2026 Ohio VEX State Championship
March 2-7, 2026
Location:
1100 Spaatz St, Dayton, OH, United States, Ohio
- Admission to the museum and parking are FREE.
- The museum is the world's largest military aviation museum, spanning 1,120,000 square feet of exhibit space across four buildings. It is BIG, so please plan accordingly!
- Our event will be within the museum and will take place while the museum is open to the public.
- Wear comfortable shoes!
- The temperature inside the museum varies from building to building. Plan accordingly!
- Teams may want to utilize small carts to transport their equipment into the building as well as between their pits and the competition area. Please be mindful not to leave carts in walkways and use caution amongst museum-goers. We will have a designated area to park carts near the queuing area.
- Check out the museum website for more details. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
REMINDER: Please pay your outstanding registration fees!!
Seriously, we need lots of volunteers.
We need every team to provide at least one volunteer. There are still plenty of opportunities to help out each day, but especially on VEX IQ days. Please share this with parents, students, fellow educators, friends, family, and potential volunteers in your community.
Can't commit to volunteering while your team is competing? Help with set up or tear down, or there is plenty to do even when matches are not happening.
Coaches, consider volunteering for a day when you are not coaching. VEX IQ coaches would make great judges for VRC and VRC coaches would make great judges for VEX IQ! What a great opportunity to see first hand what the other part of our robotics community is doing!
All this to say, sign up today! SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
Sign Up link below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The museum strictly prohibits any food and drink from being brought into the museum.
Teams may not have any food or snacks at their pit tables, which will be located throughout the museum. Let this also be a reminder that teams should keep their pit area clean and organized...we are in a museum!
Bottled water IS permitted inside the museum. According to the museum website, water bottles must be clear, sealed bottles, up to 20 oz.
Please plan accordingly to adhere to these policies.
You will need to plan ahead for your lunch arrangements!
Teams have 3 options for lunch:
Pre-order lunches from Papa John's. **This is different from last year as we are not using the museum concessions for pre-orders so the process and procedures are slightly different...we hope better! See order form and details below.
There are 2 food concessions options within the museum, the Valkyrie Cafe and the Launchpad Shop N’ Snack. Teams may utilize these options at any time during their days at the museum, but be aware that options are limited and the lines may be long. Food purchased in these areas must be eaten there and may not be brought into the museum or taken to the pit areas.
The museum has outdoor picnic areas available outside in Memorial Park . Teams who wish to bring their lunch or utilize delivery options such as DoorDash must eat their food outside. Ohio weather in March may or may not be cooperative for a picnic lunch so please plan accordingly!
Please keep in mind that the scheduled lunch break may only be approximately 30 minutes long. It is not recommended that students leave the museum premises for lunch.
- Use the form below to pre-order your team lunches.
- Pre-Order payments should be made at the registration table in the morning when you check in your teams. You can pay for multiple days in one payment.
- Payments accepted: Cash, checks made payable to Robotics Technologies, or credit card. Credit card payments be be subject to a 3% transaction fee.
- There will be a copy of your order(s) in your team's registration packet, for reference.
- Pre-Orders will be delivered as they are ready to the lunch area in Building 3 (Cold War Gallery) starting at 11:30 am. This is the same building where Team Pits will be located.
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