2006 UTC New England Regional Feedback!

[Greg Marra]

The new venue is amazing. The food was good and reasonably priced, and they managed to do a good job getting people through the line quickly. The wide aisles in the pits were really nice, and having lots of open space prevented the overcrowding (and overheating!) that was a problem at The Meadows.

The practice field was very nice compared to what most regionals have, and was a big help to lots of teams testing their shooters and autonomous routines.

The bleachers were a bit lacking. I know you don't have a lot to work with at the venue, but there simply weren't enough seats. People were sitting in the aisles of the bleachers, and venue staff were yelling at people to find actual seats. Also, having the field set up so that the screen was behind a goal instead of on the side made driving one alliance a bit harder than on the others.

Maybe you could set the field up with the screen behind it and then set up bleacher banks that wrap all the way around the three other sides?

Overall, UTC was a pretty sweet regional.