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Posted by MaryEllen.

Other on team #180, S.P.A.M., from South Fork and Martin County High Schools and UTC/Pratt & Whitney, FL.

Posted on 6/1/99 5:51 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: some possible alternatives posted by Nate Smith on 6/1/99 7:41 AM MST:



: : I predict the venue for 2000 National will be the same as this year.
: : In 2001, they'll move us to a new arena at Wide World of Sports, 40,000
: : seats with the pit area still in tents.

: I don't know if they'll make the move(at least to WWofS...from what I saw down there this year, as well as what I remember people posting early this season, WWofS is too far out of the way to get the desired exposure at Disney. With where we are now, everyone going into EPCOT sees a few big tents and probably wonders, 'What's going on down there?'

: Also, talking on the boats in EPCOT with a few people who were just on vacation this year, they showed some interest in the event, and said they might stop by before they left for the day. Would people like that make the trek out to WWofS to see something they knew very little about?

: Just my two cents...

: Nate

Disney is making a huge capital investment in WWofS. And they own ABC & ESPN.
Don't put it past them not to make that a big draw in the future. If they
get the new arena finished, they'd be foolish not to put the National there.
One of the BIGGEST complaints was having to kneel in front of the stages.
It fixes too many problems not to be considered.