2004/2005/2006 Championships: 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.