If You Could Choose Where the FIRST Championship Goes Next Where Would it Be?

[ClarkBuchenroth]

@gerthworm

Actually, this would probably win my vote.

Warm, central, international airport, venues, wide range of hotel options.

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[Justin_Montois]

I’d be down for any location that allows for all teams to compete inside a large dome with an attached convention Center for the pits.

It should rotate bi-yearly all over North America.

Also there should only be one Championship.

[jibeaux]

@gerthworm

Hawaii, so I have an excuse to go to Hawaii.

But perhaps a bit more seriously:

Anywhere with an international airport, not-unreasonable-traffic, suburbs with hotels, and warm. I like warm.

Also good BBQ. Will substitute other foods, perhaps. Some local places of interest…

Phoenix, somewhere-florida, the Carolinas, San Jose… ? Maybe even Denver?

I think at this point, I’m actually just describing places I’d like to go on vacation to.

Same. ABQ New Mexico might fit the bill and is a great place. Phoenix can be a bit over-warm, and I live in Raleigh so would have to be somewhere more exotic.

I’ve only been to St. Louis, but that City Museum is just a blast.

Okay I’ve concluded that anywhere is good, I’d just like to go back to worlds.

[IndySam]

@ClarkBuchenroth

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[AriMB]

@Sperkowsky

Philly

The Philadelphia Convention Center is in Center City (downtown), while all the sports stadiums are in South Philly (a 20 min drive or hour+ walk). As much as I’d love it, it’s just not a good fit.

A quick check with the internet shows that Los Angeles has the LA Convention Center right next to the Staples Center. Both seem big enough to host a half-champs.

[PayneTrain]

If FIRST was dead set on two events, Detroit + Vegas.

If FIRST wants to go back to 1, rotate between Atlanta, Indy, and Vegas.

[Koko_Ed]

@ClarkBuchenroth

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[cgmv123]

@Justin Montois

I’d be down for any location that allows for all teams to compete inside a large dome with an attached convention Center for the pits.

It should rotate bi-yearly all over North America.

You can count the number of domes with attached convention centers in North America on one hand. There won’t be much of a rotation.

[IndySam]

@cgmv123

You can count the number of domes with attached convention centers in North America on one hand. There won’t be much of a rotation.

And because of the rarity of these things they usually require multi-year bookings. Rotating just wouldn’t be possible.

[Koko_Ed]

@cgmv123

You can count the number of domes with attached convention centers in North America on one hand. There won’t be much of a rotation.

Rumor is St. Louis is planning to knock their dome down.

[Pat_Fairbank]

The Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, where VEX Worlds is held. There’s an attached dome with room for 1-2 FRC fields and seating for ~18k, making it seem like a plausible venue for Einstein.

[AdamHeard]

@Pat Fairbank

The Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, where VEX Worlds is held. There’s an attached dome with room for 1-2 FRC fields and seating for ~18k, making it seem like a plausible venue for Einstein.

This and/or Vegas (preferably or not and)

[191jmh25]

@virtuald

Iceland. I’ve been meaning to visit, seems cool.

Well played…

[pkrishna3082]

@Pat Fairbank

The Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, where VEX Worlds is held. There’s an attached dome with room for 1-2 FRC fields and seating for ~18k, making it seem like a plausible venue for Einstein.

If 18k is enough seating for Einstein, then the RiverCentre/Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul MN would be an option. The RiverCentre is a convention center that is directly connected to the Xcel Energy Center which is a hockey arena with capacity for around 20,000 people. The only issue is that the postseason for the NHL happens around the same time as champs.

FIRST seems to want a lot more than 18k for seating, with Ford Field and MMP having ~65k and ~40k seats respectively, so it’s unclear. However, in a hockey arena, spectators could be sitting on three sides of the rink/floor with the fourth side being taken up for the stage. You effectively would get two long sides and one short side worth of seating. This is a fairly common setup for concerts. Compare this to a football or baseball stadium where the seating locations are a lot more limited due to the massive size of the field. In the end it may really be the same number of viable seats.

edit-we also have a great international airport that is a Delta hub.

[PayneTrain]

@pkrishna3082

If 18k is enough seating for Einstein

I would say the experiment is over. A venue that can fit everyone does not mean it is actually suitable as a venue. MMP has proved this. The inevitable has been reached, where FIRST needs to experiment with a venue that can’t fit everyone but is suitable for the organization.

[pkrishna3082]

@PayneTrain

I would say the experiment is over. A venue that can fit everyone does not mean it is actually suitable as a venue. MMP has proved this. The inevitable has been reached, where FIRST needs to experiment with a venue that can’t fit everyone but is suitable for the organization.

Which is why I think a hockey arena might be a good fit because (having been to many hockey games) I can confidently say that the compact size and dense seating would amplify the excitement of Einstein. Plus you can get a good view from pretty much anywhere. With a small rink, you don’t run into the same issues associated with sitting really far away like MMP or even Ford Field.

[Calvin_Hartley]

@'cy[pher

;1765583’]Oooh, agreed. The only problem I could see would be forcing all the US teams going to champs to get passports. There’s too many US teams in comparison to Canadian teams for that to be really feasible, which is sad. I love Toronto.

Except for the Michigan teams.

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In all seriousness, the logistics of moving it outside of the US seems too much right now… We’ll have to grow FIRST outside of the US for that to happen.

[Jared_Russell]

@ndp

T-Mobile Arena + MGM Garden + Thomas and Mack Center = winning?

1 Champs with 600 teams in 8 divisions at Las Vegas Convention Center, then the Einstein tournament at Las Vegas Stadium.

[sanddrag]

@Pat Fairbank

The Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, where VEX Worlds is held. There’s an attached dome with room for 1-2 FRC fields and seating for ~18k, making it seem like a plausible venue for Einstein.

This is also where SkillsUSA Nationals is held. Hotels and food sources are not as plentiful as other locations, but it’s manageable, and the venue works well. There is an amusement park, and plentiful parking. Flying into Louisville is expensive and not non-stop, but Nashville and Indianapolis are good alternative major airports with plenty of flights, and it’s a nice drive.

[Thayer_McCollum]

I think it’d be cool to have Champs at The Colorado Convention Center in Denver. It’s go more than enough room and the Pepsi Center is down the street for Einstein. Or if you’re so inclined you could put a field up in the Bellco Theater which is connected to the Convention Center. It’d be something new but it could be cool.

Only problem with Denver is almost every team attending would have to fly.