11-03-2006 22:55

Validius

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oooooooo, ooooooo I can see my pit!!! Good times...

12-03-2006 01:26

Rombus

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looks like a very cramped pit area for 63 teams!

12-03-2006 01:28

Rick TYler

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I was thinking, "Wow, I'm sure glad we had those spacious pits at Portland."

12-03-2006 01:38

Joe J.

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Thats really only about half of all the pits (the on the other half of the arena floor from the field), most of the rest is in the auxiliary gym, and a few more in a storage area.

12-03-2006 13:32

anna~marie

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HEY! There I am!

12-03-2006 13:39

Jessica279

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Haha, I see 279!

13-03-2006 01:08

Gillz

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Yeah, that's only one pit, like Philmont said. The other pit is a bit bigger, and a little more spacious. Although much hotter in there too.

13-03-2006 01:11

sanddrag

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That looks dangerously crowded. I couldn't imagine what would happen if there was a major emergency.

13-03-2006 01:15

Rick TYler

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PNW's a little smaller tournament (46 teams this year), but it has a canaverous exhibit hall room for the pits. There was enough room for all the teams to have a 10x10, plus a VEX sample competition (but not the official FIRST Vex field), a FLL field, a full Aim High half field, and two center-goal only test fields. Plus, the machine-shop trailer was brought into the pits hall, and there is a snack bar in the pits. The only real drawback is that the pits are a 100-yard (or so) walk from the arena, which is the Portland Trailblazer's old stadium.

13-03-2006 01:38

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You'd be suprised.... I was at that event two years ago, and there was actually quite a bit of space around the pits as long as the team didnt expand their pit areas into the aisle, which pretty much every team is guilty of doing from time to time.

13-03-2006 21:01

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My team was a little crowded, but that was mostly because we were all the way up against the bleachers, and surrounded by relatively large teams, such as chief delphi. Most of the team is in the picture, on the right side in maroon shirts. We had about 12 people from the team at the competion.

14-03-2006 19:04

Pontchartrain

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Though the bleachers made an excellent coatrack.