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Originally Posted by bam-bam
Despite the positives, I do not feel the Perry Meridian gym was not a suitable host for the championship. The pits were crowded up to the point where some of the teams had to place tools and other parts in a hallway nearby, which caused some more congestion. Granted, the crowd was not very big to actually have these problems frequently, but it was still prevalent. Concessions seemed to run out of food rather quickly.
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We made the choice to keep everyone together in the gym to add to the atmosphere and keep everyone close to the field and we made the pits as big as we could (7x10). There is an aux gym, but it didn't seem like a good choice to use it with just 3 exhibition matches and then eliminations. Teams would have spent a lot of time just going back and forth to the pits.
As for food, we had to estimate the number who would attend and then the Dad's Club bought food to support that estimate. Since this was a first time event, it was hard to get a good estimate on how much was needed. Also, since it is the end of the school year, they didn't want a lot of leftover items that would have to be thrown out. The info from this event will be passed on for 2014.