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Show i 'i ? Events Arena: Just Fla in Big There simply are aiout it. r,o two ways bowl-'liape- d arena. too wou'd have room new The Special Events Arena (the Utah Redskins's new Teepee) is just plain big. From the basketball hardwoods to the top of the roof dome is 120 feet. In other words, approximately the size of the Walker Bank Building. The university's expansive library would fit into the domed with room to spare. smicture If one plopped the gridiron from Ute Stadium into the dome, the field would fit the top row to top row -- pan of the In fact, it to spare. 344 feet The arena meauie across. The huge, yet compact, seating anargement is the characteristic which most impresses r visitors. 15.000 type seats fill the vast bowl (the seats wese installed in about seven weeks through 60.000 holes in the cement). The eye then naturally is caught by the enormous, sjeel cloud which hangs forebodingly from the center roof arm-chai- 180-to- area. The huge cloud, which hangs feet from the playing floor, and measures 100 feet in diameter handles lighting for the 68 entire area, the public address sy stem and a giant scoreboard. (There are, incidentally, two scoreboards on auxiliary ground level at either end of the couit. so that coaches and 'layers need not crane their nec-Kto find out how they stand ) One astonished visitor commented that coach Jack Gardner might psyche out a foe by declaring (of the giant cloud): Hcwy. h'.iy oor head. bangs t.,r thy the dome .nteiior a awesome sight is the 500,000 board feet worth of laminated beams which attach to a steel tension ring. Standing at floor level, it is haul to comprehend the actual of the acoustical tile sections. which, in reality, ate four e 10 ini hes thick and Makir.g truly 12)-to- 'ie mc-asut- Oct by five feet. All told, it took 40 train carloads of piefabt icatcd sections to form the dome, which is offi cially listed as the hugest dome of its type in ihe w orld. There are 24 portals into the Arena area. That many entr. flees and exits, according to officials, will facilitate unusually someevacuation; speedy thing alonp the lines of about five minutes 'or 15,000 fans. Uninitiated visitors to the complex have registered expressions of awe. From coaches' offices to ticket office to rest room facihties, convenience and comfort are built in. ui-axi- open-mouthe- d Th House That Jack Built Opening spacious new. basketcomplexes i old hat to Jnik Gardner. Jack came to Salt Lake City in 1953 from Kansas State where he led the Wildcats to two NCAA national and thiee conference titles. The final two year of his Men year tenure at Jack's crew played in the fabuball Uni-eisit- s fieldhouse. which lous was completed in 1951. With a capacity of 14.000 plus, the complex was truly ahead of its time. And the Man- hattan. Kan., basketball faithful loved, it. It wasn't too long before Jack's Wildcats were leading the nation in attendance. The wild following that Jack at Kansas State (after taking over a losing program) was due to his great recoid in Ihe Big Eight Conference. Jack had only one conference and losing season (his first, never had a losing season overall while at He took over the Utah basket- sea- tall program for the 1953-5son and, as at Kansas State, has led Utah to two NCAA national tournaments. He's won seven conference championships. So it is only fitting as an honorary tribute to Jack that Utah is able to move its rich basketball tradition into the r.ew 15.000 seat Special Events Center. About to begin his 23rd year of major college coaching (17th at Utah) Jack has compiled one of the most envious winning records of Overall. Jack has won 596 games while losing 262 at and Utah. At KSU he rolled up a 124-4mark (.725). During the years in Manhattan, Jacks squads won thiee confer- second ence titles, finished twice and third once. season at Prior fo the 1969-7with the Utah, he was build up 3-- 4 I 3 5 A 1 s 1 i all-tim- j rmw ! rrnmr 306-13- Utes (.683). In conference battles, his cord is virtually unexcelled. re- - Your Health is Your Most Jdl liable Asset!! Good health and youthful appearance have been a prime concern of man in all periods of recorded history. Modern America is one of the most health conscious of all societies. And with good reason . . . we lend to overindulge. If youre concerned about your health and who isnt join The European Health Spas. Your present and future well being is our concern. The 20, 1969 TIIE EUROPEAN HEALTH SPAS Subsidiary of Health Industries 4700 Highland Drive, Salt Lake 3334 Harrison Blvd., Ogden J |