FYI for those who might not have seen this yet.
Straight from the "
2003 FIRST Robotics Competition Team Forum and Survey Issues and FIRST Corrective Actions"
ISSUE: Teams reported that the field used for 2003 was too expensive for them to build their own fields.
Corrective Action
• FIRST recognizes that reconstruction of field elements for 2003 was cost prohibitive for many teams. This is being taken into account in the development of the field for the 2004 game.