[Namron] Sites Discussion

[John Yates]

Howdy!

   I seem to have forgotten to mention that this site is in McAlester, on the far western side of city property.

   I can get more exact numbers, if anyone needs them.


Val

--- On Fri, 7/17/09, caitrinscottage at aol.com <caitrinscottage at aol.com> wrote:

> From: caitrinscottage at aol.com <caitrinscottage at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Namron] Sites Discussion
> To: namron at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 7:57 AM
> Morning everyone, 
> 
> this is why I was asking for an approximation of attendees,
> so we knew better what to look for as far as size capacity.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Caitrin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: John Yates <valstarr_hawkwind at yahoo.com>
> 
> To: namron at ansteorra.org
> 
> Sent: Thu, Jul 16, 2009 10:25 pm
> 
> Subject: [Namron] Sites Discussion
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings!
> 
>    I haven't read through every post on the Coronation
> disucssion, although I 
> have a fair number of them, and saw Chass mention the
> Robbers Cave State Park 
> site we used in Rundel's final event. 
> 
>    While I suspect the final site will be in the OKC area,
> I would mention 
> another site we used in Rundel, the Pittsburg County
> Fairgronds. It's not as 
> pretty or scenic as Robbers Cave, but there are some
> elements that migt be of 
> interest in general to SCA events;
> 
> + A number of very learge outdoor barns; can be used for a
> variety of uses, even 
> camping and indoor fighting at a pinch. The barns form a
> semi-curve around an 
> open area that can be used for fighting and other uses,
> even an outdoor court
> 
> + Southeast Expo Center, which is about 50-70 yards from
> the barns, has areas 
> that can be leased. There are concession/kitchen facilities
> there, and the 
> bigest area, which is concrete floored, can seat a few
> thousand to two smaller 
> areas, the larger of which, I'm guessing, could fold
> 700-800. It's fully climate 
> controlled, has a small stage (est. 15 x 30 ft.) and
> I've MCed banquets there, 
> before.
> 
> + A rodeo arena is about 75 yards south of the main Expo
> building.
> 
> + Located along U.S. 270, the site is about a mile east of
> the Indian Nations 
> Turnpike, and about 3-4 miles west of the business portion
> of U.S. 69 Highway in 
> McAlester.
> 
>    I graduated high school with the manager of the Expo
> facaility.
> 
> 
> FYI,
> Val
> 
> 
> 
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