OK, I'll bite. What did they change?
The retired jersey banners are now period-specific, rather than being confusingly and anachronistically all stuck in 2010.
OK, I'll bite. What did they change?
The retired jersey banners are now period-specific, rather than being confusingly and anachronistically all stuck in 2010.
Well that is a nice change. :thumb:
Glad you were able to convince Josh it needed to happen. [emoji3]
Awesome! Thank you, Josh. Since my father-in-law has an honored jersey (he's front and just left of center in this photo), this has been pretty important for our family. I asked Josh when the honored jerseys were going back up when he came to Rockford for our Illini Club event in November. His response was, "Good question. I hadn't thought about it since the reno." Then I saw Josh a week later as I walked with Kenny Battle into the IHotel for pregame before the NW football game. Kenny asked the same question. Josh said he was working on it. This man just gets things done. I called my 88 year old mother-in-law to tell her the news, and she was thrilled.
I notice that this area is exactly the same this year as in previous years. If anyone has connections at the State Farm Center or with DIA - can you just request that they find a way to cover these seats up?
I know they are folded in for expansion for other events, but they look terrible. On every highlight and every game, they look like a bright orange row of EMPTY seats - even though that is not the case. It's just a bad look for that part of the court, and makes the band area look like an afterthought.
And the reason the seats cannot be used during a game is what?
Looks like your feet would be dangling in space. I believe during certain events there are temp bleachers that butt up to the those seats that would extend all the way down to the floor.
I agree with Peace, they should put an Illini blue tarp over them during ball games.
And the reason the seats cannot be used during a game is what?
That section of seats is retracted for the band. The row you see "suspended", when the other seats slide out, those seats are the top row seats of that section.