Worlds. Will it actually happen?

[anders]

I would like to add another issue under the headline "fairness", namely that the competition must be announced well ahead in time. The regulations stipulates one month, but in my opinion this is too short time for a competition like the WC. It ought to be at least six months, to allow a decent planning of the trip.

 

[KJiptner]

Let's hold it in the cage of Erik's rabbit.

 

[Feanaro]

I personally would like to see it here in the US. Perhaps New York or Boston. Though holding it in Japan would be nice...

 

[Chuberchuckee]

New York City would make a lot of sense.

But so would Tokyo.

 

[Bob]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

 

[Dene]

So apparently this turned into a "let's hold it in my backyard" thread, as usual...

 

[Feanaro]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

But if we all pile into the same cab, and it turns out to be the cash cab, then it would all be worth it!

 

[Poke]

Somewhere like Nashville, TN.

Kinda central USA... and easy to fly to.

 

[hippofluff]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

But if we all pile into the same cab, and it turns out to be the cash cab, then it would all be worth it!

so optimistic

 

[Kian]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

so you're saying MSG is out of the question?

 

[Bob]

Somewhere like Nashville, TN.

Kinda central USA... and easy to fly to.

Are you from TN?

 

[Poke]

No... a little more east:rolleyes:. Virginia. Someone got that a little quicker than I would have thought.

 

[AvGalen]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

who needs hotels? The hostel I visited wasn't more expensive than usual and flying there is much cheaper than to most other US-cities. Seriously, Worlds in New York would be "cheap" compared to "US Nationals and Open 2009".

 

[Kian]

New York is REALLY expensive. Not just for a venue, but for competitors, too. Do you have any idea how much hotels cost in Manhattan?

who needs hotels? The hostel I visited wasn't more expensive than usual and flying there is much cheaper than to most other US-cities. Seriously, Worlds in New York would be "cheap" compared to "US Nationals and Open 2009".

it could certainly be done for WAYYYYYYYY less than the absurd hundreds of thousands figure someone mentioned Budapest cost. But, then again, so could any city in the world.

I think eventually having Worlds in NYC makes a lot of sense, not necessarily now, but it is one of the largest and most important cities in the world and is surrounded by a very strong hotbed of cubing.

 

[jcuber]

How long is world usually? 2 days? more?

 

[AvGalen]

There is no "usually" for Worlds

But Budapest was 3 days

 

[Bryan]

who needs hotels?

People who aren't allowed to stay in a hostel because they're not a student or foreign citizen.

 

[Kyle™]

A USA comp would be good. I know Euros will hate me for saying this, but when the majority of cubers are in a certain country (USA), it should come down to how many people have to buy plane tickets across the world compared to how many people have to buy plane tickets across the country.
Less money will be spent I think. Then again, the later WC is pushed back, the better chance of it being a huge success in Europe.
Also, WC should take place in or around a bomb shelter because of all the bombs I'm going to be dropping.

Over and out.

 

[Dene]

Ok so that means every WC from now on should be in the US. What a STUPID THING TO SAY GET SOME SENSE YOU MORON!

 

[abr71310]

A USA comp would be good. I know Euros will hate me for saying this, but when the majority of cubers are in a certain country (USA), it should come down to how many people have to buy plane tickets across the world compared to how many people have to buy plane tickets across the country.
Less money will be spent I think. Then again, the later WC is pushed back, the better chance of it being a huge success in Europe.
Also, WC should take place in or around a bomb shelter because of all the bombs I'm going to be dropping.

Over and out.

So that's why we should have Worlds in Canada...

We rent the Staples centre for a few days and we're all done... o_o
I think this is a pointless argument and we should all just stop favouring America...

Yes, it's a decent choice, but it's still not the only one, mind you.