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Re: "Louisville trying to steal robotics competition from St. Louis" Article

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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92 View Post
While there is something to be said for having the competition take place in the dome, I actually loved the pit fields in 2011. As a member of my team's drive team that year and someone who always spends a significant amount of time in the pits, I really enjoyed the opportunity to watch matches throughout the weekend rather than feeling restricted by the unavoidable distance between pits and stands.
As a non-drive team member of a team who had to play in the pits, I appreciated being able to walk 100 ft from our pit to watch the matches, but I did not appreciate the severe lack of seating which made watching the matches near impossible unless you staked out a seat for the whole day. Unlike the dome where there's enough seating but not all may be "good" seats, there were not enough seats available for eliminations in the pit fields. I certainly am not a fan of the long, circuitous trek from our pits to the seats in the dome, but I at least have a seat when I arrive.

TL;DR - Pit seats are great, if there are enough.
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