PCH 2017

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

As someone who has never participated in a venue selection committee, is that actually a rule from FIRST, or something that simply slipped past without anyone actually considering its impact?

The story I was told and have no reason to doubt... The Columbus district was held in a multi purpose ice hockey arena. Bottom layer is always ice. The assumption was that the regular covering would be sufficient to keep the ice ice and separate from the field turned out to be incorrect. IE spots of water here and there. The issue was discovered too late to change venues. The only option was to cover the ice with the arena football field and then to cover that with carpet. Solved the water game problem, but made for a bouncy field. The Columbus district has a different venue this year that does not start with ice. Large areas of ice in south Georgia is some what of an oxymoron. The best place for ice in south Georgia is in tea.