We've only had the space and funding to build a full field once in my three years on 818; we did that in 2003, and most likely because the other GM teams offered materials and aid in building it in exchange for sharing use of it.
We were on our own last year and will be again this season, so we build a smaller and cheaper mockup of it. Last year, we just built the central platform and one of the moveable goals; this year, I think we're going to build a few goals and some tetras to go with it.
To the best of my knowledge, we've NEVER built player stations before. Only the field elements that the robot will be interacting with.
Having the money and time to have a full field would be nice, but it's a luxury we can do without.
