2006 UTC New England Regional Feedback!

[Levin571]

I agree that they need to work on the seating a little bit but they also need to lower the price for parking more. I know that there was a reduced rate to I believe $8 a day but after 3 days that becomes a little pricy. I also think that while the food/drinks were reasonably priced, they need to allow people to bring in water since although heating is not a problem anymore, it still gets pretty hot in the pits and crowd and cheering wears out a person's voice very quickly. I think queuing could be improved a little bit because I remeber people having to walk around lines of robots going from the pits to the stands. Other than that, I think it was a great venue and next year hopefully there will be a team social again.

[YonZ]

The venue was superconvenient (and beautiful and new ). We are an NYC team, and being in the attached Mariott was a breeze, no need to even step outside!
The pits were kinda tight considering the room you guys had, but the closeness to the field was amazing. Seating across from each other was awesome, perhaps a third bleacher completing a "U" would solve the space issue. Vex is a sweet addition and was cool to check out. (and where would we all have been without the Convention Starbucks? )
The round tables were also quite nice (reminiscant of the lounge at the Championship), a very calming place where you didnt have to be in the stands or pits.
Free wireless would have been nice. I read on the CCC site that the venue offers it, but we couldnt get any there-- all we were able to see was our team's queueing countdown.

[MChapman]

The new venue was great. Like mentioned the seating was a bit low for how many teams/vistors who came. The scoring screen was definently a bit of an issue for the red alliance, they had to look behind them as to what was going on, but we managed. Definently loved the more open pit area. A lot less crowded then at the meadows. Overall the Convention Center proved to be a great venue for the regional, hope things go well so next year we're there again.