[leeivyca]

Having been to the Championships in both Atlanta and St. Louis, I'd say the options for reasonably priced food places that took large groups were OK in St. Louis but not quite as good as in Atlanta.

Our best find was Culinaria, a grocery store at 315 North 9th Street (3 blocks south of the Dome) that has a good variety of take-out choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I've attached a photo of our team enjoying dinner there the evening after the finals (we opted out of the finale).

We never found a food court comparable with the CNN Center, but to be fair, we may have missed a good one.

We felt safe in downtown St. Louis, although we found the streets eerily empty for the downtown of a major city, even at 8AM or 9AM on a weekday.