2013 Predicted Events Calendar

[KevinGoneNuts]

Los Angeles Regional looks to be week 3. According to their schedule, It's the only time when the arena inst occupied by any big events.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by KevinGoneNuts

Los Angeles Regional looks to be week 3. According to their schedule, It's the only time when the arena inst occupied by any big events.

I've heard it won't be at the same venue, so that might not be a valid assumption.

[MrTechCenter]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I've heard it won't be at the same venue, so that might not be a valid assumption.

I think everyone hopes that they'll finally move to the Anaheim Convention Center. But according to their website, they're booked for most of March.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

I think everyone hopes that they'll finally move to the Anaheim Convention Center. But according to their website, they're booked for most of March.

I haven't heard of any change in venue for LA Regional. Anaheim Convention Center would be cool, but it moves the venue further away from the teams in the LA area and closer to the San Diego and Inland Empire Regionals.

[Basel A]

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.

More speculation: if Michigan again grows by 20-30 teams, we'll be at 210-220 teams, which needs 11 districts. Because it's unlikely that three districts will take place in the same week, that would necessitate a week 6 district.

Note that it may be possible to squeeze 420-440 team-events into 10 districts, but I don't think that'll be attempted.

As for concrete evidence, there's nothing on the EMU Convocation Center event schedule for any FRC weekend (or 2013 at all for that matter).

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

The dates below are based on a predicted January 5th kickoff. Thursday through Sunday are the dates in case of any Sunday events. Note that anything posted here, even if backed by citing venue calendars, is not an official schedule from FIRST unless otherwise stated.

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 - historically week 1

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

Week 3 March 14th - March 17th:
Virginia Regional - as per venue calendar


Week 4 March 21st - March 24th:
Wisconsin Regional - as per venue calendar
Bayou Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 5 March 28th - March 31st:
Washington D.C. Regional - as per convention center calendar
Alamo Regional - as per venue calendar

Week 6 April 4th - April 7th:
MAR Regional Championship (location TBD)
Las Vegas Regional - as per Joe from 987

I believe there is also a Week 7 this year.

[ehochstein]

Using the process of elimination you can determine when the Duluth, MN regionals will most likely happen... This is their schedule for March via this link.

1 - 2 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Alabama-Huntsville Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
8 - 9 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Nebraska-Omaha Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
9 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra DSSO 7PM
22 - 23 MN Ballet | Firebird MN Ballet 7PM

The first event with UMD vs. Alabama eliminates the first weekend in March, the second events UMD vs. Nebraska and the Symphony Orchestra eliminate the second week. There is nothing scheduled the third weekend and the fourth weekend is taken up by a Ballet. I have also eliminated the fifth weekend as that is when the 10K Lakes and North Star regional typically occur.

I would like to remind everyone that it sounds like Duluth will be turning into a double regional this year exactly like the Minneapolis double regional. One will take place in the DECC arena and the other in the AMSOIL arena (From what I understand).

I realize it has been previously stated that the events will be taking place during week two but I fail to see where two regionals will take place if there are hockey games and an orchestra playing... I could always be wrong though.

It appears to me that the Duluth Regionals will be taking place from March 14th-16th, or week 3.

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by Wiifi

Using the process of elimination you can determine when the Duluth, MN regionals will most likely happen... This is their schedule for March via this link.

1 - 2 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Alabama-Huntsville Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
8 - 9 UMD Mens Bulldog Hockey vs. Nebraska-Omaha Bulldogs Hockey 7:07PM
9 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra DSSO 7PM
22 - 23 MN Ballet | Firebird MN Ballet 7PM

The first event with UMD vs. Alabama eliminates the first weekend in March, the second events UMD vs. Nebraska and the Symphony Orchestra eliminate the second week. There is nothing scheduled the third weekend and the fourth weekend is taken up by a Ballet. I have also eliminated the fifth weekend as that is when the 10K Lakes and North Star regional typically occur.

I would like to remind everyone that it sounds like Duluth will be turning into a double regional this year exactly like the Minneapolis double regional. One will take place in the DECC arena and the other in the AMSOIL arena (From what I understand).

I realize it has been previously stated that the events will be taking place during week two but I fail to see where two regionals will take place if there are hockey games and an orchestra playing... I could always be wrong though.

It appears to me that the Duluth Regionals will be taking place from March 14th-16th, or week 3.

I wanted to follow up my previous statement, I was looking up the floor plan at the DECC here and realized that it is still might be possible to host a double during week two. Hockey would take up the AMSOIL arena, the orchestra would be in the Auditorium and the Existing Arena might have the potential to host two fields. I know that the South Pioneer Hall has enough space to hold at least 80 teams in the pit. They also might be able to convert the North Pioneer Hall into something other than Curling fields, but I am not 100% sure about that

I guess we will see in a few weeks when the schedule is finally released.

[MrTechCenter]

Los Angeles Regional is confirmed to be 3/20/2013-3/23/2013 at the Long Beach Arena.

[Mark Holschuh]

It appears that the Midwest Regional will not be a Week 1 or Week 2 event, as the UIC mens and womens basketball teams schedules show that they have home games at the Pavilion those weekends.

[bearbot]

WOW can anybody relate to cheaspeake regional being in week 7 i find that hard to believe it been week 3 or 4 forever why change it most veterans will turn away if they win other regionals and you only have a week to raise the fund for ST.Loius will be a tough climb for most

[Basel A]

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

Same number of District events as last year (10). Niles and Northville Districts don't appear to be happening this year, replaced by District events in St. Joseph and Grand Blanc.

Michigan has grown by 8, 31, and 19 teams over the past three years. With 190 teams, Michigan is roughly 10 teams below the 10-district capacity of about 200 teams, which suggests the possibility that there will need to be an 11th district. We'll have to wait and see.

[Greg Young]

I just heard that the North Carolina regional has been bumped from week 2 to week 3 by a venue conflict. So *unofficially* North Carolina is week 3.

I guess we won't get to make our 5th appearance at Peachtree since it is also week 3. It looks like Palmetto or Smoky Mountains with Virginia also in week 3.

Unless NC gets moved again.

[Akash Rastogi]

MAR Email blast

"This season there will be six district events and one Mid-Atlantic Robotics Region Championship. 4 of the 6 district events have been finalized, and 2 are tentatively scheduled; we will notify you when they are finalized. We would like to thank our 4 returning hosts and look forward to working with our three new venues. The competition schedule is as follows:

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) "

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Greg Young

I just heard that the North Carolina regional has been bumped from week 2 to week 3 by a venue conflict. So *unofficially* North Carolina is week 3.

Here is further evidence that the NC regional will be week 3 (14-16 Mar).

This sucks-- VA, NC, and Peachtree will probably be all the same week.