Pittsburgh and Cleveland Regionals

[AmyPrib]

Originally Posted by Tuba4

Just out of curiosity, how big is the typical arena that a FIRST regional is held at? I can only speak to the ones where I have attended.

The Boilermaker is about 2200 max capacity for seating people, and we have to bring in bleachers to our venue. That capacity is the safety fire code max for us.

A note about sports arenas also - some venues, like college campuses, may not be willing to give up or rent out their facilities due to many factors. In our case, there may be sports events scheduled late that take precendence over a robotics event in the sports arena, so if we reserved it, it doesn't mean we'll get to use it. We have a smaller venue due to that, but most events I've been to, it's been hard to match the excitement and atmosphere created in our smaller venue.

Anyway, the scheduling looks pretty harsh in some areas with nearby regionals all on the same weekend. Hopefully waitlisted teams have the means to spread out and attend other unfilled events.