[Jessica Boucher]

...I personally think that finals is merely a transportation problem for FIRST/EPCOT, and not a capacity issue. If future finals are anything like this years, they will be rather sparse.

The capacity issue comes into play during the awards. Transportation is an issue here, too...but by then you'd only be transporting people....by that time you could have all the non-finals crates packed up, and Mears is doing a great job already with people-moving.

You know, I just had a thought (stand back, it may be strange)...maybe Disney is the thing holding us back with this "competition in the round" type deal. It may not be an issue of bleacher space at all, it may just be that there is no space to put all the stuff that goes WITH the stage, such as all the electronics, the production trailer, and the "Disney Entertainment" trailer, not to mention the catwalks and the VIP area, without blocking any more viewer vision.

Maybe the answer to this is...how has "competition in the round" been settled at regionals, and how can that be adapted to Nationals?

Plus, please dont reply with your gripes about how the stage is set up, and why theres so much space for the media & the VIPs...lets work towards a solution this time.