US Nationals 2011 planning thread

[hiphopopottumus]

You could probably hold Nationals in St. Louis at the St. Louis County Library. Someone else will have to hold it because I can't .....

 

[Jacube]

How about Chicago? Middle of the country, a lot of cubers in the midwest, Big City?!

 

[Jacube]

http://www.theskydeck.com/private-events/private-events WOW. This would be cool to have it in the Willis Tower Sky Deck! The highest cubing competition ever! I'm not 100% sure if they would allow that but it's wishful thinking I guess.

 

[freshcuber]

St Louis is a good one so is Chicago brushes both accesable by a lot of cubers. I've never been to St Louis but I've been to Chicago twice and it's a nice city.

 

[guinepigs rock]

where is varican?

 

[TheMachanga]

People should stop just post locations because of geographical reasons. Suggest a venue.

 

[Bryan]

Of course people can go to random competitions but going to nationals is a slightly bigger deal. That's like saying all competitions are the Olympics when we can all agree that the Olympics are a much bigger deal than other competitions

Olympic athletes don't complain about location, they find a way to get there. And most of them have competed in a "random competition", except for maybe people like Eric Moussambani

 

[freshcuber]

That's because most Olympians don't have to pay together to the Olympics. Their country pays to send them.

 

[TheMachanga]

http://www.theskydeck.com/private-events/private-events WOW. This would be cool to have it in the Willis Tower Sky Deck! The highest cubing competition ever! I'm not 100% sure if they would allow that but it's wishful thinking I guess.

You're from Chicago? What neighborhood?

I've been to skydeck countless times. Bad because:

1. Way way to small
2. It will be very expensive

 

[DeathCuberK]

I think it would be great to have nationals in Seattle. It isn't impossible for the California cubers to drive to Seattle, let alone fly to Seattle, which wouldn't be all too expensive.

 

[freshcuber]

There's a lot more cubers that aren't in California

 

[Vincents]

There's a lot more cubers that aren't in California

What you say is technically correct, but you could say that about any geographic location in the country; there will ALWAYS be more cubers that aren't in XYZ region. What's relevant is that CA has one of the highest, if not the highest, concentration of cubers per geographic area.

 

[RyanReese09]

edit-owait this isnt 1aqt

 

[freshcuber]

If were looking at strictly cubers per square mile over the whole state of California I don't know if that's true. If we were to compare the same amount of square miles that would cover NYC Boston Pittsburgh and a lot of other places. California has the largest population out of any state so of course there are going to be more cubers but if we take the same area that California covers and put it someplace else you may be surprised.

 

[Jacube]

http://www.theskydeck.com/private-events/private-events WOW. This would be cool to have it in the Willis Tower Sky Deck! The highest cubing competition ever! I'm not 100% sure if they would allow that but it's wishful thinking I guess.

You're from Chicago? What neighborhood?

I've been to skydeck countless times. Bad because:

1. Way way to small
2. It will be very expensive

Actually Wisconsin but I've been there too and it didn't seem that small. It was like 4 years ago though.

 

[TheMachanga]

http://www.theskydeck.com/private-events/private-events WOW. This would be cool to have it in the Willis Tower Sky Deck! The highest cubing competition ever! I'm not 100% sure if they would allow that but it's wishful thinking I guess.

You're from Chicago? What neighborhood?

I've been to skydeck countless times. Bad because:

1. Way way to small
2. It will be very expensive

Actually Wisconsin but I've been there too and it didn't seem that small. It was like 4 years ago though.

It's really really tiny. How will you fit 200+ cubers, plus spectators, tables, chairs, etc. It can't be done.

 

[blade740]

If were looking at strictly cubers per square mile over the whole state of California I don't know if that's true. If we were to compare the same amount of square miles that would cover NYC Boston Pittsburgh and a lot of other places. California has the largest population out of any state so of course there are going to be more cubers but if we take the same area that California covers and put it someplace else you may be surprised.

You may want to check that first. Looking through the WCA competition list it seems that not only does California hold as many competitions as the New England area, but they are generally larger than their east-coast counterparts.

However, this is beside the point. The fact is that the majority of cubers will NOT be close to any single competition. The geographical location of the competition doesn't matter that much because no matter where you put it a lot of cubers will have to fly there. No matter where nationals is the majority of serious cubers who want to attend will find some way to attend.

This thread is about looking for a VENUE to hold the competition.

 

[metgo]

There is more cubers in the Midwest than most people think. You can't just base it off of who is on this forum and who has put there name on some map. I'm not on the cuber map and I'm from St. Louis and I also know about 15-20 people who can solve a cube, 5 of which are speedcubers that aren't on that map. I think somewhere in the Midwest would be good for everyone because it is centrally located. If we wanted to do it in St. Louis there is all kinds of places to do it at. The St Louis science center would be a great place to do it or maybe Forrest park if we wanted to do it outside.

 

[shelley]

The fact is that the majority of cubers will NOT be close to any single competition. The geographical location of the competition doesn't matter that much because no matter where you put it a lot of cubers will have to fly there. No matter where nationals is the majority of serious cubers who want to attend will find some way to attend.

This thread is about looking for a VENUE to hold the competition.

Indeed. Every year we can debate till the cows come home about what city to hold it in and who it will be close to and who will have to travel a long way. None of that really matters. What matters is finding a venue so that the event can actually happen.

So save yourself the trouble of listing off all the things that make your city attractive and convenient. You're just wasting your time, unless you can get us started on actually booking a venue that doesn't cost us a buttload of money.

Just to prevent further useless discussion though, the Nationals team already has a good idea of the 2011 location. While it's not set in stone (which is why it hasn't been announced), we probably won't be deviating too far from those plans. If you would like to help with getting a venue for 2012, you're certainly not too late for that. But you can probably stop discussing 2011 and focus on finding Victor and taking a picture with him. Bonus points if you also throw a pie in his face.

 

[Dene]

That's because most Olympians don't have to pay together to the Olympics. Their country pays to send them.

"most" as in the Americans, and maybe some other rich countries? I know New Zealanders have to pay.