, DECEMBEIL 1, x:96: TILE MICHIGNAN DAILY rAGE MINI". DECE1~Ek 1, 196~ TIlE MICIIIf1AN DAILY dl" A Air By BILL McFALL The long-awaited, much-delayed opening of the great dome will, finally take place with the tipoff of the Michigan-Kentucky game tomorrow. When first planned, the Uni- versity Events Building was sup- posed to be in use by 1965-66, the final year of the Cazzie Russell era. The building was to have cost $3.5 million but costs dou- bled before construction was even started. Construction schedules have been p 1 a g u e d constantly by strikes, either by workers or sup- pliers, and the time spent on the site has now reached two and one-half years. Strikes were not the only prob- lem, as a near-disaster set the job back six months when one of the huge main roof beamst crashed through the east wall r Complete new forms had to be made and the wall repoured. Almost Completed Now the building stands com- TI pleted with the following excep- b tions: part of section 49 will not E have seats installed; the portable bleachers will not be available It until later in December; food and' Dwo concession areas are not complete; vers display cases are not finished; He and aisle numbering has not been wrez installed. he The seating contractor has not on t been sitting still, as he has had L his men on the job 10 to 16 hours tiers a day this past week. When asked fron if the seats would be ready for low tomorrow's game, he replied grim- blue ly, "All the seats that have been sect sold will be in, even if we're work- LE ing Saturday morning." at t The basketball team will have visit had only three days of practice seat on the new court before the game, The and they will not use the locker othe room faciilties until the game it- G self., arov Though it may not seem out- a m wardly obvious, the new arena is mak already rich in Michigan tradi- wor tion. tele OPENER TONIGHT: ena Fi nally Meets Deadline busy as he relates, "I'm very en- "I was just getting to know the A GIFT FROM "SAFFELL AND BUSH" thused about it. The move from bounce of each board down in Yost to the Events Building is Yost." Starter Ken Maxey ex- IS DOUBLY APPRECIATED very complex. Before, eight men! plained as he came off the floor could handle the doors since there for a breather. "No dead spots at were only four entrances. Now all." we're dealing with doors all Other players insisted that the around . . . 104 in all." basket was too high, but measure- He points out, though, that not (ment proved this was just an op- all of them will be used as en- tical illusion. Hopefully Kentucky1# trances-some will be exits only. will suffer this same impression. 'Self-Ushering' It was all new and strange and Students and faculty will help most of them seemed glad to get themselves and the attendants by back to the steamy shower room using the "self-ushering" system. under the leaky roof of Pigeon All sections are in numerical or-I Palace. der, both blue and gold, starting Assistant Coach John Orr at midcourt on the east side and summed up everyone's feelings moving clockwise. After locating after Wednesday's practice, as he the proper section entrance, one said, "We're just glad to be in." should go in and down for the The Events Building is trying blue seats. or in and up if he holds its best to be well-liked. It has gold section tickets. For both eight sparkling restrooms to com- color seonsaltsats a e on paire with the two in Yost Field therrighsdeo fa t aisle be- House: four large concession areas ginning with seat one. Seats are that eclipse the sawhorse-and- numbered clockwise in the gold 'plank affairs that served the half- - - l n f a r h t s r e h a fg l D aily -im Forsyth se t o n.on e c o k i e i tim e crow ds in T he B arn ; and shection.andscounterclcisein soft, armchair seats that ofer} sophomore sho aan one bask et to icuneld in pushsupport rahr ta h as the basketball team and the for maximum simplicity and speed amorphous bleachers that supplied r for the first time Wednesday. of entrance and exit. little space for the late. Many people have had sneak But people cling to inconven- As the student body and public previews of the building. The re- iences like that oand like the anxiously await the season in the actions were varied after the ini- hollow thunder of a fast break on team's new home, ticket sales tial "ooh, aah" response subsided. the old raised floor, as someone have soared, especially for this Reactions stuffed home two more. Now, they first game. One man stopped long enough st home t or stthy. Ticket director Don Weir says to look quickly and declare, "Huh! M i n.nw m/a about 80 per cent of the tickets This won't be ready till next sea- Moving into a new home xit a th etcygm aenwsn"Aote~emdvr name like The University Events for the Kentucky game are nowtson. Another seemed very pleas- Buili e teamn ts folos Be sure that the Man's Gift for this Christ mnas has that sold. He expects it to be one of ed, but then added, "It's a nice two probable sellouts, the other basketball court for seven mil- sr adli h eyer haheslow- be arud1,80tmrrwadawinning adcern had to being the Michigan State game. lion." However, most were not as equal the spirit that lives behind in the shirt-tie--slacks-and sOfort These are awesome crowds when caustic in their remarks, the ivied bricks just down the hillfot it is figured that the seating will One of the employes, working from the big arena with 104 doors. be around 12,800 tomorrow and a busily on seats, offered some facts capacity 14,000 for the State game, about the construction. "A tre- Seating is arranged with all mendous amount of work goes "BI students on the west side and the into this place that few peopleS lE FIELIL &BU S H west corners, with tickets for the realize. I worked five weeks on the HEATED GRANDSTAN public and opponents on the east floor. That floor has two subfloors TN side. In the ends will be dolla'r built on top of big metal springsT TA tickets, sold on an individual below the hard maple playing STALSTRLL1ANN ARBOR game basis to the University staff surface. families. The team went through its first The new arena and the distri- workout on the new court Wed- bution of tickets have kept Weir nesday. Only one basket was up , as the other was waiting for a new hydraulic unit This prompt- [HREE CRONIES CONFER, two. elligerently refuses to function, vents Building met one another was designed by Daniel orsky, a graduate of the Uni- ity's School of Architecture. also received two letters in stling and four in football, as was one of the defensive greats the 1947 Rose Bowl team. ong, flowing curves carry, s of seats in an elliptical whirl m the floor to the rafters. The er sections are done in deep upholstery with the upper ions in gold. egible scoreboards hang high -he north and south ends. Court bility is excellent from all ts, even behind the backboards. re are no poles, supports, or er obstructions. 'ood lighting, plus a catwalk und the inside of the roof, and nidcourt camera platform will ke it attractive to the TV net- ks for national and regional casts. Hawk Icers Little But Tough I i i jEi t ed junior Scott Montross to say, It sue is a funny feeling to steal the ball, break for the other end,; and not see any basket." other impressions were ex- pressed by junior Willie Edwards:_ Subscribe to The Michigan Daily By ELLIOTT BERRY By all rights, Waterloo Lutheran's Golden Hawks should not be skating on the same ice as Mich-- igan's Wolverines. The Hawks practice only two or three times a week, they give no athletic scholarships, and they don't even have their own rink. Yet for the third consecutive sea- son they will come to Ann Arbor with the idea of beating the Wol- verines foremost in their minds. So far they have been sucess- ful in ionly one of their four at- tempts, but Michigan coach Al Renfrew respectfully acknow- ledges, "They are always a well conditioned team and they always have given us a good battle." Michigan, this week, is trying to put its game together before they face Denver, rated number one in the coaches poll of the Western Collegiate Hockey As- sociation, next week. Opening Wins The Wolverines put on a very impressive offensive show in their opening victories over McMaster last weekend. Especially note- worthy were the performances of sophomore center Dave Perrin and forwards Doug Galbraith and Bruce Koviak, who tallied for 13 goals between them in the series. Renfrew however, is cautious in his optimism, "We showed some signs of an offense," he says, "but it's hard to tell after only two games." If 20 goals in two games shows only "signs of an offense" some goalie is going to get quite a shellshocking when the Wolver- ines put together the finished pro- duct. had any intercollegiate experience. Maki, however, has been pleased so far with his freshmen who he has refered to as "eager and coachable." The Wolverines are in top phys- ical shape for tonight's contest with the exception of forward Don Deeks who is out with the flu. Barney Pashak, a quick forward who was hampered by a knee in- jury last week is again at 100 per cent. U won't cal it Inexperienced Teamr Waterloo will 'field a young Michigan, who was ranked fifth team which features only five in the WCHA coaches poll, are retuinees from last years squad very concerned about their league and seven freshmen. The spark- opener *against top ranked Den- plug of the Golden Hawks is their ver, next week. But if they look small center John O'Flattery, who past alaways mentally prepared engineered Waterloo's only vic- Waterloo, they may fall flat on tory over Michigan two years ago. their faces before the big game The little speedster is only 5-5 comes. and 150 pounds and has been . selected as Waterloo's most valu- PAUL CAMELET able player the last two years. The Hawks also have a veteran stal- MASTER TAI LOR wart in the goal in Ted Payne who Specializing in shortening is playing his third year in the women's coats, skirts, nets for Waterloo. and sucks. Coach Ted Maki must depend Alterations for Men & Women on his rookies extensively, especi- 663-4381 ally on defense. Sophomore John , 103 S. McDonald is the only member of 1103 University Maki's blue line corps who has ( above drug store R jif an ore. cWO sirlii-o Thjr-rnnr oudLt al "uis The beersrsnnprounredcallSt.quit; Next time you have to call Information our operator will answer "Directory Assistance." 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