Snapshot of registration as of 10/30/2008
As a side note, it looks like FIRST handled registration like they used to some years ago - first-signed up = first-registered in a second regional or at the Championships. For the past few years it had been first-paid = first-registered and you wouldn’t show up on the team list until payment was received by FIRST, but this year you got on the registered list right away without having to pay beforehand. FIRST also did not accept pre-payment in advance of registering.
7 resurrected veteran teams. 4 took one year off and 3 took two years off.
I didn’t look to see how many old teams were given new team numbers, but there are 5 new teams that are technically non-rookies.
Where Teams are from in 2009
**MI **122
**CA **120
**NY **104
**TX **72
**NJ **53
**MN **52
**MA **50
**VA **49
**ON Canada **48
**MO **47
**OK **47
**WA **46
**IL **45
**FL **42
**PA **40
**AZ **34
**CT **32
**OH **32
**IN **29
**WI **28
**OR **26
**NH **25
**GA **24
**CO **23
**MD **23
**KS **20
**SC **19
**HI **17
**DC **13
**LA **12
**PR **12
**MS **10
**NV **10
**ID **9
**Israel **8
**NC **7
**ME **6
**AL** 5
**ND **5
**TN **4
**United Kingdom **4
**UT **4
**AK **3
**Brazil **3
**IA **3
**KY **3
**VT **3
**WV **3
**BC Canada **2
**DE **2
**Mexico **2
**NM **2
**RI **2
**WY **2
**AR **1
**Chile** 1
**Netherlands** 1
**QC Canada **1
**Turkey** 1
Regionals:
Capacity usually has more than these publicly listed slots available, but how many? Only the Regional Directors know for sure, and the waitlisted teams they may have spoken to.
W eek 1
58 (full) Washington DC Regional
51 (full) Oklahoma City Regional
54 (full) Greater Kansas City Regional
47 (full) Midwest Regional
42 (full) BAE Systems Granite State Regional
33 ? **Traverse City MI District
56 (full) New Jersey Regional
44 Buckeye Regional
Week 2
52 (full) Boston Regional
37 ? **Kettering University MI District
53 Oregon Regional
42 Finger Lakes Regional
53 New York City Regional
28 San Diego Regional
Week 3
54 (full) Florida Regional
40 (full) Silicon Valley Regional
32 ? **Cass Tech MI District
44 Los Angeles Regional
40 (full) Peachtree Regional
43 Wisconsin Regional
43 Dallas Regional
24 (full) Pittsburgh Regional
Week 4
45 NASA VCU Regional
40 Arizona Regional
33 ? **Detroit MI District
30 (full) Boilermaker Regional
46 (full) Philadelphia Regional
28 ? **Lansing MI District
42 Chesapeake Regional
27 St. Louis Regional
25 Bayou Regional
9 Waterloo Regional
8 Israel Regional
Week 5
58 (full) Microsoft Seattle Regional
45 (full) SBPLI Long Island Regional
34 ? **West Michigan MI District
53 (full) Lone Star Regional
32 ? **Troy MI District
53 Greater Toronto Regional
53 (full) Connecticut Regional
27 (full) Palmetto Regional
34 (full) Sacramento Regional
33 Colorado Regional
34 Las Vegas Regional
22 Hawaii Regional
? **Michigan State
Week 6
40 (full) Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional
32 Minnesota North Star Regional
** restricted to Michigan teams only – capacities are not publicized
New teams (including 5 technically non-rookies) are from:
TX 39
WA 21
MN 14
OK 13
MI 11
IL 11
DC 9
CA 8
NY 7
MO 7
MA 6
OR 5
OH 5
GA 5
WI 4
PR 4
ON 4
FL 4
CO 4
MD 3
IN 3
ID 3
HI 3
CT 3
AZ 3
VA 2
UT 2
TN 2
SC 2
NJ 2
MS 2
LA 2
KY 2
AL 2
Turkey 1
NH 1
AK 1