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Unread 06-03-2008, 15:37
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New Lone Star Regional Venue

So as many of you that are attending the Lone Star Regional know, we have a different venue this year. I happened to be in the area yesterday and stopped by to scout it out. Luckily the building was open and I was able to walk around. Here are my observations:

1. Hopefully if you're coming from out of town, you will be staying at hotels near the competition site. Traffic on I-10 between Houston and Katy is a beast!
2. If you are flying in, use Beltway 8 to drive around to I-10 to get around the worse of the traffic.
3. The arena is a nice full sized basketball court area with plenty of seating. Lighting is bright. Seating is pull out bleacher style, but the seats have backs, so no worries. Somewhat smaller than the Reliant venue.
4. Not sure how the pits will be organized. There are fairly large conference rooms adjacent to the arena that might be big enough. Or the pits could be in the actual arena. 1/2 for pits, 1/2 for the field. I just don't know. I asked a couple of people there, but they didn't seem to know either.
5. Free parking! Yay!
6. South entrance is the main entrance
7. Site info from usfirst.org has a map. The directions are accurate, but the pseudo map is a tad misleading. It seems to indicate an off shoot for the Pin Oak exit. After exiting I-10 just stay on the feeder road to FM 1463 and turn right. No sweat. There are no other large buildings in the area to get confused by.
8. I'm not very familiar with the Katy area, but across I-10 from the arena is the Katy Mills area which has TONS of shops for..uh..shopping.


That's about it. Anyone from the Katy area feel free to jump in!
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Re: New Lone Star Regional Venue

Dan,
Thank you so much for this information!
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Re: New Lone Star Regional Venue

Thanks for the info!
We are staying approximately 8 mi. away so we may have to think about leavng the hotel earlier.
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Thanks for the info!
We are staying approximately 8 mi. away so we may have to think about leavng the hotel earlier.
If your hotel is 8 miles to the EAST of the competition site you should be ok traveling WEST. Heavy traffic will be moving east towards Houston in the morning.
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Re: New Lone Star Regional Venue

I had heard that there is a possiblity of the pits being in a warehouse adjacent to the arena.

Not sure though so don't take my word for it.

the original poster is right. The traffic on I-10 is horrible so it is best to have a hotel. Same goes for westpark tollway at certain times of day.

A small fact for some of you football fans: katy high school (the state champions for 2008) is located 1/2-1 mile behind the merrell center.

anyways,

should be alot of fun.

See you there!

P.S. yes I am from katy

By the way....

The only teams in the area are 624 and 2276. However, 2276 is significantly farther away than 624.
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Re: New Lone Star Regional Venue

Two things. First, pits are in the arena. The 1/2 - 1/2 split Dan suggested, machine shop outside on the west loading dock, practice field in the arena. Things will be tighter than Reliant, so be smart about your pit loadout.

Second, if you're planning on taking Beltway 8 from IAH to I-10, it IS a tollway, so bring cash or change. You'll catch 2 toll plazas from I-45 to I-10, totaling $3.00.
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Re: New Lone Star Regional Venue

Traffic North South using the I-99 Grand Parkway is also much better if you need to quick food or supplies.

The txfirst.org website has put together a few links of materials and restaurants.

See the participants tab, http://txfirst.org/
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