRST's website here.

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

5030 posted in a thread that they are confirmed for registration for NYC, but it doesn't show up on their team page. 2791 is in the same boat. So I wouldn't totally trust FIRST's website here.

Note that these teams DO show up if you look at the event itself. The team data might be mostly garbage but the event data looks OK. Also looks like 10 teams already got pulled from the NYC wait list.

[Josh Goodman]

I'm curious to see where many of the western NY and capital region teams end up registering between FLR and TVR. I can see most teams attending their "home" regional but there will definitely be some crossover.

[Dominick Ferone]

Originally Posted by smistthegreat

Note that these teams DO show up if you look at the event itself. The team data might be mostly garbage but the event data looks OK. Also looks like 10 teams already got pulled from the NYC wait list.

By pulled, do you mean got in? Or they left the waitlist?

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Dominick Ferone

By pulled, do you mean got in? Or they left the waitlist?

If you follow that link to the "events in my area" page, it shows NYC with 34 teams. The initial capacity was 24. The data could be incorrect, but I assumed that means that 10 teams got into the event off the wait list.

[smistthegreat]

http://173.255.246.196/2017/ appears to be working again. Looks like NYC and LI already opened some waitlist spots.

Also, according to the current data, there are only 120 teams in NY, not 188.

[smistthegreat]

New York registration analysis, now with 100% more accurate data! Everything here is from http://frclinks.frclinks.com/ with the help of http://173.255.246.196/2017/. I'll be breaking down where all the teams from New York registered (so far), and who is coming to the 5 New York events from out of state.

123 teams from NY have registered in 2016 as of 6:00PM EST today. 150 teams from NY competed last year.

Numbers are Current Total/Current Capacity/2016 Final Capacity
Where are New York teams going?

Event            Capacity    Number of NY Teams
Buckeye          29/50/58    8
Montreal         37/40/50    1  (229)
Finger Lakes     20/40/50    18
Pittsburgh       29/29/52    1  (2053)
Hudson Valley    05/24/??    5
Miami Valley     31/35/??    1  (1559)
Midwest          32/44/52    1  (1511)
New York City    34/34/??    27
Tech Valley      16/21/36    14
Long Island      48/48/51    47

Where are teams coming to New York from?

Event            Region            Number of Teams
Finger Lakes     Ohio              2
Hudson Valley    N/A               0
New York City    Florida           2
New York City    Australia         1
New York City    China             1
New York City    Turkey            3
Tech Valley      South Carolina    1
Tech Valley      Turkey            1
Long Island      Brazil            1

For a full breakdown, take a look at the attached xlsx file.

Edit: List of teams that competed in 2016 not yet registered for 2017 as of 10/8 10AM EST:

73
335
375
640
743
1230
1396
1537
1546
1665
2027
2340
2344
2347
2487
2895
3004
3053
3181
3204
3760
3799
4012
4093
4263
4640
4773
5298
5433
5659
5955
6195

[bdaroz]

Great information...

One minor correction, Finger Lakes should be capped at 50, not 49. They were capped at 50 last year, but only had 49 attending.

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by bdaroz

Great information...

One minor correction, Finger Lakes should be capped at 50, not 49. They were capped at 50 last year, but only had 49 attending.

Good catch, I'll update it. I was going off of final registration counts for last year.

[Bluman56]

Is it really possibly for NYC Regional to be capped at 34? You would think they would let more people off the waitlist like SBPLI has already filled to capacity off of the waitlist. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt but seeing only 34 teams in NYC would be strange to say the least...

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Originally Posted by Bluman56

Is it really possibly for NYC Regional to be capped at 34? You would think they would let more people off the waitlist like SBPLI has already filled to capacity off of the waitlist. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt but seeing only 34 teams in NYC would be strange to say the least...

While it clearly won't be as big as Javits, I think it is going to grow more than it is at now. Remember earlier in this thread, that the spots are (at least partially) saved for NYC teams that aren't eligible to register yet. If they weren't ready four days ago, they probably aren't ready yet .

[Bluman56]

Originally Posted by Jeanne Boyarsky

While it clearly won't be as big as Javits, I think it is going to grow more than it is at now. Remember earlier in this thread, that the spots are (at least partially) saved for NYC teams that aren't eligible to register yet. If they weren't ready four days ago, they probably aren't ready yet .

I figured something along those lines was going on (hence the benefit of the doubt). I just didn't want to get myself too excited for a 34 team event (that would've meant 50% more matches at least!!). Looking forward to see how it eventually plays out.

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Bluman56

I figured something along those lines was going on (hence the benefit of the doubt). I just didn't want to get myself too excited for a 34 team event (that would've meant 50% more matches at least!!). Looking forward to see how it eventually plays out.

Don't get your hopes up for a small event based on that initial capacity. Long Island had an initial capacity of 26 and currently has 50 (!) teams signed up. Last year's total is a good indicator for most events, but with the NYC venue change I didn't want to include it because it might not be relevant. I haven't heard any talk of how the new venue compares, and not being from NYC I don't want to speculate.

[jayred1127]

The new venue is smaller. I run track there. I would be surprised if they let more teams come. Glad that my team got a spot at our home regional.

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by jayred1127

The new venue is smaller. I run track there. I would be surprised if they let more teams come. Glad that my team got a spot at our home regional.

They have some good info on their site about the venue, but it wasn't obvious how they would layout the field/pits (field on one end, pits on the other with a curtain between?), and it also seemed that the track itself was slightly *above* the grade of the floor.... How that fits in, who knows....