[NU Sports] OT: Chicago bid

[NEONRye at aol.com]

The Olympic Committee does not, indeed should not, finance a new arena for  a 
private institution like NU.  What I was suggesting is that hopefully  some 
creative financing and out-of-the-box thinking could help close whatever  gap 
NU would have in building a new arena--sale of seat "licenses" combined with  
good tickets for certain Olympic Events; corporate naming opportunities tied in 
 with Olympic sponsorship; etc.  I'm just a humble attorney, not very good  
at this stuff, but I'm sure some of the big shots involved in the Olympic bid  
and in NU's alumni and educational leadership could come up with  something.  
And what about the Marathon going right up Sheridan Road?   Any ideas on that? 
 If the students were really creative, they could hang  around in the Summer 
and block it in protest of this Era's War (and this  generation's Nixon) and 
we could all relive Spring 1970 and Spring 1972.  I  can't wait to see the 
outrage my last comment provokes among some of my  fellow list members.:-)
 
Paul Levinson



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