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Re: Atlanta: The Wrap Up and Grading
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I complained to THS (and via them, to FIRST) about the raising of the food prices on Friday. That was just ridiculous as was the rule about not bringing food purchased at the Congress Center into the Dome and vica versa.
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They rose the prices of the food???
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Atlanta has far to many panhandlers and bums for my kids to go do anything in the evening. If your hotel didn't have a swimming pool, then there was basically nothing to do. Our adult engineers were threatened to be cut by a woman 3pm in afternoon while they were walking to Underground Atlanta thru a plaza.
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I would actually say that the number of panhanlers was about the same for other areas I have visited. I was approached at Washington D.C. and I am sure New York City has a few too but I really do not remeber any. I was not very worried though. Probably because I am a New Yorker. My one advisor was a merchant marine and he told me stories about other countries that was worst.
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I never made it to the FIRST store - wish they could have had a second store at the Dome. (I'm assuming that because they sold items this year is the reason we didn't get 2004 Championship t-shirts? I wish that had been communicated to the teams in advance - our team members kept asking when they could go get one - had we known in advance I could have told them to plan on purchasing them down in Atlanta).
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I was actually talking to the guys from the FIRST store. They were actually quite surprised at the amount of demand for their products. So much so that I actually felt sorry for the people making the shirts. There is such a wide variety of products. Also they do have an online website.
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Well, I can say that IMHO that the food is much better than the infamous Houston stuff, but still has some way to go. Unlike Houston, you can literally get anything you want with Dining Dollars, so you aren't forced to eat what they pass off as food at some places. And if by some chance you hate the food, you can take a 5 minute walk to the Omni and choose from Wendy’s, Arby’s, Chick-fill-a, or Taco Bell. For the improvements, prices are still very big and the quality to price ratio is bad, and line were a problem at some times of the day. Overall, I’d give the venue a rating of 8 out of 10.
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You have to be kidding me. Free Starbucks and you complain about the food. 
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 19-04-2004 at 15:35.
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