2004/2005/2006 Championships: Atlanta

[Bill Gold]

It's on FIRST's homepage. The Georgia Dome & Georgia World Congress Center will host the events.

[Adam Y.]

Hhehe I was the first person to post it.

[Ken Leung]

Check out the pictures for the center:

http://www.gwcc.com/gwcc/photos.htm#

That's where the pit is going to be.

And pictures for the Dome:

http://www.gadome.com/dome/photos.htm

[Bill Gold]

Originally posted by Adam Y.
Hhehe I was the first person to post it.

I ran into the other room to tell Jim before I posted... I *so* could have beaten you

[Madison]

Meh.

Edit: (At least it's not Texas. It's not much better, but I did enjoy the time I spent in the Atlanta area.)

[DanLevin247]

Atlanta! Nice city.


What bugs me is....the pits aren't in the same building...again. I sure hope that it's not another horribly long walk from the pits to the competition fields!

[Rob Colatutto]

it better not be a super long walk because we have it for 3 years now

[Aaron Lussier]

Originally posted by DanLevin247


What bugs me is....the pits aren't in the same building...again. I sure hope that it's not another horribly long walk from the pits to the competition fields!

Man I live for long walks, those were so much fun espically with all the pressure to get the robot there on time

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by Bill Gold
I ran into the other room to tell Jim before I posted... I *so* could have beaten you

Oh yeah, blame me.

I'm not sure how I feel about Atlanta, at this point. We'll see...

[sanddrag]

Start building your powered robot carts.

[WernerNYK]

Ok, if the walk is the same distance, WITHOUT THE RAMPS, then it's all good

I mean, not total distance, but "Straight line distance." (ie, the ramps took up 4 times the amount of walking than they could have had it been just straight through.

If you look at the map (http://www.gwcc.com/images/gwccmap.pdf), maybe we could be in Building "B," and enter diagonally right across. Or maybe building C, and right across that parking lot to a center entrance... And actually, there should be no ramps, cause the pits are in a convention center so that would all be ground level, and if the newer Georgia Dome is anything like the newer Reliant Center, the entrance to the field should be ground level too

And a PARK for entertainment? Hmmm... Well if you look at the map of the park (http://www.centennialpark.com/maps_d...alking_map.pdf), it seems like it's really big and lots could be done. I would hope that FIRST sets up some fun stuff do there. And there's an amphitheater, so maybe they could bring back some of the Nationals Party atmosphere as there had been in the past.

Let's *hope* -- that's about all we can do -- that FIRST makes it great, now that they have plenty of time to plan, rather than the rush that Houston was.

Hmm, anyone who has ever been to Atlanta, how's the hotel situation there? Close together? Near the stadium?

[Alexander McGee]

Originally posted by sanddrag
Start building your powered robot carts.

haha, all set there.

I say, bring it on. Lets see how difficult it can get this year.

It's what we call performance go-kart driving, and its a lot of fun.

See you in Atlanta!

[Madison]

Originally posted by WernerNYK
And a PARK for entertainment? Hmmm... Well if you look at the map of the park (http://www.centennialpark.com/maps_d...alking_map.pdf), it seems like it's really big and lots could be done. I would hope that FIRST sets up some fun stuff do there. And there's an amphitheater, so maybe they could bring back some of the Nationals Party atmosphere as there had been in the past.

Hmm, anyone who has ever been to Atlanta, how's the hotel situation there? Close together? Near the stadium?

Olympic Centennial Park is a public park, so I wouldn't know that FIRST can occupy it for days on end on its own. I think what they're saying is that there's space for teams to get out into the open and socialize, which was harder in Houston.

The area is surrounded by most of Atlanta's tourist attractions -- CNN Center and the New World of Coca-Cola and the Aquarium. Six Flags Over Georgia is a few miles west of the city center along I-20. It's close enough that teams could manage a trip there if they were interested, but not so close as to be the team party location, I'd think. Still, it's a better park than Astroworld.

There are many hotels in area as well. The Omni and Embassy Suites are both very close to the event site.

I too hope that FIRST takes this extra time to put together a really spectacular show. I have very little faith left after this season to expect or really hope for anything amazing. It seems to me that the days of Walt Disney World and an amazing village and the special attention FIRST would receive are long gone.

[Andrew Rudolph]

o man i know i want to go to world of coke after a long day of robotics. All the drink you could ever want and a whole lot more. Mmmmmmm.

[Jeremy Roberts]

I was on the my way up from a trip in Florida when I got the call. I did not realize they would put it up on the FIRST site so quickly.

The walk between the pits and competition field is about 1 min give or take a couple seconds. I'm not sure about the exact distance but it is not more than a couple 100 feet. Also the only "ramps" are short (like 15 ft) 14 or so degree inclines one down from the pits and one up to the competition fields (kinda like a loading dock).

I'll try to keep my excitement to a minimum and let FIRST give out all the info as they see fit.

We will make this the best Nats. ever. Welcome to Atlanta!

P.S Don't lose faith M. A lot of thought has already been put into this site and a lot more will be to make it an event to remember.