Re: Where would be the "best" place to host SPPLAT attack?
Before this gets out of hand I think we should set some reasonable assumptions:
It's got to be a big location. PB Blitz is 80-90 acres, PB Sam's in comparison is 200+, CPX was probably 250-300 acres.
It'll need a lot of parking or a few shuttles to move people and equipment to/from the staging area.
Staging area for 2000+. We'll need space for players as well as their groupies.
It needs space for a vendor area/stage, RV stations.
Food!!!
Location probably has to be within an hour of a good size city so that hotels should be available. Proximity to air and rail would be nice but it's not like people are going to take a cab to the field so most of them will have rental cars or a ride.
Past history dealing with large numbers is a must.
After the air fiasco we'll probably see a bunch of groups bringing their own compressors just in case.
We can be sure that paint will be nearby. Maybe they'll just invite the paint compaines to bring a semi-trailer and say they have to sell for a certain price. The company can then take back anything they don't sell. It's a big billboard so none of the big companies will want to be left out. Of course this will mean more parking needed.
Eye candy was nice but terrain will be better. The major forts could actually be built in the week before with about 20 people helping. Maybe the materials could be donated so we'll have big Orange and Blue forts with names painted?
A dome would be too small for those numbers? How about McCormick Place?
CPX didn't feel crowded but it's reasonable to expect that the next one will have more people.
Originally posted by Tyger
I'm asking this legitimately, because it'll be fun.
Where is the best place to host this event?
The things to consider are location, ability to hold 1500 people or more, lots of "Eye candy" and "intresting field props", and to an extent location.
I also had a thought about having a "custom field" built for it as well, which wou dbe fun but expensive. Since it's a charity event, building a field JUST for it wouldn't be efficient, let alone easy to do. However, my thought on this is really simple. Rent an indoor dome (Like the Superdome, the Dallas arena, or the like), net it in, and run the game there. I think you could really create an intresting look. Not just airball fields, but some props, purpose built stuff, and I think an arena would be an intresting location, if done correctly. It'd be a paint fling fest, but it would be intresting.
Commentary?
-Tyger
I'm asking this legitimately, because it'll be fun.
Where is the best place to host this event?
The things to consider are location, ability to hold 1500 people or more, lots of "Eye candy" and "intresting field props", and to an extent location.
I also had a thought about having a "custom field" built for it as well, which wou dbe fun but expensive. Since it's a charity event, building a field JUST for it wouldn't be efficient, let alone easy to do. However, my thought on this is really simple. Rent an indoor dome (Like the Superdome, the Dallas arena, or the like), net it in, and run the game there. I think you could really create an intresting look. Not just airball fields, but some props, purpose built stuff, and I think an arena would be an intresting location, if done correctly. It'd be a paint fling fest, but it would be intresting.
Commentary?
-Tyger
It's got to be a big location. PB Blitz is 80-90 acres, PB Sam's in comparison is 200+, CPX was probably 250-300 acres.
It'll need a lot of parking or a few shuttles to move people and equipment to/from the staging area.
Staging area for 2000+. We'll need space for players as well as their groupies.
It needs space for a vendor area/stage, RV stations.
Food!!!
Location probably has to be within an hour of a good size city so that hotels should be available. Proximity to air and rail would be nice but it's not like people are going to take a cab to the field so most of them will have rental cars or a ride.
Past history dealing with large numbers is a must.
After the air fiasco we'll probably see a bunch of groups bringing their own compressors just in case.
We can be sure that paint will be nearby. Maybe they'll just invite the paint compaines to bring a semi-trailer and say they have to sell for a certain price. The company can then take back anything they don't sell. It's a big billboard so none of the big companies will want to be left out. Of course this will mean more parking needed.
Eye candy was nice but terrain will be better. The major forts could actually be built in the week before with about 20 people helping. Maybe the materials could be donated so we'll have big Orange and Blue forts with names painted?
A dome would be too small for those numbers? How about McCormick Place?
CPX didn't feel crowded but it's reasonable to expect that the next one will have more people.
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