Bills Blog - Champs info

[NickE]

Originally Posted by EricH

If the speculation about the college pilot is correct, then I won't mind--they need the ceiling and the space to do it right.

Originally Posted by College FIRST Manual

The field will be enclosed in netting around the outside perimeter with a net ceiling height of approximately 16’.

The floor plan for the America's Center specifies a "Contiguous ceiling height of 40ft" within the exhibit halls. I see no reason why any 16ft tall college FIRST event would not fit in the exhibit halls.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by NickE

The floor plan for the America's Center specifies a "Contiguous ceiling height of 40ft" within the exhibit halls. I see no reason why any college FIRST event would not fit in the exhibit halls.

Nick, I was thinking the same thing, and the only reason I could come up with is that FIRST wants to display the Collegiate Pilot in the most visible place possible for some reason.

But, I still think it should be in the pits, considering that it's a pilot and there are only 20 teams involved...

[rsisk]

I wonder about the idea of a musical act taking up half of the dome, especially when you consider the Black Eye Peas can put up a stage, do a show, and take down the stage during a 30 minute Super Bowl halftime.

[robobandmom]

I was at the Buckeye Regional and they announced on Saturday that Will.I.Am and/of the Blackeyed Peas will perform in St Louis. (It was kind of hard to hear, so I'm not sure if they said "of" or "and.")

This is a reply from Steele Meetings when asked about details for the Finale party. "There is no cost to attend the finale party this year. We are still waiting for the final details, however, the entertainment will be open to the FIRST community and there will be concession sales for the food & drink. There should be additional details announced soon."

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by robobandmom

We are still waiting for the final details, however, the entertainment will be open to the FIRST community and there will be concession sales for the food & drink. There should be additional details announced soon."

No free food the wrap party this year?

From a chaperone/mentors point of view It would be nice know this so the students could plan for this.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

No free food the wrap party this year?

From a chaperone/mentors point of view It would be nice know this so the students could plan for this.

Agreed, this just continues to show the lack of communication coming from FIRST right now. Some information would be better than no information. Give me the details you have so we can plan better.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

No free food the wrap party this year?

From a chaperone/mentors point of view It would be nice know this so the students could plan for this.

Considering it was $40/ticket just to get into the wrap party in previous years, I wouldn't ever call the food "free". They typically rolled the cost up into whatever hotel room you booked through Steele Meetings. Though I do see your intended point (bring cash).

I do agree -- if it's announced at ONE regional, it needs to be sent out to everyone.