[JB987]

To my knowledge, all of the nearest hotels have signed on with Experient for Champs. Even the Holiday Inn Convention center, immediately west of the venue that was previously independent and allowed us to book on our own a year ahead went over to the "dark side' and we had to take our chances yesterday. FIRST gobbles up huge blocks for volunteers at the closest hotels like the Embassy, Renaissance and the Drury. Add 30 teams pre-qualified for Champs with a week head start and we considered ourselves lucky to return to the Holiday Inn CC...

Not happy that Western teams had to sign up at 6am (3 am for Hawaiian teams other than 359) and I think it is totally unacceptable that many teams had to wait even longer for their chance to sign up due to "internal communication errors" at FIRST...Let's hope they all get their act together for the next Champs...