From: Dale Krams <dalek@med.unc.edu>
Subject: Chapel Hill
Reply-To: dalek@med.unc.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 14:44:16 GMT

Sorry, can't let this pass without commenting.  I've been part of this
campus community for nearly 10 years, including it being my current
place of employment. 

|I just can't imagine
|seeing a show there because it seemed so small and quaint.  From my
| memory :-),
|it seemed about half of the size of a normal indoor place (MSG,Knick,etc.) 
| It
|might have the same amount of seats but it definatly seemed to be very quaint. >I
|think my sister said something like 20,000 seats.  I think it definately 
|will be a sweet venue to see the boys.

The Smith center seats close to 20,000.  The seats are very tightly packed in -
read *no place to dance*.  The security inside has always been *very tight* 
and I am sure this will be no exception.  They throw people out if they
*think* they have seen you light something up.  The acoustics are
also horrendous.  My ears rang for days after seeing Bob Dylan...
Healy will truly have to work miracles with this one.

| Chapel Hill is a big college with a big college town.  There
                                      ^^^^ actually, its a small town
|are a ton of bars within walking distance of the Smith Center so you

If you consider 1 - 2 miles walking distance... Also there's (practically)
no lodging in walking distance.  And generally very little lodging in
Chapel Hill at all.  

|have alot of entertainment to chose from.  Also, if the tailgates for 
|the football games resemble the tailgate for the dead shows, it is going 
|to be great.  While tailgating for the football game,  I did not see a 
|cop or security guard the whole time we, any everyone else there were 
|boozing it up.  It hopefully will be similar.

Football games are on weekends!!!  These *rumored dates* are during the 
week.  The parking situation on campus is already a problem.  All the lots
around the Smith center are for employees and commuting students. **These
lots can not be cleared before 5:30 - 6pm on work days***.  Read that
as you will not be able to even get on campus to park before around 6pm.  
This will severely limit tailgating.  I just hope that the university
police can figure out some way to enforce this  or campus will be a
real zoo.

Also, a lot of the folks at football games are alumni - i.e. they
donate money to the university.  Its a lot easier to look the other
way when its a piece of your bread and butter.  I would actually 
expect security to be very tight.

All I can say is I'm sort of hoping that these shows end up in Greensboro.
I think the impact on the campus will be too great.  Student family housing
backs up to the Smith center, there are several large dorms very close by,
parking on campus is a real problem.  If you do try to park on campus 
before 5pm you will get ticketed.

If these shows do happen, all I can do is ask the net.community to
be mindful that this is an arena in the middle of a very busy campus.
**DO NOT EVEN TRY TO GET ON CAMPUS BEFORE 5:30*** 
Please don't be part of the problem.....

*Remember, these are RUMORED shows***

Thanks for listening, and for cooperating...
Dale