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Great regional

~I liked being able to eat outside the venue in the grass. We couldn't do that at Richmond.

~This regional had a good mix of veteran teams as well as rookie teams.

~11 matches, talk about your moneys worth

~ Teams were friendly and approachable.

~ Unlike Richmond and St. Louis you didn't have the FIRST people yelling at you in the staging area.

~ I loved the Monday Night Football music during the finals

All in all one of the best

Re: Arizona Regional Feedback- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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Originally posted by Don Knight
FIRST of all thanks to all 37 teams who attended the event. We worked hard to put on a FIRST class show for you all.

Would you please post some feedback on what you enjoyed, liked and what to see return next year, also let us know what things you think we could do a better job at.

Getting to the event, lodging?

Did you like the set up at the Coliseum?
Pits, Field, Seating, Music, Food, Parking

Did you enjoy the team social?
Science Center, Food, Activities, Parking

Please give us your feedback both good and bad. We'd love to hear from you.

:)

You folks did a fabulous job of creating a great event. It was really superior. Getting to the event was easy. We had good lodging at La Quinta a few minutes away.

The set up at the Colliseum was excellent. However our team didn't like the food available, so we had to send drivers for food. If there was one thing that would help, it would be some healthy food at reasonable prices. That would save us time.

The Science Center was very excellent all around.

Thanks again for a great job.

FIRST the bad news:

The food at the venue. Not only was it the usual poor selection of junk food, but even if you decided to pay the rediculous prices, they were out of almost everything. Very poor planning on the vendor's part. Some of our people went to Stuffy's across the parking lot on Saturday and enjoyed it. I don't think they were open the other days.

Moving back and forth from the stands to the pits.

Now the good news:

The machine shop was the best I've seen at any competition. That includes Disney. The turnaround was much better, probably because they had the same number of machines and machinists but 1/10 the teams. I actually caught machinists standing around waiting for work on Saturday!

The venue was the right size and a generally nice place in a decent neighborhood (unlike some I could mention)

The team party was good and in a very appropriate place. I liked the food, though it could have been a little spicier. Then again we wouldn't want to burn the tender mouths of your midwestern guests;)

Everything was very organized and seemed to flow smoothly. Cueing was arrainged nicely as well from what I could tell.

The rookies seemed to be well prepared. This is a tribute to thier mentor teams. Of course I didn't get there until Friday, so I might just have missed the worst of the panic.

Behavior off the field seemed to be very professional on the part of all teams. I know there is a controversy raging about some things that happened between teams, but even that was generally handled with great decorum.

The pluses far out weight the minuses. Phoenix is definitely on our list for next year.

O man I had a blast in Phoenix that was my 1st competition with the team and we took 1st wow I have lived my Dream there in Phoenix my Dream was to be apart or coach a championship team and now that has happened. I like to thank all the people who set up the site you guys are great:D I also like to thank all the other 36 teams you guys put up a good fight and I hope we can do it again but to all the teams going to Nationals Good Luck and we will see you there