How UCLA football stadium bid was shot down

A somewhat readable article from the LAT. However, the article ends somewhat abruptly...don't writers normally pose a question, a solution, or at least tie the story to something current?

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I was a student at the time all of this was going on.

There was also talk of putting the stadium on the Vet’s Admin property which was being under utilized at the time.

But the “not in my backyard” people prevailed.

I was really pissed. Their kids ran all over the campus like it were their back yards and the grown ups took full advantage of all of the cultural opportunities the campus provided.

The Rose Bowl is a great venue but, having taught at Wisconsin, I can tell you that nothing beats an on campus stadium.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Nov 17, 2009 7:08 AM PST reply actions

There was a vote by the students as to whether to add some nominal amount to the incidentall fee, something like a dollar, to take it from $121.80 a semester to $122.80 a semester, and that went down to defeat by something like 630 to 620. That was taken by the No On-Campus Stadium crowd as a sign that the students were against it. I think the votes were counted somewhere in the offices of the Free Speech Movement, and no football fans were allowed to vote in any event.

Warning: No Science Involved coming next. I think we would have had one or two more wins a year by having an actual “home” field rather than having to travel to the Rose Bowl to play.

by Fox 71 on Nov 19, 2009 9:16 AM PST reply actions