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Originally Posted by DonRotolo

That will be a sight to see, I'm bringing a video camera. I just need to remember to film the stampede from a safe place
Maybe Ethernet?

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Have the wrap party at the same venue as the finals? That means all those people will be descending on the party at once. What a disaster.

Remember when they announced Rack'N'Roll tubes would be available to take AFTER the finals were over. Hundreds of students poured onto the field then.

I was there for that disaster in 2007. Teams fighting over tubes, knocking over expensive A/V equipment, etc. It was terrible. And if I recall, they even were dumb enough to announce that before Chairman's (if I'm remembering right). I hope something like that never happens again.

Originally Posted by jvriezen

Or perhaps for the general public to get into the concert you have to visit the pits and get your ticket stamped by 20 teams after seeing their bot.

Is there anyone who would seriously want this? No offense, but this is just not a good idea at all. Not to be elitist but I've met the general public; I do not want them in my pit area. And especially not the ones coming for no reason other than to get an admission stamp to a musical concert. Interested public is fine; general public absolutely not. One of the things I liked best about the Long Beach regional was the security at each entrance. Made me feel like not just anybody would walk in there. FIRST is not going to achieve its mission by pulling in random people off the street. Bad idea.

The day FIRST offers the public free admission to a musical concert in order to get people to their robotics competitions is the day I walk away and start a VEX team.