FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. will be coming from Indiana to compete at the California University of Pennsylvania regional.
Who will be joining us?
There’s a California in Pennsylvania 
Team 48 will be returning to Pittsburgh (well, 45 minutes south of it) and looking forward to checking out the new, allegedly more spacious venue. No more plywood pit floor of death, one hopes!
Team 306 will once again be returning to the Regional. We look forward to the new venue and seeing all of the teams. As Travis said, hopefully no more death plywood floors.
What was wrong with the plywood floors?
1708 is excited to be attending the GPR at CalU in our 10th year, as we have several alumni matriculating there that haven’t been able to make it to the competitions in Pittsburgh.
Funner fact: there’s also an Indiana, PA
Throughout the history of the event, the uneven seams of the plywood floorboards were legendary for causing some of the most hazardous conditions ever to ravage an FRC pit. They did make it better in later years. The pits were also notoriously cramped. But it no longer matters! Freeeddooooommmmmmmmm! 
Information please 
Are there any good, low priced hotels near the venue?
Right now we are registered at the Hampton Inn located 28 minutes south :ahh:
Team 3260 will be attending. We’re also interested in finding out how the new venue will turn out.
Traveling will be interesting, considering that it’s about an hour drive from Pittsburgh to California.
Honestly there is nothing “close” to the University and choosing a hotel is going to be hard because there are only so many and most will be fully booked. The average time from hotel to their will be around 20-30 minutes. Good Luck all :yikes:
To hash onto what MentorPrice said here is the link to the closest hotels to this year’s 2014 Pittsburgh Regional at California University of PA.
http://hotelguides.com/colleges/pennsylvania/california-university-pennsylvania.html
They do get very pricey the closer you get to campus so unfortunately they farther you are the better the price. Hope to see everyone there!
The venue is awesome, no worries about the floors. It is quite spacious and will make it worth the trip, CalU is going out of their way to make everyone feel comfortable and at home.
Much of the volunteer staff is staying at the venue in dorms converted to hotel space. Unfortunately it is not available to teams during the school year. PM me ASAP if you are volunteering and have any questions. We understand the hotel thing is an issue, I even priced out renting RVs for the parking lot.
Looking forward to seeing all of the teams there!
I know there are regionals this weekend but who is psyched up for the Greater Pittsburh Regional?
I know our team is.
We are as well. Trying to tweak a few things we learned from NC.
or it’s partner in crime: the well-meaning rolled up rug of doom? What about the climb of a million steps to the volunteer parking. No more of that cruelty as well?
It isn’t all that bad. You just have to remember to pace yourself getting to the top, take a breather at each of the flat areas along the way. Of course we regular attendees no longer have to worry about that, here’s hoping CALU’s campus is a little flatter.
It is much flatter. That is, depending on where you park or where they are going to allow us to park during the school year. As for the stairs, that used to be our exercise to and from competition haha. Made me feel like Rocky! :yikes:
3193 can’t wait to get there and apply what we learned at NYTV.
Thanks to the generosity of Cal U, we’ll be bringing a second bus on Saturday full of 8th grade and high school students (i.e. potential recruits for next year) to get their first taste of FRC.
The RoboBees are rolling west, heading to California, PA! We are excited to be competing at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional for our first time!
We are bringing our RAP (RoboBees Assistance Program) to assist any teams needing mechanical or LabView programming assistance. Our RAP team will be wearing Red RAP vests. Feel free to grab one of them if you need anything!
We are excited to be working with many old friends, and the opportunity to meet new friends!
#GoBees #omgrobots #KeepOnRolling
DEADLOX 4484 will be there.
Just wondering I heard through the grapevine is CIA 291 doing the webcast again this year and if so could you post the link? Thanks!