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[Madison]

Originally Posted by IKE

I had to do a double take at your Location block. What if they Average your two locations?

That'd probably put the Championship somewhere in Wyoming or South Dakota. That wouldn't be good for anyone.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Madison

That'd probably put the Championship somewhere in Wyoming or South Dakota. That wouldn't be good for anyone.

Hey! You're forgetting the Colorado teams! (And the Wyoming teams, Montana teams, Nebraska teams, Idaho teams, and Utah teams, for that matter...)

Oh, and see my location...

[bobwrit]

Originally Posted by Madison

That'd probably put the Championship somewhere in Wyoming or South Dakota. That wouldn't be good for anyone.

...Except for us...

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Madison

That'd probably put the Championship somewhere in Wyoming or South Dakota. That wouldn't be good for anyone.

My first thought was that they were going to be held in a farmer's field in Nebraska as a cost-cutting measure....

But there have been several threads here on CD discussing possible locations. A significant limitation is the need to have large pit spaces located near a domed stadium and there are only a few locations that combine that with relatively easy air access.

But it's kind of boring to let reality restrict one's imagination... I say they've swung a deal with the US Navy to borrow an aircraft carrier for a week every year (housing, food... playing and pit space...) and will cruise up and down alternate coasts each year. We might need to pitch tents on the deck to make room for everyone... but I'd be good with that.

Jason

[MikeReilly]

I would be amazed if it were in the northern half of the country (don't hate me, I'm originally NJ - VT - MI - MA). Why? Weather. Think FIRST wants to deal with flight delays for the Championships? Of course, I'd love an excuse to visit Boston and MIT...

And it didn't say "new" location. Atlanta really wants to keep this thing. (But Disney would be nice too!)

Real bets: N'Orleans or Dallas. Imagine that massive HD screen in Dallas playing the Einstein match. Goosebumps!

[MikeReilly]

Whoa, St. Louis!

[MattD]

Looks like St. Louis is the winner: http://usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=15777

Like many others, I was expecting Indianapolis.

[XaulZan11]

Sweet! Now I can say that I've watched my robot on the same field that Adrian Peterson played on.

[Greg Needel]

Knowing that St.Louis was in the running I took the trip there a couple weeks ago and to make sure that the stadium was nice I had to go see the packers play the rams.


In all seriousness I really liked st.louis and their setup. The stadium was easy walking distance to numerous places to eat and hotels. There are many attractions in the city which can occupy time and it is slightly more centrally located then Atlanta.


http://map.mapnetwork.com/destination/stlouis/

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

The stadium was easy walking distance to numerous places to eat and hotels.

I attended a convention at the America's Center this summer, and actually found it very difficult to get food quickly and easily. Downtown St. Louis is an absolute ghost town on the weekends, and I've heard countless people listing the food situation as their top reason for not wanting that event to return to St. Louis. I'm hoping (and expecting) that FIRST will be setting up vendors inside the venue, much like we've had in Atlanta.

[Jacob Paikoff]

The first thing I noticed was the dates, I think after this year FIRST is going back to a 6 week regional season.

or maybe we'll have a longer build season

[Pjohn1959]

What better place than "Jerry Land" in Dallas. Plenty of space and whoa... what a video screen!

[IndySam]

Wow and we knew Dean was going to be in St. Louis today.

Epic fail by us watchers and predictors.

Grats St. Louis

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Mechkrunch

The first thing I noticed was the dates, I think after this year FIRST is going back to a 6 week regional season.

Maybe 7 weeks. Which makes some sense - if the district model expands a lot, can you have all the championships scheduled for just one weekend? Weeks 1-5 for districts, weeks 6-7 for championships. And for that matter, if you bag rather than ship, why can't the first events be the same week as bag/ship day?

[McGurky]

Not bad, this decision cut our teams potential driving time in half!!!!!