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Originally Posted by MysterE
Hmm
The date is a bit flexible still I imagine -
A few issues someone raised in a PM: Hosting it at Woodlawn HS would give more recognition to the school and we would have more control over the event as a whole - including the all important Concessions. My counter issue is that the location of hotels and such is a bit distant from the school (which is on a side-road and a bit in the middle of no-where). Also - there is no loading door directly into the gym. We would have to load out into our theater and carry the equipment through the school to get into the gym itself.
I plan on calling over to LSU today to see what they have to offer. If we did it there, I may be able to bump the date of the event back into September - which would be great for teams who do not start school until after Labor Day.
Also - Parking would be comparable (considering the number of people that will be coming) in both events. I'm sure LSU would love to provide tours - considering that they would want to market to the students. Come to think of it, I've been approached by the Mech. Engineering college about wanting to start a larger robotics program at LSU itself. Hrmmm......
Any other thoughts?
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Strange... I've been trying to start a robotics program at LSU for the past 2 years. I guess I should have been speaking with them instead of the Computer Science department. But that's a conversation for a different thread.
A September date wouldn't be a bad idea either as long as you get a Saturday that's an away game for LSU football. To get access to any of the stadiums on campus, you will have to go through the athletics department but I'm sure the College of Engineering wouldn't mind helping.
I'll be glad to help you contact people on campus since I'm still a student and can get there fairly quickly.
- Side Note: If LSU doesn't work out, I can see about possibly using our gym (University High) to host it. We've got a small gym and brand new big gym which are both big enough for an FRC field. One could be used as the pits and the other for the field. I believe the cafeteria is in the same area as well if they don't let us use the big gym