[NU Sports] Night Games

[Jonathan Hodges]

I believe that this is the case, and since ESPN/ABC decide their night games
in advance of the season they apparently released NU from any home night
games hence the BTN's decision to take a night time for the Duke game.  I
don't see Evanston changing that "one night game per year" ordinance unless
NU forks over some money - just like they did to get rid of the "historic
district" dispute (when the city designated a large portion of campus as a
historic district, severely limiting NU's ability to perform any work on
those buildings - and such "historic" buildings like Blomquist Gym (built in
the 80's), Foster Walker Complex (built in the 70's), and the Hillel Center
(built in the late 90's) were a part of that district - NU paid the city
over $700,000 to get rid of the tag on most of the buildings).  It's all
part of the town gown relationship, although that has been subsiding
recently with the retirement of certain aldermen, but it's still present
(thanks to the fact that NU pays no property taxes).

Jonathan

On 9/2/07, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Agreed, night games -- particularly in early September -- would be
> great.  Now, I might be wrong, but I sort of recall that the Evanston
> politicians passed some kind of ordinance that would allow us to have no
> more than one night game each season.  Anyone else remember anything
> like that?
>
>
> JHCCLARK at aol.com wrote:
> > I have always been an advocate of night games to bring up attendance,
> especially early in the year.  Which brings me to a question I have had ever
> since the BTN was created.
> >
> > I have always heard that the noon/11am starts are because of
> television.  But now that the BTN is here, and all Big Tenn schools are no
> longer beholden to ABC and ESPN, why can't the BTN schedule some of their
> games (games not appearing on other networks, like NE @ NU) at 4p/3p or
> 8p/7p?
> >
> > It would help attendance, everybody knows night games are more fun in
> the stands, and it spreads out the games on the day's schedule so that you
> don't NEED 5 channels, all showing noon/11a games.
> >
> > Just a question.  Any know why?
> >
> >
> >
>
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