Northern England & Scotland event startup

[Ocracoke]

A bit of a radical solution I am thinking of, is perhaps it is worth setting up a collective of Roboteers, and together work towards buying a shared arena, for use by anyone part of the group as they need, and we all go about with this one (plus probably another few for the mini games). Doing this, the costs are split, and no one person owns anything, it's for anyone to use anywhere they want, and start little events across the nation. Bringing fun to roboteers where ever they are, with this little shared bit of kit - instead of waiting and hoping one of the main events goes near them.
Thoughts on that?

I wouldn't go for that, the question of who owns the arena(s) would still be present and what if I wanted to use it for a few tests for example? I might have to traipse across the country to get it, which rather defeats the point of this.

Your best bet, in the short term really, is for someone to own the arena and for them to be happy for Robot Rally to use that arena until Robot Rally's arena is ready where Robot Rally (or Bad Sciences) owns that as an asset.