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2009 Championships

Where do YOU want the championships next year? Atlanta, Vegas, Disney.....
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Re: 2009 Championships

Well its already booked so does it matter? But if I had my choice I'd say Disney.
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Re: 2009 Championships

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.
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Re: 2009 Championships

You better add St. Louis and Indianapolis to your list.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Re: 2009 Championships

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....
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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.
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Re: 2009 Championships

I would like to go to vegas but also disney would be nice but they have already booked it
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Re: 2009 Championships

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.
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Re: 2009 Championships

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.
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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.
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-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.
I know this thread has certainly been done before (I suggest everyone who is truly interested to search and read), but it is always something interesting to talk about.

It should also have warm weather since that is most team's preference for the beginning of spring.

Remember that one of the reasons Atlanta has all these things is due to them hosting the Summer Olympics, so we are basically using their setup. Not many places have a covered stadium and convention center so close together (yes I know Indy's RCA Dome & CC would work but see my warm weather point). Anyone who went to Houston knows how well 2 stadiums work

Disney was incredible, but everything (stadium and pit) had to be built for us every year in that parking lot. The Championship is too big for that now. The Wide World of Sports in Disney World could certainly accommodate us, but I don't see that happening for a variety of reasons including scheduling too late in their season.
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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:

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7. Ernest N. Morial New Orleans 1.1 million
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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).
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