Craig said: I am looking forward to the arena being finished and seeing the first few battles I€™m like most roboteers waiting for the arena to be completed...

Me too. I was at Robogames in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago and spent a fair bit of time fighting 3 lb robots in an 8 foot by 8 foot arena. They have some serious 3 lb spinners and battles can be very spectacular. The crowd can get up very close [good plexiglass or whatever] and a fight between 3 pounders is as good as one between bigger classes when you are really close to it.