2009 Championships

[Macdaddy549]

Where do YOU want the championships next year? Atlanta, Vegas, Disney.....

[Danny McC]

Well its already booked so does it matter? But if I had my choice I'd say Disney.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Danny McC

Well its already booked so does it matter? But if I had my choice I'd say Disney.

I thought it was a 5 year contract that ends this year in Atlanta.
Anyone know any more details?
Would be interesting if FIRST was planning to have it elsewhere.
How about Hawaii?

[Danny McC]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I thought it was a 5 year contract that ends this year in Atlanta.
Anyone know any more details?
Would be interesting if FIRST was planning to have it elsewhere.
How about Hawaii?

04/15/09 - 04/18/09 On the Georgia Dome calendar. I would love it they moved it though I wannna see more places. Hawaii sounds good.

[Laaba 80]

Originally Posted by Danny McC

Well its already booked so does it matter? But if I had my choice I'd say Disney.

Is it booked for next year? I didnt know that. I know they had a deal with Atlanta to do it there for 5 years, and this is the 5th year its been there. I do like Atlanta, however I guess I wouldnt mind it being somewhere else for a few years. I dont really care where its held.
Joey

[Elgin Clock]

Connecticut.

It would be nice if everyone came to party in my backyard one year, rather than me going to theirs, or meeting everyone somewhere far. lol



In all seriousness though, I like Atlanta, and have yet to do everything I want to do down there, so if it were there for at least a couple more years I wouldn't mind.


Then eventually Vegas. But that's only because I've never been there.
But I can just go to the regional there as well, so it's kind of pointless to have the Championship Event there just because I haven't been there before.

[IndySam]

You better add St. Louis and Indianapolis to your list.

[XXShadowXX]

detroit
hey the city sucks but all the teams that it is close to also the business would be good for the city
the best states to have it in would be
by teams in or bordering said state

new york 313
california 219
michigan 209
georgia 97(?)

as you can see based on team density georgia is very low on the list....

[TD78]

Originally Posted by XXShadowXX

detroit
as you can see based on team density georgia is very low on the list....

there are lots more factors than team density to consider:

-major international airport.
-venue large enough to house both 5 full playing fields plus FTC fields.
-either same or separate facility to house pits for 300+ FRC teams, 100 FTC teams, FLL teams, plus pit admin, practice fields, etc.
-enough hotels in close proximity (walking distance) to house 500+ teams (students, teachers, parents, mentors) plus VIPs and staff.
-enough restaurants and food places in the area to feed above mentioned people for a week.
-entertainment in the area to keep teams entertained at night (ie. Georgia Aquarium, Braves games, etc).

I've enjoyed all my stays in Atlanta, so I won't mind if they keep going back. A change would be nice, but considering all that Atlanta has going for them (from the list above), I don't see the need to change.

[brentmcjunkin]

I would like to go to vegas but also disney would be nice but they have already booked it

[A_Reed]

FIRST already outgrew Disney and what they could offer in terms of space, I would have loved to see it. They changed it my freshman year in FIRST, when it moved to Huston instead.

[Cartwright]

This is definitely a very biased comment, but I think that Indianapolis would be a pretty logical choice (so would St. Louis). Though I liked Atlanta last year, it really isn't a very central location. By next year (I think), Indy will have a nice new stadium perfect for FIRST. The city has a nice sized International Airport, and several major interstate highways that could draw teams from any direction. Prices in Indy are not crazy high either. And...it's location is in the heart of country. It's not a giant distant from the east coast. It's right next door to Michigan, and just south of Canada. However, the West Coast is quite a ways away, but there aren't a lot of places more central. St. Louis wouldn't be bad either though.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by A_Reed

FIRST already outgrew Disney and what they could offer in terms of space, I would have loved to see it.

The Orange County (Florida) Convention Center is the second-biggest in the country and is only about eight or nine miles from Disney World:

Size
Center Location (in square feet)
1. McCormick Place Chicago 2.2 million
2. Orange County Orlando 2.05 million
Convention Center
3. Las Vegas Las Vegas 1.94 million
Convention Center
4. Georgia World Atlanta 1.37 million
Congress Center
5. Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville 1.29 million
6. Sands Expo & Center Las Vegas 1.13 million
7. Ernest N. Morial New Orleans 1.1 million
Convention Center
8. Dallas Convention Center Dallas 1.02 million
9. Pennsylvania Farm Show Harrisburg 1 million
Complex & Expo Center
10. George R. Brown Houston 930,000
Convention Center

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

The Orange County (Florida) Convention Center is the second-biggest in the country and is only about eight or nine miles from Disney World:

You listed the Georgia World Atlanta 1.37 million
Congress Center plus you have to add the dome also I think.

[d.courtney]

Canada? I mean it would be great to see the Championships to an international event change which country its in every now and then. Then after its been to Canada, we could have it in Brazil or Isreal.

btw I don't actually see this ever happening(unless the structure of FIRST events or demographics of its teams changes dramatically).