Funding, permanent seating and P.A. system for stadium

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Colin,

   In response to your speculation that the NCSSM
stadium would not involve permanent seating or a P.A.
system, here is a quote from the minutes of the
February 9 meeting of the Executive Committee of the
NCSSM Board of Trustees:

   "He [Gerald Boarman] strongly reaffirmed the
school's plans to establish the project in stages, the
first of which will be a soccer field with appropriate
lights.  Natural progression will include an
appropriate sound system, seating and other necessary
items to complete a proper stadium."     

    Regarding state funding for the project:  At the
March 10 meeting of the NCSSM Board of Trustees, the
NCSSM foundation announced that it has provided
$288,000 to fund the first stage of construction.  The
ultimate cost is currently budgeted around $1.2
million.   Newspaper reports in December announced
that the NCSSM Foundation had already raised about
half of the Odyssey Campaign's $10 million goal.  It
is not clear how much of that could be diverted to the
stadium if the state is unwilling to pay for finishing
it.

Ned Kennington
Neighbor of NCSSM
1415 Pennsylvania Avenue
Durham, NC  27705
919-286-9519

--- Colin Law <colinlaw at mac.com> wrote:

> > BTW: where do they plan on putting this soccer
> field/track/tennis
> > courts/lights?  because they must be smoking CRACK
> if they think it  
> > would be
> > a good idea to put it where the biopond was.
> 
> 
> the field will be going in the corner of the campus
> behind the Wyche  
> building.  and there are no plans for permanent
> seating nor any P.A.  
> systems, just the usual aluminum moveable bleachers
> for the fans.
> 
> I certainly hope worries about concrete pours and
> blasted stadium  
> music aren't seriously part of the
> problem....because there is simply  
> no money at all for that in any state budget.  the
> school is lucky to  
> get the field.
> 
> Colin Law '86
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