[Thursday] Capacities

[David Caldwell]

In the middle of the night I got to thinking about Steam-Up, what size we
want it to be, and the our current capacity limits. Here are a few
thoughts--please add more.

Parking. It looks like we just touched our current max parking capacity
this weekend. Several of you have suggested clearing more space around the
racetrack. In the short term we might get a little more visitor space in
the parking field by parking all the volunteers in the north end by the
exhibitors gate.

Admission gate. If we're backing up cars out to Tillinghast Rd, moving the
ticketing a few feet up the road won't make much difference. We either need
to move ticketing all the way to the top of the hill (at the entrance to
the parking field) or broaden the lane where the ticketing is currently so
the line could divide into two 'toll booths' for speedier processing. Or we
could pre-sell tickets and open a gate (the exit gate) at the bottom of the
parking field for people with tickets just in the morning. Or?

Bathrooms. It seemed like we had enough, but still had a big line in Mayes
Building sometimes. We need sign and map there to direct people to the
portables. Also, a few years ago, instead of hiding the portables behind
the Massie Station, we placed them 10 or so feet farther north, so the
first ones were visible across the grounds. That and some Big Friendly
Signs would help people find them.

Food. The food line moved right along, never seemed to get out of hand.
This a tribute to Steve and the Boy Scouts.

Food tickets. We've trained our visitors so well that they lined up in the
Mayes Building for food tickets. The new ticket station at the Food Tent
was busy but not overloaded--we should promote it, to take some congestion
out of the Mayes Bldg.

Volunteers. We would have died without the Boy Scouts. As has been noted,
we could use a few more knowledgeable adult volunteers for the Wireless
Building. If we change the admission ticketing, we'll need extra coverage
there. Anywhere else come to mind?

Exhibit space. Seemed like there was still space on the model tables. Was
steam and air adequate? There was open space for exhibitors along the rope,
and we could have handled more old cars.

Other thoughts?


Dave
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