Convo Courier - Issue 7
Oct. 8, 2002
January 4, 2003 – UM vs. UNC
A Note from the Czar:
I don’t have much to say except for “Whoa! This building is opening soon and it is looking great!”
In This Issue:
New Feature: Get Blown Away at the new home of Hurricane Basketball September 28 Hurricane Club event recap Construction Updates
Feature: Get Blown Away at the new home of Hurricane Basketball If you have not seen the new basketball marketing campaign, you need to check out this link! It gives you an idea of how exciting Hurricane Basketball will be for our fans once we move into our new facility.
Check out the commercial, as well as the radio spot and print ad.
Sept 28 Hurricane Club event recap:
On September 28, we hosted an open house for our Hurricane Club members. We had a great turnout! About 100 Hurricane Club members plus their families and friends attended the festivities. The event began at 4pm and ran until about 7pm. We shuttled donors and their family’s to/from the Hall of Fame/Convo Center where David Touhey, General Manager of the Convo Center (works for Global Spectrum Management), Patrick McGrew, Director of Facilities for the Convocation Center (also works for Global Spectrum) and Nick Longone, with Turner Construction ran the tours. They went into the coaches offices, locker rooms, training room, onto the floor where the court will be, the concourse level where they saw the concession stands, merchandise stands and restrooms. Many were amazed by how small and intimate the 7,000 seat building was. The last row is roughly only 94 feet from the court! Many donors found this as a great opportunity to buy their seats at the Convocation Center. Thank you to everyone who helped with this event.
New Facts/Figures & Construction Update:
Turner has begun putting together the retractable student seats in sections 117/118. The seats are mounted on a wood floor and will be VERY loud when they stomp on the ground! And check out the leg room they will have! The lockers have been installed in the men’s, women’s and visiting teams locker rooms. The Hurricanes’ lockers are really nice! I wouldn’t say the same for the visiting team’s lockers.
“Get Blown Away at the new home of Hurricane Basketball!”
60 Working Days Until the Inaugural Convocation Center Game UM vs. UNC – January 4, 2k3
