Atlanta - activities/ammenities I'd like to see

[Madison]

Originally posted by monsieurcoffee
Since Coca Cola has a museum there it'd be nice for some of their sponsorship... as in, free drinks.

Also, I agree with Maddie that a CNN crew should definitely do some national coverage.

Yeah... I went to Atlanta last summer and it was cool.

Unfortunately, the Georgia World Congress Center and the Georgiadome will have existing contracts for vendors. There's probably very little FIRST can do about soft drinks and food because the GWCC and dome are obligated to use their contracted vendors.

I've looked a bit at the World of Coca Cola website and I'm not exceptionally impressed by what it has to offer. It looks like nothing more than a few exhibits, a food court, and a place to test Coca Cola's international product line. Still, access to it, particularly for food during the day, is probably a good thing.

The idea of larger signage is a good one. I think the largest difficulty you'll find in implementing that is that, often, the match lists aren't finalized until the last minute -- such that getting larger posters formatted and made may be impossible. If they showed up midday Friday, though, I doubt anyone participating would mind the absence, though visitors may not understand the reason for its late arrival. Again, it's all about putting on a good show.

Signing walls could be cool, too. Maybe something a bit more dimensional than simple plywood? I'll write more later.

I've been thinking more about some of the things I posted previously and I have some specific ideas about how to make the venue feel a bit more intimate. I'll share those ideas again later when I've developed them further.