It makes no sense to worry about these things which are out of our control. I too am concerned that our machine won't get to Houston in time from the regional the weekend before but apparently FIRST must have a plan or they wouldn't have allowed the date. And they never give the layout of the venue until much closer to the event time.
I doubt they are going to open the field to all teams right away. They still have 238 teams posted on the event list for the Championships. That is less than the Nationals for the past few years. That kind of contradicts Dean's radio interview which stated that "we outgrew the Disney venue". So your guess is as good as mine. I'd like to see 500+. More robots to take on!!!
I bet we will see the fields better in this venue than we did at Disney. A professional stadium is made for that and the seating should be more organized. And maybe the press can work from an aerial position rather than as an impenetrable wall right in front of the crowd like they always did at Archimedes!!!
Houston = good!! We go have good time and play robot games!!
And if Weedie cant drive we can lend a drive team if needed-
WC