Justin Rogers
October 25, 2017 04:10
I was here for the 2016 USARS Indoor National (IDN) Speed Skating Championships. The facility was pretty nice, definitely spacious and clean. I can't give it a 5 star rating though due to the following reasons:
1. ACCESSIBILITY - There was no way to get up to the 2nd floor, except for using the stairs. Personally, this wasn't a problem, but if I were in a wheelchair or handicapped in a way that didn't allow me to use the stairs, this would obviously not afford me the full experience at an event where most, if not all, of the vendor booths are at an event such as IDN.
2. SEATING - There were many instances where spectators in our group had to stand for hours at a time, due to a lack of seating. Standing room only is not easy on the body after a few hours!
3. WIFI - Most cellular provider signals seem to have a difficult, if not impossible time penetrating through the infrastructure of the building, making it impossible to communicate with people both inside and outside of the building. If the wifi network was better (stronger wireless access point signals, better download & upload speeds, more bandwidth, etc), then this wouldn't be as big of a problem. People with wifi calling could utilize that feature, or people could use apps to make voice and/or video calls. Coming from a telecommunications background, you guys really need to reach out to a specialist and beef that up, at least temporarily during high attendance events such as IDN.
If you guys don't know anyone that specializes in telecom/IT, I would be happy to assist as a consultant and/or technician while there this year. Just have Kevin Kmetz with USARS get ahold of me and we can go from there!