New Championship Layout 2015

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Pits
The pits for FRC take up about 2 and 1/3 of 6 halls. So, pits could double to 4 2/3, leaving 1 1/3 halls for the displays and stores.

Fields
While the Field could physically hold 8 fields, the issues are:
1) Spectator viewing of the fields; and
2) Traffic lanes.

You could have 2 fields on each end like Newton/Archimedes for 4 fields; and
2 fields on the far side from Alley; and
Possibly one more field on the side with the Alley.

While more fields could fit, it would be hard to get spectators (in the center of the field), or one would be right in front of the Alley. Maybe the Center is reserved for the Einstein field and stage.

Volunteers

About the only staff you could "share" with an adjacent field are the Refs and some of the Field Reset people. The FTA's, queuing, announcers, and others, are needed for the entire play and staging time.

Divisions

Assuming there are 7 fields, I think there should be dedicated divisions for:

1) Rookie teams. A rookie team that made it through winning a region/district could chose to compete with the rookies or in the regular divisions.

2) Teams that did not win a regional/district.

Let's say that leaves 4 divisions made up of solely Regional/District winners. Those would be the ones to compete on the Einstein field. In this configuration, the 4 Competing division fields would be the two on each end of the stadium. The other fields could be done by Friday night, and be torn down and out of the way for the Einstein finals, leaving a lot of seating with a view of the center of the stadium.