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Registration begins Thursday May 1st
and closes Friday, October 10th.
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Lock-In

We are pleased to be able to offer a Team Lock-In for all FRC teams for their Friday night accommodations. The venue offers sufficient facilities to provide many teams with a unique, affordable, and safe alternative to local hotels. We require that participating teams ensure that there will be one chaperone attending the lock-in for every ten students.

Entertainment includes:

LAN Party
Games
Movies
DJ Dan providing great music for all!

Lodging

Here is a brief list of area hotels that you may wish to contact. While we cannot offer a block of rooms to teams, many of those listed offer a robotics discount.

Clarion Hotel

2701 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL
(813) 971-4710

Robotics Discount (per Sales: Kim Hodges)
$59 - 2 double beds
Must call Kim direct for discount room rate at (813)952-2507

La Quinta Inn

3701 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL
(813) 910-7500

No discount - $65
Room with 2 double beds
Continental breakfast is included

Grand Suites Tampa

(Soon to be converted to Holiday Inn)
11310 North 30th St
Tampa, FL
(813) 971-7690

Robotics Discount (per Sales: Shelly)
$69 Suite - 2 double beds + sleeper sofa (sleeps 6)
Contintental breakfast is included

Best Western All Suites Hotel

3001 University Center Dr
Tampa, FL
(813) 971-8930

Robotics Discount - Ask for Heather x1108 for discount
$94 Suite - 2 double beds + sleeper sofa
**Rate for 4 people/suite. Add $7/person for 5th and 6th person
Hot breakfast is included

Wingate by Wyndham

3751 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL
(813) 979-2828

Robotics Discount (per Manager: Manuel)
$104.95 - 2 double beds
Hot 40-item breakfast included

Embassy Suites Hotel

3704 Spectrum Blvd
Tampa, FL
(813) 977-7066

No discount available
$169 Suite - 2 double beds + sleeper sofa
$10 AAA discount

Entertainment
MOSI(Museum of Science & Industry) is located across the street from the Sun Dome and is offering TNT attendees and their families discounts on admission, IMAX films, and their special Hall-O-Boo! event. This includes a discount on their special engagement of The Dark Knight in their IMAX Dome Theatre!
Download the flyer [179k PDF] for more information.
Food
At the Event
Friday 6 pm
Snack shack opens
$1 items: Water, soda, cookies, candy, chips, snacks
Slushies for $2 The snack shack will be open during all event times!
Friday Late Evening
Pizza Pies $10 each (8 slices per pie) or 2 slices for $3
Teams need to approximate the number of pizzas they are ordering on the supplied reply sheet.
Saturday Morning
Coffee, juice, and doughnuts will be provided free of charge.
Saturday Lunch
Two choices of $6 each box lunches are available by pre-order only:
Choice 1: Smoked turkey breast sandwich, chips, cookie, drink
Choice 2: Ham and cheese sandwich, chips, cookie, drink
Must be pre-ordered by Oct. 15th
Pizza will also be available for purchase on Saturday
Local Restaurants
Restaurants in the area include Hooters, Chili's, Outback, Carrabba's, Chipotle, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Jason's Deli, Jimmy John's, Chick-Fil-A, Einstein Bros, Cold Stone and more!