dperry
Postdoc
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Reg: 11-24-04
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03-19-18 07:15 PM - Post#253846
In response to JDP
Many thanks to JDP for excellent preview, as there are no programs  .
Think I can already disqualify this place as a venue for the Ivy tourney:
1. Parking limited, to put it mildly; was fortunate to find a place on Union Tpke right near the arena, because everything on campus requires a permit. In fairness, on weekends, you wouldn't have the commuters, but even at that, you might have to hope it was over spring break to guarantee sufficient space.
2.) Transit access not much better; a mile's walk or bus ride from the subway, even further from the LIRR.
3.) I just had to go through a metal detector to get in, folks. This for a women's game at which the attendance is a generously estimated 200, including teams, cheerleaders, band, staff, etc. This ain't Hanover any more, boys and girls, or even New Haven.
4.) For not being a huge place (5,300 or so.), seats are not well laid out; the sidelines go three tiers up, with the upper deck starting to verge on Jadwin territory. While I haven't gotten the backstage tour, I also can't imagine that there's much more party/mingling space than at the Palestra, for those who care about such things. Guess we'll have to settle for Bridgeport after all. 
David Perry
Penn '92
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