[Stephen Kowski]

Oh my god I remember when i practice field was exactly that...A PRACTICE FIELD....not another competition field that you only get ONE CHANCE A DAY TO PRACTICE ON. Also it is was only open certain times.....the pits were still going to be open for another 2 hours on Friday when they shut down the practice while we had been in line and were next to go on.....frankly threatening to disqualify a team for practicing on anything but their "practice field" is absolutely ridiculous....i like Houston's practice field policies MUCH better....

Other than some of the over anal traffic control, and the practice field the pits were fine....

The field on the other hand....I hated the fact the crowd just sat around like lumps...no animation other than when their team was on the field....if that was FIRST's goal with the no noisemakers etc rule they got EXACTLY that....

Bring back the fun to the national competition PLEASE....

On the upside the walking distance compared to Houston was GREATLY reduced which I loved, and I like the venue a little more...