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While I congratulate the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) on the success of their concert this past Monday, I was a bit dismayed by the sentiments expressed by two HCC members regarding the sale of tickets to non-Harvard students (News, “Dispatch Performs in Sanders,” Oct. 23). Given the show’s quick sellout and the limited number of seats in Sanders Theater, it is quite likely that many interested Harvard students were unable to obtain tickets to the show...
That problem was compounded by the fact that when tickets were put on sale, they were available to Harvard students and the general public alike. According to the estimates of HCC member Luke R. Long ’03, approximately 10 percent of ticket sales went to non-Harvard students. Given the Undergraduate Council’s $5,000 allocation to help fund the Dispatch concert, that works out to approximately $500 of termbill revenue being spent on subsidizing ticket purchases for non-Harvard students...
...Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) had hoped to bring a major band—Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and REM were mentioned as possibilities—to campus in the spring. To draw such a popular band, HCC’s proposal called for a venue capable of accommodating about 37,000 people, and Harvard Stadium is, of course, the only space on campus that could host such an event. The next biggest venue is the Bright Hockey Arena, with a capacity of less than...
Harvard should work with the council and HCC to explore ways to address the logistical difficulties a concert would present, or to investigate alternatives should these difficulties prove insurmountable. Of course, this would represent work for the College and its administration, and it is not the College’s job to hold students’ hands and make sure they are enjoying themselves. But helping students to organize their own activities and to make use of existing but rarely used University resources is exactly the kind of assistance that the College should be expected to provide...
Smith said that the HCC still hoped to host a “second-tier” band in the Bright Hockey Arena in February or March...