Final Four Friday
Brian and I have been here since Monday afternoon and I am now finally able to sit down to write the blog. It has been an interesting challenge to get all of our duties done and get out of here at a reasonable hour. Long days are nothing new to both Brian and myself but we are usually exhausted by the time we drag our butts back to our hotel rooms. Last night Brian was running a fever and I was coughing due to the pollen and dry air that we work within.Final Four is being held in Atlanta in the Georgia Dome. The Dome is also used for the football teams here and also hosts other large events. The problem is that the Dome cannot contain all of the trucks that come in to broadcast the Final Four. Our compound is located in one of the convention buildings across the street. Normally we use about 400-500 feet of cable to connect cameras and microphones to the tv production trucks. Here, due to being next door, we use over 1,500 feet of cable for each. Makes for a real challenge.
Brian is once again the transmission person that handles all of the feeds to NY. His job is downsized from Super Bowl because he has less feeds to deal with. My job is graphics maintenance that deals with the pre and post game show for the game. I don't have as many computers to work with but I am still kept busy with the crew that comes out from NY and that need to have equipment working. For the Super Bowl we would have 5 days to set up but this time we only had two days and with the same type of equipment, just a smaller amount. Both Brian and I would start work at 8:00a and would get back to the hotel by 10:00p each night. Just very long days. Also, Atlanta has changed since the last time I was here. There are more homeless people that are standing out on the streets asking for money. Some would even follow you in to the hotel. Scary place. We have also seen more thefts here. Usually we will have one or two incidents of missing or stolen bags. This time we are seeing more then the usual. I have warned people in my area to keep an eye on their bags and to make sure who does come in to the room that is known.
Otherwise, this is old home week....again....and it is nice to see the people once again.
david/brian
posted by DaveandBrian @ 4:26 PM
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