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Re: Pits were great, venue was the pits...
Posted by Dale, Engineer on team #191, X-Cats`, from Wilson and Xerox.
Posted on 4/27/99 2:25 PM MST
In Reply to: Pits were great, venue was the pits... posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 8:25 PM MST:
: Hey folks,
: While the complex that Disney constructs to host the Nationals is awesome and the pits in particular were truly fantastic, the venues were aweful.
: To show you how bad it was, I LOVE this sport, yet I could barely bring myself to stand in that merciless sunshine on the chairs squinting my eyes in order to watch the final matches.
: It was HOT!
: It was hard to see!
: It was hard on the knees!
: It was not a spectator friendly sport at all.
: The smallest regional had more people watching the finals than watched the National Finals!
: It was the worst venue of any of the FIRST events I have ever attended.
: In fact, as crazy as I am about this FIRST stuff, I am seriously recommending that our team skip the Nationals next year in favor of another regional if the venue is not significantly improved.
: What do other team think?
: Joe J.
I absolutely agree!! In fact, we had a similar discussion in thinking about doing another regional instead of the nationals for the same reason. Disney is very generous in their commitment, but we want our team to get into the game, and kneeling on the fake grass at 90+ degrees was as insane as trying to see a stage that was cast in darkness relative to the surrounding sunshine. Two serious disappointments in an otherwise excellent sport.
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