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for students and towns people living
iii Ann Arbor. Hilo street, may be
Jbllowed until the railroad tracks are
crossed, and a number of newly paved'
streets may be. used to reach hoover
street.I
Traffic m~oving toward the stadiumu
from ]Detroit and other points wil
not be retarded by cross traffic after
leaving Ypsilanti as bridges will be
built at the intersections of State
street, and the new M-17 cut-off and
M-17 and the Ann Arbor railroad.x
.Thie railroad and State street levelsl
w~ill remain the same as at present
but the M-17 traffic will be raised
at both points. This improvement
will also be a decided imnprovemet
for the city of Ann Arbor because the
:hecavy traffic on M-17 can be rerouted
so as not to run through the residen-
1Kectapigular Bowl
The stadiu~m proper is to be a rec-
tangular bowl constructed of steelI
aiid concrete. It will be about 70
rows in height. The press box will
b~e at the top of the stadium on the
middle of the west side. The stadium
-m~ill face north and south, and thus!
the sun will never be in the eyes of
either team, as it is on the present
Fe'rry" field. The stadiumi is so con-
tructed that its size may be in-
creased.
~The Allen Creek drain, the con-
struction of which has just been com-
Pdlete~I by the City of Ann Arbor, was
ope of the factors that made~ it ,pos-
-sibte to locate the stadium on its
~present site. Before this drain was
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ILLINOIS' STADIUM, COMPLETED., ACCOMMODATES 69,000
enormous growth in athletic interest Control of Atliletic;; that thle StiUm1
sin1ce 1919. In football, especially, could be paid for out of tht, Pro eds
public interest has growni more rap4- of footbaill contests;, as well as herPing
idly than in other sports, and in or- to finance the operation of the 4new
(Id' to supply seats for Alumni anti at hletic iprogrami. This makes Michi-
[friends of the University it has been, gans plans for a stadium unlke.,tiat
necessary to increase the size of (,~ f other universities, in that Michi-
diumns. This inability to supply tit,,-gantz is not asking her Alumni., and
ets has been a cause for (i~conteilt llieiI(l ; for gifts, but is askcing theu
amon'g friends of the Uiliversit y O*-Ito loa her monley on interest beer-
th u ,h most. people realize L , L, ,.; tate tax exemipt bonds, that ;will
the tickets have been distrimmted on bc ha<ndled strictly according to biusi-
the most equitable basis possible. ness5 practice- The stadia of othier
Instead of the demand for tickets uiviersitiesi have been built ozily
decreasing, it has continued to inl- after long and uproarious money rail-
crease. The demand for tickets dur- inkg campaigns, but -Michigan will be
ing the last few years may be0 gleaned free of campaigns such as this, , <and
from' the following facts: The tickets be(cause of this it has been pos-sible
for all of the big games played have to begin actual construction work
been sold out' more than 60 (lays be- many maonthsi before it would .'hfave
fore the games were to be played. Inl been possible had- it been necessary
1924, the entire capacity for the Wis- for a campaign.
cousin game was sold in three days. Th'iree Per Cent Bonds
Last season the tickets for the Ivavy j The azofuthorized i stsuec of bonds. con-
game were disposed in one hour after it o ,00ReteredStt stxex-
the sale was opened, and tickets for!(inlht, 500).00 d(enomination three per
the Ohio game were sold in three icetoun bonds with interest 1 ay-
hours. And for this season, the tick- al nulya nAnAbrb.k
ets for all of the big home ganns ii onsaerdembeatay n
1were disposed of before classes corn- teret Ibearing date on 30 days notice,
mencedl in the University. in any amount at par value and in-
'actors In Jesigrii ter'est. One-twentieth oft*the 'bond:
Three principal factors were taken ,are to be redleemed annually, t ie
into consideration in the design of the bonds to be thus called to be ddter-
stadium; it had to be built substan- mined by lot, and redemptioni of the
tial'ly, yet devoid of unnecessary frills, ent ire issue is to be guaranteed inu 20
its size must be large enough to care years. The bonds are transferable,
for present needs and take care o Idand tihe right to purchase seams' as
future 'expansion, and it should be provided in tihe bonds is also trans-
economically constructed. It is the 1ferable with ' the bo)nds. The entire
opinion of the Board of Control of proeed(s of this sale of this issud of
Athletics 'that the above factors were $1 ,500,000 or' any part of it that is
amply taken care of in the new struc-I sold will be used for the purchase of
ture. lands and the construction of any
1i lifsois' stadiu m is shown above as it appjear ed ill 1923 01n the OCV 1iO of thle opening game of the season withl the Un i-
z c s:ity fiCicago. Mocre than 63,000 petrsons sat thlroug h the coltest, in slute of h~ad weather, ,to See Recd Grange. dince that
imetie caiiacil y of the struictire has been inrcrease~cl to 6S9,000i.
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Sconstructed it Vyw!!id have bean 1inn- Inow field will be drained better andI standl. This building would be de- F E'erry field, because it was felt that
possible io dispose5 of the large cuan- quicker than .thie present Ferry field, voted entirely to int rain uital athletics, 1thiis land, mc being mc nearer toth
tities of water which would flow of a andzt at presenzt this field has one of Ianid would' containi basketball courts, Campu s shoulcl be giveni over to the
field of this size, but now this ptroblemi the boat draining systems in the Con- {inzdoor baseball coutrts, a rifle range, uses of the student body at large,
can be solved. A drain four feet inIi ference. a swiminrg ])ool,--_-iz fact almos t j rather thani he devoted to a few fca-
diameter and 1,100 feet long is being, :)eEnlreuifas every forim of indioor exercise couldi tures whiichi would lbe usedl only a. few
laid ftrom tile edge of the playing field The stadium- is only the first unitI be id 111 gedi in in this building. TIhe .times a year, and then primzarily by
to coinec t with the Alien Crecek drain. in .the tentative plhns which tile Atli- ittlk of tennis courtswol be persons coaning from onttsiile of Annz
At somec p;oints this drain wil be 20 ! hetic association has for the enlarge-j measurably increased, and more than Arbor. Also, the location offers bet-
feet un(der ground and its cost will merit 9of the athletic facilities, and a i 00ace of lanrd will be purchased; ter opportunities as regards transpor-
exceed $50,000. Connected with this broadening of the poicy of "athletics 1 vest o south of the prsn nnA- lton, cconomiy o~f construction, re-
poincyrio, presentllAnna cr--.for
mandan hr il10aci-frall" at Michigan. With the in- I or' goltf course. This new land will' ceiving andl dispersing crowdls, and :inl lctc ytm o uiir riscesdicm rmtene t-!poal eue o ofcus rea te epcs
covering every part, of tile playing dium, they Athletic association plansf in any other manner that th~e Athi-' dirtwh i Athletics
field and stadiumz. It is the opinion to huild anothler field house on Ferry letic association sees fit. Michigan, ini common with other
of the Athletic association that the field on the site of the present north The stadium was not .located on educational institutions, has seen
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