View from the observation deck:

This is the back of the wall we built, I added 4x4 support beams.  

  We are nearing the end.  The wall is now fully supported, the j-hooks for the grid are almost all in place, would have been last night but I ran out of washers.  The grid takes some time to string and tighten, but after that, we can design and build our first arena!
  Sure I've got some more work before we can actually play in the arena, but the tough stuff is almost done.  Brian said he would work on the black lights and wiring next week, Gumby said he would work on the sound system.  I do still have to work on the pod housings, but wiring the system isn't hard.
  Nationals at our place looks like it might actually happen!

  I don't have any pictures right now, but we have the painting done.  My sister finished the entire ceiling.  I have about half of the grid up, the other half which is attached to the wall I built is going to take some more work.  The wall is buckling under the pressure.  It's mostly at the joint where I knew I would have problems.  It looks like I will have to re-enforce the main supports to a truss in the ceiling.  I think I will also have to build the observation deck first to give the wall extra strength.
  The worst part about all that?  More money.

  We had a tournament at Skate Zone over the weekend, here are the results: http://www.jesterscourt.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11