…No tear gas, but a fair amount of confusion as G’boro’s city championship swim meet moves indoors to the taxpayer-funded Aquatic Center:
The housewarming did not go smoothly, however.
* Races were delayed because of a bottleneck at the staging area in the Special Events Center next door — a problem eased when organizers created separate staging areas for girls and boys.
* Parents who had never been to the aquatics center were lost. Some arrived late, caught in lines of cars waiting to pay $5 to park.
* There was confusion about who was allowed to go where in the natatorium, with swimmers downstairs and spectators upstairs.“We planned and planned and planned,” a grim-faced Gary Flynn said after untangling the knot of people in the staging area.
An old swimmer myself, I always hated moving indoors to N.C. State’s hot, steamy natatorium for Raleigh’s championship meet and always envied the fact that G’boro’s meet was outdoors. But I realize it’s going to be 100 degrees today……
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2012 At 10:27 am, Mr. Combs Said:
Having been to the Aquatic center numerous occasions and basing my opinion with 25+ years in the hospitality business, the leadership team at Greensboro’s Aquatic center has serious challenges with leadership and clearly no experience managing events of this size. I wonder if they bothered asking similar centers what their best practices were, just wondering…
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2012 At 10:52 am, Brian Clarey Said:
I was there, filed more than 3,000 words on it. http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/article-14468-strokes-inside-the-greensboro-city-meet.html