2009 Regional Dates Announced (Unofficial)

[JB987]

[quote=Cory;764252]This is awesome news! We look forward to you guys coming back to San Jose. I was telling Alan at IRI how we miss seeing you guys and 368 at SVR every year.[/

Cory,
Save some room for the High Rollers in case we decide Florida is too expensive for us this year...we will decide pretty soon.

[acdcfan259]

This messes up our plans.

[Nate Smith]

I was just thinking about this thread, and came to the conclusion that I think it should be renamed from (Unofficial) to (Tentative). The information definitely came from an official source, albeit with a disclaimer that some of the information is subject to change...

Just my $0.02...

[AdamHeard]

I'm really disappointed that LA and SVR are the same week.


[quote=JB987;764269]

Originally Posted by Cory

This is awesome news! We look forward to you guys coming back to San Jose. I was telling Alan at IRI how we miss seeing you guys and 368 at SVR every year.[/

Cory,
Save some room for the High Rollers in case we decide Florida is too expensive for us this year...we will decide pretty soon.

359.... 368.... 987.... I can't wait....

[Nawaid Ladak]

out of the five regionals that i wanted to go to this year (realisticly, i was only going to go to 2 of them). four happen to be on the same week

Peachtree (seems fun, especially after all the excitement last year)
Florida (duh)
Wisconsin (get a chance to hang out with some non robotics friends)
Dallas (same reason as above)

well at least i have a shot at GTR... if not, then Michigan State Championship, if it's in Detroit, if not, i guess im only going to 1 event

i hope this schedule changes

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

i wonder if the Florida Regional will overlap with the FCAT(mandatory test for all high school students in Florida) again?

March 10 – 23, 2009 are the current scheduled dates for the 2009 FCAT. The dates for specific tests depend on your district and the decisions that will later be made by the state.

Source: http://highmail.highlands.k12.fl.us/...37;20dates.pdf

What 1065 always did was send the upperclassmen to the event, and have the lower classmen who could, have their parents sign them out and bring them to the regional right after the testing was over. I think this only works because we were so close to the regional.

[R.C.]

Dang it, Hawaii and Vegas and UC Davis regional are all the same week

[dtengineering]

Nice to see Oregon moved back to week 2. It has been one of our favourite regionals for several years now, but it has always been such a rush to get the robot through customs, the van packed and all the travel documents double-checked that an extra week of "breathing space" will be appreciated.

The Seattle regional will be exciting, too... with the move from the Tacoma convention centre to the 17,000+ seat Key Arena downtown, it looks like the amazing people at FIRSTWA are going to make a great, friendly, little regional in to a great, friendly, BIG regional!

Teams who haven't experienced the Pacific Northwest shouldn't miss out. Memorial Colliseum in Portland has to be one of the best venues in all of FRC*, and Key Arena has to be the most exciting new competition space of the year.

Jason

* check it out... HUGE pit spaces close to the playing field, plenty of seats in the stands, lots of good affordable hotels and restaurants in walking distance, free public transportation to downtown, good load in and load-out (once you figure out where to go), and all located in a very nice, very friendly city.... with no sales taxes (and some really good locally-brewed beverages for any thirsty adults who aren't on supervision duty). Oh, and did I mention that the people are great, too?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

then Michigan State Championship, if it's in Detroit, if not, i guess im only going to 1 event

It's in Ypsilanti at Eastern Michigan University, site of former GLR. About 40 or so miles west of Detroit.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

* check it out... HUGE pit spaces close to the playing field, plenty of seats in the stands, lots of good affordable hotels and restaurants in walking distance, free public transportation to downtown, good load in and load-out (once you figure out where to go), and all located in a very nice, very friendly city.... with no sales taxes (and some really good locally-brewed beverages for any thirsty adults who aren't on supervision duty). Oh, and did I mention that the people are great, too?

I totally agree on all points. The venue at Portland is great, particularly the large pit area.

We enjoyed the event very much in 2006 and would like to come back at some point.

[Elgin Clock]

NYC is returning to a "regular schedule" Thursday-Saturday event in '09?
Looks like I'll have to decide between visiting/volunteering at NYC or Boston this year.

Also.. arghh... CT, Hawaii & Vegas all in the same weekend??
Blah.

[Billfred]

It appears that the Palmetto Regional doesn't conflict with the spring break in Richland One, the key factor that led to 1618 skipping it last year.

I guess I'll have to find a relatively obnoxious Gamecocks cap to wear up to Clemson.

[galewind]

I'm a bit bummed that they moved Boston to week 2. I was hoping to be able to go there this year for our travel regional -- week 2 is also a state testing week for NJ.

[waialua359]

its too bad also that hawaii and vegas fall on the same weekend. our team prefers vegas as their #1 regional for obvious reasons.

By the way Joe, team 987, someone who has worked at our school the last 2 years just told me she is from Cimarron Memorial. She didnt know you guys did FRC since she graduated in '93. My response was that its doing quite well!

[ChristinaR]

I'm also a bit bummed that Boston has been moved. Choosing between NYC and Boston will be difficult considering I attend them for completely different reasons (NYC for the people and teams, Boston for the show and the fact that it's very close). I guess I won't decide until I have to.
Must not be very convenient for the Northeast teams that were planning on attending both.