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Originally Posted by Karthik
Are robots moving between the three listed sites, or is all of FRC taking place in the convention center?
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No, it won't be a repeat of the 2003 debacle. Lucia Sevcik (LSR RD) continues to insist to me that George R Brown will host FRC quals and division elims, but Einstein is supposed to happen in Minute Maid Park, which makes sense to me from a logistics and venue size standpoint. I can't see any possible way of fitting enough seating in one area of the GRB to make Einstein work there, even if you cram all 4 fields together and surround them with seats to the rafters.
Assuming this is the case, it would mean pit fields again for divisions, though probably with adequate seating since GRB has a lot more room than America's Center. Like, 500K SQF vs. 340K SQF. I don't think the stands in the pit fields will be nearly as crowded.
I'm assuming here that FTC, FLL, and FLLjr get tossed to the third floor where there's another 223K SQF which sounds like enough considering FTC was in 100 (awkward) SQF at Union Station and FLL was crammed in 50K in Hall 1 at America's Center. 50% more spcae for those programs will probably be sufficient.