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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
I am curious as to why everyone thinks the fields in the pit area were so bad?
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For me anyway the thing about the pit fields that irked me was the lack of seating. They needed
AT LEAST 50% more seats. Instead of watching the Curie elimination matches my team went up to Einstein, there was not enough room to fit our team in the bleachers. The queuing area was very congested, almost a safety hazard. And if people on the ground were standing during a match you couldn't see anything. The noise level in the pits was excessive and the amount traffic (robot and human) was dangerous. You also couldn't hear pit or field announcements.
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How about this: Every FRC division has a companion FTC division, playing right next to it. FRC spectators can watch FTC matches during field resets; FTC spectators can do the same thing. There *should* be enough space to pull that off with one field for each in the pits. This opens up FTC a bit; FLL could be substituted on one or two divisions if FTC is lacking in teams. Folks coming for the big robots see the smaller ones too.
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That is the way to do it. Also to make room for CARD you could get rid of Einstein all together play the FRC finals on a division field and put FLL on the concert stage. You may have to work out some bugs with the stage compatibility, but it should make plenty of room and it could actually work.