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Originally Posted by scottandme
The venue is certainly big enough, they had an FLL event running at the same time last year. There was a ton of space left over in the pits, and seating was all portable bleachers, so I'm guessing they could always add a couple more rows. Hosting 50+ teams in the future doesn't seem unreasonable to me if they work on the seating a bit.
It probably comes down to their planning committee and what they feel comfortable with. Send them an email and ask.
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The portable seating they used at Montreal last year made watching an absolute nightmare. The rise of the seating per row was nowhere near steep enough, resulting in being unable to see over the heads of the people in front of you/at the scoring table. I watched from the very back row of the seating, and even there, the field was barely visible, and I found myself watching the video screen, which I could have done from home.
I talked about that problem with Mark Breadner at the event, and he said that they knew, and it was going to be addressed for 2013.
Being totally honest, I don't think Stade Uniprix is really the best venue Montreal has to offer for an FRC event. I would think that a QMJHL hockey arena or maybe McGill's athletic complex would be superior. (GTRWest has been played in an OHL hockey arena since its inception, and GTREast/Waterloo/FLR are in university athletic arenas) The actual stadium part of Stade Uniprix is an open-air stadium adjacent to the indoor tennis facility FRC used last year.