Off-Season Field Rentals?

[VexisDarksteele]

(First of all, I apologize if this is in the wrong forum — everything's just kinda jumbled here in the General Forum. Everything else seemed too directly related to competitions and robots. )

So, our team is currently in the process of arranging a few robotics outreach events for after the game season (please be patient, fellow Michigan teams — we'll announce them once we have the details worked out! ), and one of the features we're trying for is to have a game field set up at the venues for teams to hold unofficial matches in. For any team that attended Maker Faire last summer, yes; that's the kind of field/setup we're looking for, except for the 2013 game.

One of my teammates made a mention of some group that builds and rents out full and half-sized FRC game fields, but he didn't know the name or where they're located. I've tried searching for anything even remotely related to "field rentals" and "FRC game field," yet I haven't been able to find anything at all...
Does anyone know where such a thing could be found? Did anyone help coordinate Maker Faire, and if so, where did you get the field from? How much do field rentals generally cost for a weekend?

Any help is greatly appreciated. (Also, I hope your build season is going great! This sure is a unique challenge with Frisbees...)

[Dan 1038]

Try getting ahold of Andy Baker, I am pretty sure that AndyMark has a field that is used at IRI and other off season events.

[andgordo558]

Here's the link to the page on the AndyMark website where they offer their field for rental.

http://www.andymark.com/product-p/offseasonfield.htm

[GaryVoshol]

Contact MI events such as MARC, WMRI and Kettering Kickoff to see where they get their fields. I would think they use the fields that FiM owns.

[VexisDarksteele]

Dan1038 & andgordo558: Ah! Thank you. I didn't know AndyMark had a field.
It seems as though the shipping/transport will cost more than the actual rental for us.

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Contact MI events such as MARC, WMRI and Kettering Kickoff to see where they get their fields. I would think they use the fields that FiM owns.

Good point! Thank you. A more local source would certainly be easier to ship from.