Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Outside a flock of white caps roamed the Veterans Stadium steps. A few hawkers occasionally chant "Don't buy food" to the passing latecomers...
...first it was just a couple of rowdy vendors who broke from the line leading into the stadium. They yelled about how Nilon Brothers, the local concessionaires, had been doing some routine exploiting--not letting the vendors in on time to sell a few rounds before the National Anthem, making them work without a contract since the early days of spring and not giving them a place to change from street clothes to pajama-blue vendor coats...
Where have all the followers gone? Why doesn't a nationally-ranked baseball, hockey or swimming team draw more spectators? Why isn't Harvard Stadium sold out every Saturday afternoon? How come no one supports the basketball squad...
...Harvard fan is the undergrad, with his date from Pine Manor who he is taking to the game. He wears a tweed jacket over a sweater to the stadium, and brings a blanket to sit on and a thermos of milk punch or a flask to stay warm...
...Oregon, fans of the World Football League's Portland Storm press together in a 27,500-seat stadium built for baseball before the Hoover Depression. On Randall's Island in the middle of New York's East River, the quarterback of the city's Stars tosses passes into darkness as his team plays under lights first used 35 years ago at Ebbets Field, where apartment houses now stand. ("This is the only stadium, and the only league," says Star Defensive End Gerry Philbin, "where they decide on the coin flip whether they'll take...