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Unread 12-11-2006, 21:59
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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8 Regional Wins Amongst 6 Teams, 1 Championship Semi-Finalist, 1 Finalist, and 1 Champion, will all be there. That doesn't include the countless Chairman's, Woody Flower's, Animation, and other awards won by other teams attending. Looks pretty exciting to me, if not intimidating... Can't wait for March.

To any local teams or veterans of the regional: Do you have any hotel recommendations? Since FIRST won't be providing packages this year, its probably worth looking into things early. What are nearby attractions for students to go to either on Thursday or at night? Is there a confirmed team social, and if so, where? Thanks to anyone who can help with details for new teams attending like us.
Chris, a suggestion would be don't stay in Trenton, PM or IM me for some more Info, i can give you some places to stay and things to do
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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8 Regional Wins Amongst 6 Teams, 1 Championship Semi-Finalist, 1 Finalist, and 1 Champion, will all be there. That doesn't include the countless Chairman's, Woody Flower's, Animation, and other awards won by other teams attending. Looks pretty exciting to me, if not intimidating... Can't wait for March.

To any local teams or veterans of the regional: Do you have any hotel recommendations? Since FIRST won't be providing packages this year, its probably worth looking into things early. What are nearby attractions for students to go to either on Thursday or at night? Is there a confirmed team social, and if so, where? Thanks to anyone who can help with details for new teams attending like us.

Being part of the planning committee, I think I can field these questions.

As far as hotels go, I would have to agree, don't stay in Trenton. The area is definately one that students don't want to be wandering around in after dark. I'll try to find the link for the NJ regional website, where we're compiling all the information that you may need. I'm not sure about attractions either...of course it's Jersey, so there are going to be like 1000 malls in walking distance.

As more information develops I'll keep you posted.
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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Chris, a suggestion would be don't stay in Trenton, PM or IM me for some more Info, i can give you some places to stay and things to do

The closest hotels seem to be in the Rt 1 corridor in the PRINCETON AREA- ABOUT 20 MIN NORTH of Trenton. That means teams travelling in wil need to find surface transportation to go to and fro.

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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

The event schedule for the Sovereign Bank Arena does not list the regional. Is the venue up in the air or just not on the schedule?
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

Team 1881 is going again for our second year. I'd really like to see the LAN scouting
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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The event schedule for the Sovereign Bank Arena does not list the regional. Is the venue up in the air or just not on the schedule?

As far as I know we do have the SBA locked down, and ready to go for March
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

Aloha,
we will be coming to an east coast regional for the 1st time and then head on to NYC for some play time...........
Can't wait to see you all there. We plan on sending as much leis to everyone as possible.....
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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we will be coming to an east coast regional for the 1st time and then head on to NYC for some play time...........
Can't wait to see you all there. We plan on sending as much leis to everyone as possible.....
as long as I get one I'll be happy.
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Unread 22-12-2006, 21:53
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

Team 1882 will be there. It is a miracle that we have NASA backing for the 2nd year. I can't wait to get back into the game. Hope to see Paul K, Big Mike, John the other Morgan, 1923, 75, 25 and our 1881 neighbors and the rest of the teams that make this the next best thing to Christmas morning!
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

On the subject of hotels:

Here is a rough compliation of some local hotels from the NJ FIRST website (I wrote the page, so let me know if you need more help/information): http://nycnjfirst.org/nj_hotels.html

Secondly, if you want to look for your own hotels, check out those in the Princeton/Lawrenceville area. They are likely to be the most convient and safe place for your team to stay. =)

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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

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On the subject of hotels:

Here is a rough compliation of some local hotels from the NJ FIRST website (I wrote the page, so let me know if you need more help/information): http://nycnjfirst.org/nj_hotels.html

Secondly, if you want to look for your own hotels, check out those in the Princeton/Lawrenceville area. They are likely to be the most convient and safe place for your team to stay. =)

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, or shoot me an email and I will get your questions answered (if I can't answer them myself): sreffler@usfirst.org
I love how Sara did not fail to mention SAFE places to say. The arena is in Trenton, which isn't known to be the safest place in NJ to stay. But like she said, Princeton/Lawrenceville is probably your safest bet, though there may be a few hotels in Trenton.--Just don't stray too far from the hotel & don't do dumb things. Princeton and Lawrenceville are still quite the drive though (at least 10-15 minutes if not more) so you'll be needing some kind of ground transportation.

**and apparently I didn't realize that my coach posted the same thing a few posts above me :-p
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

We have stayed at the Courtyard Marriot Hopewell-Ewing in the past if I'm not mistaken.

Not much to do right in the area of the hotel (nice little airport right next to it though), but there was our good luck charm restaurant in 2004 (Hooters) on the way back to the hotel and then by the time we did got back to the hotel, some scouting in the lobby/conference room and then some much needed sleep.

About a 10-15 minute bus ride from the venue if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: 2007 New Jersey Regional

The Route 1 corridor north of Trenton has the best selection of hotels and budget-priced restaurants that I know of in the area. Google Map hotels for Lawrenceville, NJ will give you the list.

The Quaker Bridge Mall is out there as is a Home Depot or two (one also in Ewing). Be aware that Rt 1 is a major commuter route and gets pretty jammed up around the Rt 1/I 95 junction, so the 15-20 min non-rush hour ride to the SBA can become 30-40 min if you hit traffic.
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The Route 1 corridor north of Trenton has the best selection of hotels and budget-priced restaurants that I know of in the area. Google Map hotels for Lawrenceville, NJ will give you the list.

The Quaker Bridge Mall is out there as is a Home Depot or two (one also in Ewing). Be aware that Rt 1 is a major commuter route and gets pretty jammed up around the Rt 1/I 95 junction, so the 15-20 min non-rush hour ride to the SBA can become 30-40 min if you hit traffic.
30-40 If you get lucky, a couple years ago a tractor trailer flipped over on rt 1 and some teams were stuck in traffic for over 2 hours.
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30-40 If you get lucky, a couple years ago a tractor trailer flipped over on rt 1 and some teams were stuck in traffic for over 2 hours.
All that 2 hour delay should mean to a FIRST team is more time to mentally prepare for the competition and get "in the zone".

Kinda like our 3 hour delay by bad descisions by our bus driver in 2004 where we had some great times as a team and by the time we showed up in NJ on 10am on Thursday, had the "get it done" attitude and just went right to work.

I think that was the best example of teamwork I have ever seen in my team. It made me very proud of all of our kids that day.
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