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Unread 07-03-2004, 19:22
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Re: NJ Regional---congrats

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Originally Posted by Big Mike
well i guess i am in a crowd by myself
for once i was amazed by HOW MUCH ROOM WE HAD
every year since i have participated in FIRST everyone always said rutgers was too small, and well it was, they CAN'T hold us anymore which goes to show you how much work the RINOS (rookies in need of support) crew has put into NJ, NJ is growing big time, we will have atleast 50 teams registered in this state by next year, btw next year may be a little harder to hear, seeing as we will have 2 fields one right next to the other. i can tell you NJFIRST has plenty of room to grow, i was one of the team queing people and we had more than enough room to comfortable set up many matches in advanced. i loved this venue (besides the drive, i just wanted to sleep in the stands ever night by the time it was over)

*throws in 2 cents*
I only have two suggestions for the venue:

1) Offer food that is not meant to be fried

2) Open the pit area on the other side, too, so that I don't have to walk 2/3 of the way around the arena to get from pits to stands... and wait for people who stand on the steps :/ (or blow my back out like I did helping carry another team's tools crate up the steps)

Otherwise, I liked the venue a lot, and the volunteers and whatnot worked really hard to make everything run so smoothly. And it really did run smoothly! I was very pleased, considering it was the first major event of the year!
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