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(08-07-2019 10:01 PM)Monarch Homselr Wrote:  WTF!! Passing up the Big E's Bell..

True Blue, I wish y'all had figured a way to get the bell any way. We could have hidden it until they came to their senses!

The only thing more stupid that has been done that I've heard is putting all the bathrooms on the ground level. Yes, can you believe it...NO RESTROOMS ON THE CONCOURSE!! All attendees will have to walk down a stairway or take the elevator to a restroom. How much you want a bet they'll be figuring a way to get some there by year 2!

To be fair, we didn’t get the chance to approach the navy. So no idea what the response would have been. The Navy may have had plans just not disclosed publicly. I would have loved to at least have tried.

In my heart it would have been a great intro: Ring the bell, fire the howitzer, players rub the bell as the team runs out! Enterprise was homeported here for 55 years. Think of the ties we could have made with local military personnel. Former commanding officers and or flight bosses ringing the bell. Or a tie in with the wounded warrior project. Would maybe seal the deal to play the Naval Academy on a regular basis.