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Eugene. Oregon
Volume 84. Number 19
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Autzen schedule kills Who concert
Cleanup time
for University,
prep football
keeps band out
By Mike Riplinger
Of tfvt EmeraW
The rumors ran
rampant on campus.
‘‘We could have had
the Who concert at Aut
zen, but the athletic
department wouldn't let
them play." was a typical
comment
Athletic department
officials say they had no
choice The only date
the Who could have
played Eugene was Oct
21. the Thursday before
the Ducks' football game
with University of Notre
Dame
"We wanted to have
the concert badly." says
Rick Bay. University
athletic director. "Right
now, the way the
attendance is at the
football games, I would
give anything to have it,
but it was just impossible."
Bay says a minimum of two
days would be needed to set
up the concert and two
more to clean up afterwards,
denying the Ducks use of the
field for practice and the
game
The most recent concert in
Autzen Stadium, 1982 Oregon
Jam, took five days to set up.
"I'm reluctant to have the
concert in any way disrupt the
normal procedure of the
football team in preparation
for a game.” Bay says
He noted that the Notre
Dame game is one of the
"biggest games the Ducks
have had in a long time."
Bay traveled to Seattle to
negotiate changing the con
cert date with John Bauer
Concert Productions Bauer is
promoting the Who in the
Northwest
"Logistically there was no
room for them to have the
concert in Eugene, ' says John
Morrison, production manager
for John Bauer
“They (the Who) are
scheduled to play in Seattle on
Oct 20, so there is no way they
could play down there on any
other date," Morrison says
“They wouldn't have had
time to clean up the field for
the game If they would have
tried to rush it, what would
happen if the Notre Dame QB
goes back to pass, slips,
puts his hand down on the
turf to catch himself,
and cuts it on a piece of
glass in the turf?”
Bay's other choice was to
have the concert in McArthur
Court, but there are too few
seats there for the athletic
department to make a profit
after paying the Who’s fee
“In terms of expended en
ergy on any concert in Mac
Court, we only make a
maximum of $10,000 — and
the average is $5,000," says
Mike Easterly, athletic depart
ment business manager
"The Who’s fee is the same
whether they play in Autzen
Stadium or Mac Court, so it
wouldn’t have been feasible to
have them,’’ he says.
The Autzen Stadium concert
would have brought in an es
timated $100,000, Easterly
says
"The last concert we had
was the Oregon Jam earlier
this summer, and that netted
the athletic department
Despite negotiations by Athletic Director Rick Bay, above, to
change the date of a proposed Who concert in Eugene, Autzen
Stadium will remain empty Oct 21: The only available concert
date conflicts with the University football game witn Notre Dame.
Ticket sales to fans, like those at the 1982 Oregon Jam shown at
left, would have brought $100,000 into athletic department
coffers.
$76,000, so it wasn’t for a lack
of trying that the Who won’t
appear here," Easterly says.
Bay says there were other
problems involved in booking
the concert.
The National Collegiate
Athletic Association rules give
the visiting team the right to
practice on the field it is going
to play on, which would have
been difficult with the cleanup
problems, Bay says
In addition, the 4-J School
District in Eugene has a
contract reserving the stadium
for high school football games
on Friday nights.
"There were a few other
problems too, but there was no
reason to look into it because
we knew we couldn’t have the
concert,” Bay says.
Morrison says not having
the concert won't hurt the
chances for future concerts.
“Contracts are contracts.
Just because they didn’t get it
this time doesn't mean we
won't try to arrange something
in the future.
“Actually, the trouble they
went through shows they want
to have concerts and makes
them attractive," Morrison
says
Bay, too, looks forward to
scheduling more concerts.
“With Eugene situated
between Seattle and San
Francisco, xand with the
biggest stadium in the state, it
makes us a logical stop
“I would like to have con
certs,” Bay says.
“I feel as bad as the students
about not having the Who
Probably even worse.’’
Reagan: U.S. not at fault in Lebanon
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres Ronald
Reagan said Tuesday night that
American Marines will re-enter Beirut on
Wednesday to take up a peacekeeping
mission following the massacre of
Palestinians in the city
Reagan, holding only his 13th press
conference since he took office, denied
that the United States shares
responsibility for the killing of hundreds
of Palestinians
American Marines were withdrawn
only after accomplishing their sole mis
sion of evacuation PLO fighters, he said.
Their peacekeeping mission this time
will last until the Lebanese government is
in full control and "able to preserve
order," according to Reagan
Reagan's denial of United States re
sponsibility for the Palestinian massacre
came in respone to a reporter's question
concerning a statement by United
Nations Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpat
rick.
Kirkpatrick claimed that the United
States shares responsibility for the
refugee camp killings by Lebanese
Christian forces. Reagan said they had
discussed her statement, and that she
was alluding to the general failure of all
parties over the years to find diplomatic
solutions in Lebanon.
He said the initial duty of the Marines
sent to Lebanon was to join French and
Italian contingents to oversee the
withdrawal of Palestine Liberation
Organization forces Reagan said that
mission was achieved, and no one could
foresee the presidential assassination
and massacre that followed
Reagan told a White House news con
ference the Marines will return on Wed
nesday morning to the Beirut mission
from which they were withdrawn on Sept.
10, and "I can't tell you what the time
element will be” on the duration of their
stay.
“The Lebanese government will be the
ones to tell us when they feel that they’re
in charge, and we can go home,”
Reagan said. He said he believes all
Israeli and Syrian forces will be
withdrawn “rapidly,” with the U.S.,
French and Italian peacekeeping con
tingent back on the job
He said the Marines will go ashore
when Israeli forces are withdrawn to a
line south of the Beirut airport. Reagan
said Syria also has said it is willing to pull
back its forces
Ronald Reagan