2011 FRC Season dates

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Week 2 (3/10/11-3/12/11) Gymnastics in the Sports Pavillion and potentially WCHA First Round hockey in Mariucci

Also, at the MN Mentor Forum the possibility of a Week 2 event in Duluth (in addition to the 2 Twin Cities regionals) was mentioned.

Last I had heard, a regional at Duluth this year was unlikely. Funding is the issue (so, if you know of people/companies/organizations that would like to help in that respect, I am sure Mark Lawrence would love to hear from you and them).
As to it being a week two regional, this seems unlikely for the same reason as it can't be in the Twin Cities: WCHA first round hockey is that weekend. The Bulldogs are at DECC where the robotics competition would be. I had heard early season regional as well though and there is a scheduled series for the Bulldogs during "week 1." I was pretty sure they were planning to use the ice arena, but maybe I am wrong about that.

Originally Posted by davidfv

The teams from our neighbors up North across the border will LOVE a regional in Duluth. Hope they can manage not to have it on the same weekend as the Canadian regionals. Duluth is a GREAT city!

I would be hesitant about this, but hope it would be true. My recollection is that there are not many teams from Canada that are particularly close to Duluth. That said, this may be an opportunity for teams to form in western Ontario and Manitoba (Thunder Bay and Winnipeg in particular).