2011 FRC Season dates

[Bethie42]

Originally Posted by Doug G

We'd love to have you back at Davis again. I haven't heard any official word on the dates for Davis. I checked the ARC Pavillion calendar and the only thing on it is some event on Thursday 4/7 and Friday 4/8, but nothing reserved for Saturday. This could the two day FRC event or it could be something completely different - hard to tell.

And we'd love to come back! I was talking a few days ago with some other local teams and they [having been to Davis more recently..and took first place...one of the few teams from Oregon to EVER win two regionals...Team 997, I love 'em, gotta do a promo ] said they really liked the area, campus and so on.
I have a personal fondness for Davis, because I went down there with the team [my dad is a mentor] in 2006, a really good year for our team [semi-finals and Xerox Creativity Award]. I was about 13, still in junior high, hated math, never thought I'd come to love technology and so on. Well I went to the competition and I loved it...was cheering for our team the whole time...the seeds for my current FIRST-obsession were sown It was two years until I actually became involved again, but I like to think back to the early days in a stadium in California, a shy adolescent was developing her insane dedication to promoting engineering.... *sigh* When observing the turn-off for Davis on a recent trip to Cal, I actually exclaimed 'Ah! Dear old Davis!' in reference to that year...

All this verbage to say that I really hope Davis works out for our second regional, assuming we get one! And probably 997 will be with us, flush from this year's trip to Championships...our two teams love each other

[Mark McLeod]

The SBPLI Regional will be March 24-26

[smurfgirl]

Do any insiders have an idea of when the Boston and Connecticut Regionals will fall? Or you just can plan them to be at both ends of MIT's spring break so I can volunteer at them both. I'll probably find a way to make it to Boston no matter when it is because it's so nearby, but I'll be sad if I can't make it to my home regional this year.

[Josh Drake]

The Palmetto regional will be "in late March", so I would assume that is the 24th like last year. The venue has changed.... Closer for the Florida teams

[Shmee]

Originally Posted by DRAKE343

The Palmetto regional will be "in late March", so I would assume that is the 24th like last year. The venue has changed.... Closer for the Florida teams

Not Clemson anymore? Where's Palmetto being held then?

[Josh Drake]

Going down to the North Charleston Coliseum.

[Shmee]

Originally Posted by DRAKE343

Going down to the North Charleston Coliseum.

Cool. Thanks! 2415 might be making a return to Palmetto after a year at North Carolina

Nothing on Peachtree yet, but definitely not a week 3 like it used to be (according to the Gwinnett Civic Center's calendar). I wonder if it'll be week 1 again?

[JOClarke]

Dates for Virginia formerly VCU regional are April 7-8, this is the latest this regional has ever been.

[buildmaster5000]

From the Washington Convention Center website, the DC regional is March 25-26. A two day event, and much later than usual.

[lpickett]

Greater Kansas City Regional is week 1, March3/4/5.

Should be a great year.

[waialua359]

Having 7 weeks of regionals would be ideal for HI teams.
Do HI first, then another set of mainland events plus championships.

Our robot shipment costs would be drastically reduced to say the least.
I hope more east coast regionals pop up in later weeks after ours.

[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).

[specialK175]

Does anybody know the dates of the 2011 Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by specialK175

Does anybody know the dates of the 2011 Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional?

It has been weeks 3-5 depending on the year over the last 8 seasons. It was week 3/(St Paddy's day Weekend) 2003, 2005-2008, week 4 in 2004 and week 5 in 2009-2010 when the name was changed to the CT regional. I believe it floats with venue availability. There is no schedule posted yet for the CT Convention Center for the correct time frame next year yet. It looks like having it as a week 5 event might be the plan because until the last 2 years it was usually week 3, but only the organzers know at this point.

[pwnageNick]

Anybody have an idea on the Midwest Regional? Last year it was week 3, the week after Wisconsin, but they also scheduled it the same time as the St. Louis regional, as well as another regional, so I can't have any idea as to where they will have it. Anyone know?