Let's talk about venues...

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

I didn't mention the Pits, which are not great by any stretch of the imagination.
But the production is top notch.
When I was referring to the renovation, I meant that they could use both sets of bleachers.
I remember when they revealed the plans for the new Sports and Recreation Center with its "Robot pits" and I was quite pleased. In reality, not so good.



I find the stands to be very amenable. There is room to dance in the space between the upper and lower bleachers. There not a mile away (Sig Figs) but there is more space between the field and the stands, which is nice compared to some venues where the audience traffic can be difficult.

Miserable seems a strong descriptor here, but I would love to hear about the other Faraday cages you have been in.

I feel we have very different goals when it comes to bleachers. I like to watch robots not dance. I feel that the shallow angle of the bleachers, while helpful for dancing, is detrimental to all seats being good for watching robots.

Other faraday cages I've been in were the room 79 used to do kickoff in at Honeywell. While not TECHNICALLY a faraday cage it was fairly effective at removing all cell signal by virtue of its construction. My old lab in Tampa had the same issue. That lab used rebar reinforcement with 18" on a side squares for REASONS I'm fairly certain Honeywell used similar construction for similar reasons. We kept the door open in hope of having some cell signal in there. However, closing the door removed all signal.

Miserable is, in my opinion, the appropriate description. I found the pits to be humid (I lived in FL for 3 years, still found them humid), cramped, dark, echoey, and reeking of chlorine. I've been in a LOT of venues, I can't think of another venue that has worse pits than WPI.