Seating renovations begin at Mac Court
■ CHANGES: Alterations
include changes to seating
and a modified entrance
By Amy Palanuk
Higher Education Reporter
The insides of McArthur Court
are looking a little empty these
days.
A lone radio echoes through the
rafters as construction workers
swiftly disassemble the ancient
bleachers of the ground floor.
The workers are making room
for new seating for season ticket
holders and providing a more
modem and aesthetically pleasing
look to the aging stadium, said
Dave Williford, sports information
director for Intercollegiate Athlet
ics.
On the main floor, 623 theater
style seats will be installed for re
served season ticket holders, and
another 950 bleacher-style seats
will also be added for student seat
ing.
“The seats will be much more
comfortable and fewer in number
because we’re making the seats
wider,” Williford said.
The whole project will cost
nearly $610,000, but students will
pay for none of it. Season ticket
holders will pay for the new seat
ing. A one time charge of $1,000
per seat will reserve a seat for sea
son ticket holders, with a yearly
donation level ranging from $50 to
$1,000, depending on where they
want to sit, Williford said.
Renovation for the seating is
REVISED SEATING FOR MAC COURT
The new theater-style seats will reduce the number of student seating
on the court. Student seating will be redispersed in the upper balconies.
Seating behind the baskets will also be eliminated because of the
addition of new court-level entrances. These entrances will allow better
access to court-level seats for reserved season ticket holders.
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New student seats are being installed in McArthur Court this week.
part ot a year-long project to Dring
Mac Court up to par for both safety
concerns and for modern uses,
said Williford.
Approximately 200 fewer seats
will be available to students be
cause of the renovation. General
admission will also be reduced by
168 seats.
“We’ie not trying to short
change students,” said Williford.
“There will be a few more seats for
season ticket holders because
they’re the people paying for the
seats.”
The athletic department and the
ASUO make a contract every year
on the number of seats that will be
available to students. With the re
modeling, the available seats for
students on the ground floor will
be reduced, but student seating
will be redistributed in the bal
cony levels.
A new main entrance to the
court will also be added, assisting
in better access to court-side seat
ing, and eliminating poor seating
behind the basketball hoops.
Court side entrances will also be
reduced in width, providing extra
space for the new seats.
Facility: University also to construct new practice fields
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“We don’t play very many games in the
rain. We shouldn’t have to practice in it all
the time,” he said. “We’ve only played two
rain games in the nine years I’ve been
here.”
Bellotti and other members of the athlet
ic department toured six comparable facil
ities nation-wide before coming up with
the design for their own facility. After
viewing the other facilities, Moos said Ore
gon’s will “rival any in the nation.”
The building will also eventually dou
ble as a gathering place for fans on football
game days.
However, the indoor facility is not the
only phase of the construction.
Also included is the construction of a
regulation-size soccer field, two outdoor
practice fields for the football team (both
west of the Casanova Center), a larger
Duck Shop, a 200-space parking lot and
bleacher seating for 1,500 fans at soccer
matches.
Funding for the construction has come
exclusively from private cash contribu
tions and gifts from donors
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