[Chris Marra]

I would support this solely on the basis that it would force FIRST to finally admit Einstein matches and awards will run hours past when they want them to end.

However, aside from that, I feel like having any performance of a popular artist would not work during an event, nor during the wrap party, due to either lack of attention, lack of time, or abundance of other things to do. Very few artists hold concerts where they perform 1-5 songs, and if they do, its for a variety show like SNL where they get exposure. It might be more prudent for FIRST to somehow convince a popular artist going on tour to schedule a performance in Atlanta on that Friday night, and offer some form of discounted tickets to FIRST teams. It would be prohibitively expensive, I'm sure, to host an artist and convince them to come to Atlanta unless they know what FIRST is (hey, we can get Woz + Google to come using that), and few would get the opportunity to have such exposure. Enticing them by making it just a stop on their tour, but then convincing them to offer discounted tickets for teams would probably be a lot easier logistically.