What are the new regionals?

[Richard McClellan]

I doubt the dates will be finalized until early fall, at which point you can find them on the FIRST website when you have to decide which regional you want to go to. Most school districts haven't realized 09-10 calendars yet, and the regional planners have to plan around those calendars.

[jtdowney]

You can always count on the Boilermaker Regional being on the last weekend of Purdue's spring break (so March 19th-21st in 2009).

[lynca]

I remember in Panteras President's Circle Video , the said a Mexico City Regional 2009 was going to occur , does anyone know what happened to those plans ?

[czeke]

One would think, that with so many teams in the Midwest that were unable to get into an additional regional, that perhaps somewhere down the road, Madison, WI could be added. Your thoughts ?

[LightWaves1636]

Originally Posted by czeke

One would think, that with so many teams in the Midwest that were unable to get into an additional regional, that perhaps somewhere down the road, Madison, WI could be added. Your thoughts ?

Because of how the midwest is growing with numerous teams, I heard instead of creating a brand new regional, might happen for 2009 but will more than likely come in 2010 is to expand the Colorado Regional into a double regional with two fields..so we'll take over the entire Ritchie Center instead of the Magness Arena , traffic control of the venue still has to be figured out....but yeah, I was told by some of the people from the ColoradoFIRST committee while volunteering as a Safety Adviser for the 2008 Colorado Regional.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by czeke

One would think, that with so many teams in the Midwest that were unable to get into an additional regional, that perhaps somewhere down the road, Madison, WI could be added. Your thoughts ?

I have also heard that turning MN into a 2 field regional is a possibility. I believe the goal for MN is to add another 20-30 teams next year which would give us 70-80 in MN alone. I'm not sure what the venue setup would be for such an event, and most of it is really rough speculation, but it is a possibility.