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Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej
We're already sacrificing the stadium feel. It seems that most people are still unaware that in the original announcement it clearly says that all matches will be played in the convention centers. The stadiums are only for the opening and closing ceremonies. This is what I wanted to ask about at the town hall meeting but got cut off - I was able to talk to Done Bossi about it afterwards and he said currently only St. Louis and Atlanta are able to handle the current setup of pits in convention center and matches in an attached dome, and Atlanta is about to build a new stadium so its not an option. I specifically asked then how they intend to have 20,000 people watch the Einstein matches in a convention center (because in 2011 the division fields in the convention center were awful and didn't have enough room for their own teams) and he said they are working on a solution to that.
They want to give the experience to more teams. Playing matches in and never leaving the convention center is NOT the championship experience. Walking into the stadium this year and seeing all 8 fields under one roof was one of the best images I've seen in FIRST. Enjoy it next year - you'll never see it again if this continues the way it currently is.
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Isn't Lucas Oil Stadium also an option (in regards to dome/convention center criteria?)
Also I hope FIRST really reconsiders having closing ceremonies in a completely separate arena after the mess that was this year's closing ceremonies...easy solution I see would be to have Einstein played in the 'closing ceremonies arena'. Maybe even throw in FTC finals too.