Word: stadium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bingham outlined the proposals which will be considered tonight and recalled that the recommendation of the Athletic Committee, made last year, to enlarge the Stadium to a capacity of 80,000 was rejected by the Corporation, which expressed the opinion that there should be no increase in the seating capacity. The Class of 1879, donor of the Stadium, has expressed a desire not to have the Stadium altered permanently. Therefore Mr. Bingham believes that there are three possible solutions, each of temporary or semi-permanent nature...
...question of what to do with the Stadium, which confronts the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports at its meeting tonight, involves no consideration permanence. The time is not far distant when the present concrete Stadium will be structurally unfit for use. When that time comes, there will arise the problem which can be met only by a new athletic plant. Whether the solution of the immediate difficulty employs concrete stands or steel, the temporary character of the settlement cannot be overlooked...
With this fact in mind, it is hard to see the wisdom of any step but the construction of steel stands. Concrete seats built now would represent a waste when the present Stadium shall be abandoned. As much room may be found in a set of steel stands closing the open end of the Stadium which will not impair the usefulness of the track and may be removed at will...
Last winter Mr. Bingham recommended the immediate erection of a new stadium or the enlargement of the present plant as the logical answer to the question raised by the condemnation of the old wooden seats. A vote of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers rejected this proposition and forced the falling back on an expedient device. The remedy adopted will be, like its motivating force, one of expediency...
...report Mr. Bingham quoted the figures of the total number of Harvard men, alumni and present members of the University, as 61,763. Restrictions on admission to Harvard make it likely that this figure has reached nearly its top mark. But Harvard's share of tickets in the Stadium is only 32,000, and there are hundreds of disappointed alumni each year...