Thanks, John, that is very sad, particularly for me because of my
location. I walked through the Mini-Dome yesterday. No banners had been
rehung in the center. The practice basketball court in the NW corner is
being enclosed. The parking lot west of the building has been closed,
dug up, and is being converted into a 5-level parking garage.
Fred Rash (local yokel)
On 10/5/2012 5:02 PM, john_kagan wrote:
>
> The folks at ETSU have informed us that 40+ new banners are being
> installed before the upcoming basketball season. In addition, there
> will be a new permanent light grid over the basketball floor. They
> love us there, and while we have found solutions to the other
> challenges the site presented, these new ones are insurmountable. Our
> site contact is not able to offer us a contract going forward.
>
> We've held off making this public until we were sure there were no
> other solutions, but I got final confirmation today.
>
> "All good things must come to an end" -- Q
>
> but...
>
> "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long
> and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones
> which open for us." -- Alexander Graham Bell
>
> So, let's give the minidome a respectful period of mourning -- it was
> a fantastic site, and a lot of us have spent many a Memorial Day
> weekend under the formerly buzzing lights. I fought hard to keep us
> there, despite pressure from various angles to abandon it. But, we now
> have a compelling reason to find a new location, and nothing to regret
> about leaving the old one. We'll make this work.
>
> Your NFFS Indoor Committee is investigating the Georgia Dome as a
> potential site. Big, good air, similar driving radius as Johnson City.
> We'll post updates as things progress.
>
> We are also looking at Champaign IL. If you aren't already planning
> to, come out on Oct 13th and help us evaluate it as a potential Nats site.
>
> Many other sites are feasible as permanent or temporary locations,
> too. It will be sad to leave Johnson City, but I look forward to
> finding something new.
>
>
Received on Fri Oct 05 2012 - 16:53:54 CEST
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