[Madison]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

To give you the historic answer, how it's been in the past, it would be yes and no. I recall a few years ago when other teams could pay a event fee and attend the party, but I believe that last year in Houston this was not the case.
For the food, I never paid US cash for it, but I do seem to recall price lists at the 2000 nationals.

So I really can't give you a good answer, other then FIRST has gone both ways on the party.

Wetzel

Houston's "official" policy was that tickets to the team parties at Astroworld could not be purchased outside of the package. However, on Friday afternoon, FIRST began distributing wrist bands that allowed access to the park for a discounted admission price ($15-20 or so) to be payed at the gate.

Six Flags over Georgia is a bit outside downtown Atlanta along I-20. They will have opened for the season by the time our event takes place, but I wonder if it's a bit too far away to host the team social. It'd certainly mean makes buses available to everyone attending the event to take them to and from the park.