2025 F.I.R.S.T. DISTRICT COMPETITION

F.I.R.S.T. District Competition at BHS March 13-15 2025

Map and Directions: Belleville High School is located at 501 W Columbia Drive Van Buren Twp, MI 48111. The school is accessible by the Belleville Rd exit off of I-94. Head south on Belleville Rd, past the bridge over the lake and turn right at the 2 nd traffic light onto High St. Continue to first stop sign and turn right continuing on High St. Stay on High St until it ends onto Columbia Drive and turn left. Please go into the main entrance of the school on the right. (Shown on Map below) The available parking areas for the event change from day to day.  Please see the diagrams below for day-by-day parking areas. School is in session on Friday and parking changes after 3pm when the school day is complete.

Parking and Load In/Out - Pit Set Up (THURSDAY) For Pit Set Up Thursday 13 March, Loading Zone is the green area behind both gyms. Pit set up begins officially at 5:00 pm Thursday.  However, Belleville has a strict D.Y.S.A.G. policy (Drop Your Stuff And Git). To avoid a large rush and chaos, we will allow all teams to bring their equipment in starting at 3:30pm.  Between the hours of 3:30pm and 5:00 pm on Thursday teams will only be allowed to drop their pit supplies. There will be no other activity in the pit area prior to 5pm other than the placement of equipment.   The D.Y.S.A.G. will be strictly enforced. Trailers can be stowed in the farthest part of the parking lot as shown on the map.  Please try to park all trailers to the rear most area of the lot near the stadium. Space is limited please park trailers as close to each other as possible.

Parking and Load In/Out - (FRIDAY Before 3pm) NO PARKING IN THE RED AREA during school hours (Friday before 3pm). Blue area is the designated parking area for Friday before 3pm. Between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm the red area can be used as a drop off point only. There will be parking volunteers directing traffic. Fenced gate between St Anthony’s Church and Belleville High School will be open for easy access to the event/parking. The orange areas are limited parking Friday only.

Limited parking means while school is in session the teachers and students will have those spaces occupied for the most part. There are about 100 or so free spaces at any time during the day Friday while school is in session.We also have a new child development center with some spaces available. The center is located in the orange limited parking area across from the entrance to the school.

Friday before 3pm overflow parking will also be available on the street around town and at the Belleville Library.

Belleville Library is located at 167 4 th St. 2 blocks away from the school entrance.

Parking and Load In/Out - (FRIDAY After 3pm thru Saturday) After 3pm on Friday parking is allowed in the blue areas. Please park in the school lot as much as possible.

Event Agenda: Please note DO NOT PARK IN THE RED AREA WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. This red area should only be used to drop off and pick up Friday between 8:00 am and 3:00pm. Please see Friday parking page for more detail.

Pit Set Up: Pits will be unofficially open at 3:30 pm on Thursday. To avoid a large rush and chaos, we will allow all teams to bring in their equipment starting at 3:30pm. The pits do not officially open until 5:00pm. Between the hours of 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm on Thursday teams will only be allowed to drop their pit supplies. Official pit set up will not be allowed until 5:00 pm. Once all equipment is stowed appropriately, teams are requested to vacate the premises until the pits officially open at 5:00pm. This is solely to keep traffic to a minimum inside the pit area. Pits size is 8x10 due to space contraints.

Food & Concessions:  Concessions will be open during the following times:

● Thursday 4 PM - 9 PM

● Friday: 8 AM - 8 PM

● Saturday: 8 AM - End

Teams may bring their own food. Team lunchrooms will be available by team number.  One room will be upstairs outside the event upper bleachers; the other will be downstairs off the main hallway near the concession stand.  Please look for signage directing your team to the appropriate room. Each team will be allocated 2- 6 ft table(s). No team food areas will be allowed outside of the designated lunch area. Coolers can be dropped off on Thursday night on a limited basis, Friday and Saturday morning after doors open. A directory of local food establishments can be found here.

Social Media: We would like to get as much coverage as possible for our event! If live streaming use TBD.

Media Passes: Each team will get 1 media pass in their packet. Please only use this pass when your team’s robot is on the field and inform whoever has it to stay on the non-field control side.

Machine Shop: The machine shop will be located in the practice field area. This year we are happy to announce we have had an entire machine shop donated for our event. We want to thank Ron Weber with Team 3641 “The Flying Toasters”. Equipment listforthcoming.

Thursday Events: As a reminder, teams should plan to load in and prep for inspection on Thursday. We are allowing teams to come into the pits as early as 3:30pm Thursday to “drop your stuff and git” (DYSAG). Pits officially open at 5pm. There will be no other activity in pit area prior to 5pm other than the placement of equipment and robot. The DYSAG will be STRICTLY ENFORCED. Please make sure to bring your rosters with any paper C&R forms that your team may have.

Opening Ceremonies Policy: During opening ceremonies, 4 people total per team may remain in the pits.

Any questions? Feel free to contact the event coordinator, Victor De LIbera (vdelibera@gmail.com), or the volunteer coordinator (mark.s.laginess@gmail.com) for more information.

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