2013 Predicted Events Calendar

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by bardd

I've heard rumors about districs in California in 2014/2015 (rumors of rumors, actually).

Its only a matter of time that California switches to some sort of District Style Format. Its not happening this year for sure, but should be soon.

-RC

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Not necessarily; if you look at the dates for last year's event there were also other things booked for the same time. They have multiple venues at the convention center.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Not necessarily; if you look at the dates for last year's event there were also other things booked for the same time. They have multiple venues at the convention center.

This is true, guess we'll just wait and see.

I'll be checking up on the venue websites for these events. If I see an update, I'll post and update.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Will the Michigan State Championship be week 7 again? I was surprised by MAR being moved to week 6.

Sorry Joe, forgot to hit save when I edited it last time.

MAR Champs and MSC were week 7 last year to avoid Easter weekend (Week 6). It doesn't surprise me in the least that MAR is moving to week 6 given that Easter falls on week 5 this year.

[Andrew Y.]

Peachtree regional is confirmed March 14th-16th based off the GAFIRST Mentors meeting.

[Gregor]

Regionals ~ New regionals are in bold, please tell me if I missed any

Week 1 Feb 28th - March 3rd:
Central Valley Regional - as per R.C.
Palmetto Regional - as per Myrtle Beach Convention Center calendar
Finger Lakes Regional - as per RIT schedule
BAE Granite State Regional - as per housing website

Week 2 March 7th - March 10th:
Autodesk Oregon Regional - as per Dale from 1540
Northern Lights Regional (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) - as per FIRST schedule
WPI Regional - as per WPI spring break
Orlando - as per UCF spring break
Lone Star - as per housing website
New York - as per housing website
Portland - as per Madison

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar
Boilermaker Regional - as per venue calendar
Peachtree - Confirmed by GeorgiaFirst
Duluth Regionals - as per this
North Carolina - as per this
St. Louis - as per housing website

Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar
Los Angeles - as per this
Queen City - as per housing website
Phoenix Regional (Chandler, AZ) - as per housing website
Utah - as per housing website
Waterloo - as per housing website
Central Washington - as per Madison

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar
Smokey Mountains Regional - as per venue calendar
Buckeye - as per housing website
Greater Toronto West Regional - as per housing website
South Florida - as per housing website
Seattle Century Link - as per Madison

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
SBPLI - as per Mark Mcleod
Las Vegas Regional - as per Joe from 987
Hawaii - as per First in Hawaii email
Western Canada - as per regional director
Colorado - as per housing website
Pine Tree Regional (Lewiston, ME) - as per housing website

Spokane - as per Madison
Week 7 April 10th - April 13th:
Cheaspeake as per housing website



Michigan Events
Confirmed here

Week 1-Kettering District
Week 1-Traverse City District
Week 2-Gull Lake District
Week 2-Waterford District
Week 3-Detroit District
Week 3-St. Joseph District
Week 4-West Michigan District
Week 4-Grand Blanc District
Week 5-Livonia District
Week 5-Troy District
Week 7-Michigan State Championship

MAR Events

From here

Week 1: Fri - Sun 3/1 - 3/3 -- Hatsboro-Horsham (Horsham, PA) (finalized)
Week 2: no event scheduled-- HSPA testing in New Jersey
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16-- Springside/Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, PA) (finalized)
Week 3: Thr - Sat 3/14 - 3/16 -- The College of New Jersey (Ewing Township, NJ) (tentative)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Mt. Olive (Flanders, NJ) (finalized)
Week 4: Fri - Sun 3/22 - 3/24 -- Lenape-Seneca (Tabernacle, NJ) (finalized)
Week 5: no event scheduled-- Holiday Week (Easter and Passover)
Week 6: Fri - Sun 4/5 - 4/7 -- A High School in Central New Jersey (Middlesex or Somerset Counties) (tentative)
Week 7: Thr - Sat 4/11 - 4/13 -- Mid-Atlantic Robotics Region Championship, Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) (finalized)

[Saberbot]

Also, the Arizona Regional must have been renamed the phoenix regional. I believe they did this because Arizona FIRST was hoping to host a regional in Tucson this year, but it didn't go through. You can remove the Arizona regional from the list.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

According to San Jose State's calendar, spring break will be the week of the 25th-29th, so it looks like Silicon Valley Regional will be Week 5, March 28th-30th.

This is not consistent with what I have heard.

[Travis Hoffman]

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

It's down....

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Is it just me, or did they take the regional list on firstchampionshiphousing.com down?

Not just you. They let you see the page & select FRC but then.....
Good thing we got the list up here before it went away.

[waialua359]

Can someone clarify the MN regionals?
Is there a new one during week 2 in addition to the 2 already planned tentatively for week 3?
Or did one of the previous MN ones become replaced with the Northern Lights one?

Since we cannot go to the Alberta one during week 6 (Hawaii regional) , it looks as though week 2 and 3 in the same city would both be cost effective and a great place for snow activities for our students.

[jessss]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Can someone clarify the MN regionals?
Is there a new one during week 2 in addition to the 2 already planned tentatively for week 3?
Or did one of the previous MN ones become replaced with the Northern Lights one?

There will be four regionals in MN this year. 10,000 lakes, North Star, The Northern Lights Regional and Lake Superior regional. In previous years North Star and 10,000 lakes have been during week 5. It doesn't make sense that Lake Superior and Northern Lights would be in different weeks though. It doesn't sound right because I'm pretty sure the whole reason they were adding the Northern Lights regional was they wanted to have two regionals at the same time in Duluth.

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

The Knoxville Convention Center looks to be booked Feb 27th and March 2nd so I'm assuming the Smoky Mt. Regional is moving as well.

http://www.knoxvilleconventioncenter.com/calendar.html

Anyone have info on perhaps a new location or a new week? Nothing FIRST related is booked yet for March.

Also just heard that the MAR Championship will not be in "week 7" like last time. It will be week 6 and is moving from Temple University, new location is TBD.

I found this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/tennesseefirst/
That is counting down the days until 2013 regional. The countdown puts it in week 5.

[Basel A]

Word on the street says there's going to be a new MI district at Grand Blanc High School in Week 4.