I heard this weekend from as reliable of a source there is about new Regionals for next year.
Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia, South Carolina
Denver, Colorado
Possibly:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I’ve heard about the South Carolina Regional too, but mine said Charlotte as the location in North instead of South.
That means manchester, boston and UTC… thats alot of such a small area
*Originally posted by D.J. Fluck *
**I heard this weekend from as reliable of a source there is about new Regionals for next year.Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia, South Carolina
Denver, ColoradoPossibly:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada **
I can believe South Carolina and Denver, but not Boston, Mass.
New England already has two regionals, unless they know that there is going to be an big influx next year, or BAE or UTC will be eliminated/moved, I can’t really see a big demand for a regional.
I wish it would come though. Boston MA would be a very good place to host a regional.
That would be 3 regionals in a really small area but if consider thats the home of FIRST and the HUGE amount of teams in that small area its not totally unreasonable. It would be more logical to increase the size of BAE and UTC rather than add a new one. NY has 2 regionals this weekend and a few miles away is J&J. so its not like 3 close is impossible. Another area that could use a regional is the Rochester area, plenty of teams and no regional very close.
I’m not too sure that Denver will be getting a regional…
last I heard there needed to be like 7ish (I’m not too sure on the number) new teams in Colorado for that to happen.
But I guess I’ll believe it, that information was pretty old. I think that was early February, so yah…
I heard San Diego in California is a pretty big possibility too.
*Originally posted by MattK *
**That means manchester, boston and UTC… thats alot of such a small area **
we have the sbpli and nyc this weekend near each other. as long as they don’t put the boston one on the same weekend as utc, it’ll get teams to go
*Originally posted by sevisehda *
**Another area that could use a regional is the Rochester area, plenty of teams and no regional very close. **
Someday…
There is a bit of discussion about a Boston Regional in this thread, but I have to agree with the posts there that having three regionals within 70 miles of each other is probably a bit excessive, considering that places like North Dakota still don’t have a regional within 1000 miles. Considering that FIRST has already had to ‘streamline’ several regionals this year, I hope they aren’t overextending themselves.
SBPLI, NY, and J&J are within 70 miles and the 2 in NY are on the same weekend. Since there are 70 teams total in NH, MA, and CT its not like theres a lack of demand in that area. A regional in Denver would help out the teams in the Mid-West(even the 8 teams from ND).
Yes, I do believe there will be a San Diego regional next year, as we, the gila monsters, will be volenteering for it. We already signed up:)
Cornell University was pretty interested in starting a regional in Ithaca, NY for next year, but when we contacted FIRST they said that there may already be a new regional starting in another city in the upstate NY region. I know the city but am not going to tell 
- Patrick
ive heard rumors that there could be a regional in Indianapolis in 2005. we can only wait and hope 
*Originally posted by Ken L *
**I heard San Diego in California is a pretty big possibility too. **
My source mentioned nothing about a San Diego regional…and he would know…
It’s not like we are competing for our sources. So there might or might not be a San Diego regional. Not too big a deal.
I never said it’s for next year too. Could be the year after, or 10 years later, or 20013894520 years later. That is if it’s still called San Diego by then.
GO INDIANAPOLIS!!! That would be awesome! There are several new teams popping up in and around central Indiana and there would be a lot for visitors to do and see on off time.
I heard about a colorado based regional too, but there doesn’t seem to be enough teams in this area in the first place… Dunno, maybe I just haven’t heard them, but yah. And that takes the fun away from travelling to a regional (awww)
A regional at Cornell would be wonderful for teams in my area, being that the closest ones are almost 4 hours away.
I just want to add my enthusiasm for a new regional in Indiana. This is the first I’ve heard of Indianapolis and I think it would be great.
I’ve also been told a couple of times that Purdue West Lafayette (which is about an hour northwest from Indy, sort of) is trying to start a regional there for next year. Either way, I think there would be good attendance from Indiana teams.