Event Critique Minnesota vs Purdue Feb. 24th 2010 Essay...

Event Critique: Minnesota vs Purdue Feb. 24th 2010 The event I attended was the Gopher Mens Basketball game against the Purdue Boilermakers on February 24 at Williams Arena (The Barn). The construction of Williams Arena was completed in 1928 and originally housed a variety of Gopher Athletics. In addition to housing the mens basketball team, as it still does today, winter football training, tennis, and track all called the facility home at one point1al University of Minnesota History of Williams Arenahttp://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400ATCLID=310102 . The main tenants of the building have changed over the years as the various teams that called Williams Arena home were built one of their own. However,†¦show more content†¦When entering the arena itself and seated the closeness of the players seems unreal due to the raised court and the upper section seats that seem to be hovering on air on top of sections below them. This provides for an excellent fan experience and a very memorable one. The seats in Wi lliams Arena are available in either bench style seating or theater style both of which are not too terribly comfortable. The latest renovations to Williams Arena include a huge update where the floorboards were changed for the very first time this year since 1928. 2 CBS Sports Article, Arena Wars http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11934209 With the buildings history and its close proximity to other large buildings in the area it would be hard to do any sort of complete renovation of the site to expand on the outside but some of the interior could be possibly renovated/remodeled to make the building feel larger on the concourse level. The University Avenue entrance use to house the main ticket office, including on site sales, will call, and University pass list, as well as home and opposing team will calls, which has now been moved over to the Oak Street entrance leaving with the exception of the teams will calls a rare find in Williams Arena, an empty space. The University entrance is still the main thruway for season ticket holders,Show MoreRelated_x000C_Introduction to Statistics a nd Data Analysis355457 Words   |  1422 PagesInterpreting and Communicating the Results of Statistical Analyses 264 Activity 5.1 Exploring Correlation and Regression 267 Activity 5.2 Age and Flexibility 268 Graphing Calculator Explorations 272 6 Probability 279 6.1 Chance Experiments and Events 279 6.2 Deï ¬ nition of Probability 288 ââ€"   Contents ix 6.3 Basic Properties of Probability 295 6.4 Conditional Probability 302 6.5 Independence 313 6.6 Some General Probability Rules 323 6.7 Estimating Probabilities Empirically Using Simulation