Ok boys tell me about your Palestra trip. I told you it would rock.
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Sounds like a few hundred dignitary seats were handed out, what with all the Assistant Associated Athletic Directors
Sounds like a few hundred dignitary seats were handed out, what with all the Assistant Associated Athletic Directors
Shouldn't matter. Attendance is typically tickets distributed. Doesn't matter if they are sold or given away.
Did that once from Columbus and met up with my brother coming in from Jersey. I got really, really lucky as there was black ice on 322 near Tait's--and a van was in the ditch on its roof. But I'd only been going about 5 mph and avoided the problem. But scary nevertheless.
This photo that someone else posted in another thread shows one "upper level sideline corner section", or what most people simply refer to as a corner. Now, what is there to obstruct your view?
Do you not see the people standing courtside in your own picture blocking part of the floor? From my seat I wasn't blocked just by the people courtside. It was everyone between me and the iowa bench. Seated it was just a little bit, but when they were standing you couldn't see the near side end of the court.
Seriously? If you were sitting 5 rows directly behind the bench you would no see the entire floor when everyone including you was standing.
Having sat all over the Palestra through the years, there are no obstructed seats ( would imagine the same is true for Rec Hall).
If someone stands in front of you, that happens today everywhere. That is not the building’s fault.
The only issue I ever had with Palestra seating is that you are right on the action, and I mean right on.
For BJC, change the lower level layout to mimic Rec Hall, and shut off the upper level which they already do for some games ( I believe). Make it into an 8,000 seat facility.
If someone stands in front of you, that happens today everywhere. That is not the building’s fault.
The only issue I ever had with Palestra seating is that you are right on the action, and I mean right on.
For BJC, change the lower level layout to mimic Rec Hall, and shut off the upper level which they already do for some games ( I believe). Make it into an 8,000 seat facility.
Never were for me, and I sat there many times over many years.
If you can show where posts of any kind block the view, I would love to see them. If it’s people, that’s not the building’s fault.
It is the best!
That's where my seats were (I'm the guy frantically trying to get my phone camera to work in the pic above) and you are correct. I never got to see Chambers pants the entire game (except for timeouts). The seats really sucked
That's why I said in my post "ESSENTIALLY obstructed view seats". My view was obstructed by people. While everyone was sitting I could see from a few feet inside the 3 point arc in front of the Iowa bench. When everyone was standing I could only see a few feet outside of the lane in front of the Iowa bench. The Iowa fans in the upper left corner of your picture actually had better sightlines than we did. I can locate myself in your picture just to the right of them about 6 rows from the top.
Oh on every saturday night. Les Keiter and then Big Al Meltzer, Charlie Swift and even Bill White I believe did some Big 5 games.
Philly high school basketball was the best in the country in the 1970's and 80's. West Philly and Overbook then Dobbins. Franklin, Gratz later on. Just insane high level basketball for one town.
I’d rather drop 10 or 12 sports and plow the money into a new dedicated hoops arena.
