Let's talk about venues...

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Best venue I have been to is the Memorial Coliseum here in Portland. Its a basketball court with a conference hall about 100 feet away from the floor. So we have the pits in that separate room, and the field sits right in the middle of the court with tons of visibility and seating around the entire thing. During Eliminations, all 24 teams bring the pits out to the field and sit around the outside because there is enough room.

What matters too me is that there is good spectator room and visibility, and pedestrian access from the pits to the stands is not super long. That's the biggest problem with worlds is that the pedestrian walk is really long compared to the robot walk.

Agreed. The Coliseum seems like it was pretty much designed for FRC. The pit-field trip is all of 2 minutes, there's plenty of seating, and the Chairman's interview room (specific, I know, but it's the little things) is not even 10 yards from the pits, yet in a soundproof room. I wouldn't want it anywhere else in Portland, or the NW for that matter.