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By The Associated Press
I USC's move into the Southeastern
Conference will shrink the
number of home football tickets
available for general public sales
tliis season, directors of the athletic
department said.
The 1992 schedule includes
home games against SEC foes
Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi
State and Tennessee, along with
non-conference games against East
Carolina and Louisiana Tech.
"Once we go to general public
sales after Gamecock Club orders
are filled, it's my opinion we will
have tickets available for only four
games ? Arkansas, Mississippi
State, East Carolina and Louisiana
Tech," John Moore, associate athletic
director, said.
"And those numbers will be limited.
It will be tickets those schools
send back to us," he said.
Athletic Director King Dixon
said the supply will be less for twc
reasons: SEC schools are requesting
more tickets and South Car*
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"Tennessee and Georgia want
15,000 tickets, and Arkansas and
Mississippi want more than
5,000," Dixon said. "We're not going
to be able to give them that
many because of the great demand
to get our fans in the stadium."
Moore said the school sold more
than 41,000 season tickets last year
and expects anywhere from 46,000
to 49,000 orders this year. Roughly
14,000 tickets are set aside for
South Carolina students.
Add the visitors' allotment to
the equation and suddenly the
72,400 seats in Williams-Brice
Stadium are assigned.
"It's a bit of a problem," Moore
said. "But it's a good problem."
Moore said he recently finished
drafting agreements with visiting
SEC schools. Georgia will receive
10,000 tickets, Tennessee 9,500,
> and Arkansas and Mississippi State
5,000 each.
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Moore said. "Thai's how many
tickets those schools have to give
us when we play at their places, so
that's what we have allotted them
to come here.
"We know Georgia and Tennessee
would like more and could sell
more."
Visitors to Williams-Brice Stadium
in 1993 may be able to get
all the tickets they want. Dixon
said stadium expansion has been a
topic of in-house discussions
among school administration
officials.
Dixon said all parties involved
in the discussions understand the
need for more seats, but they must
agree on how best to finance the
project. Once the plan is complete,
a formal proposal must be made to
the school's board of trustees.
"I think in all probability we
won't be able to come up with
something concrete until April,"
Dixon said. "We don't want to go
to them (trustees) with half of the
answers."
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By TIM THORSEN
Staff Writer
"Take me out to the ballgame.
Take me out to the crowd ... "
Professional baseball will return
April 9 to Columbia, when the
| Columbia Mets prepare to defend
their South Atlantic League
Championship against the Asheville
Tourists.
Fans of the Mets will notice
1 many changes in all aspects of the
organization, from the front office (
I all the way down to modifications
I in Capital City Stadium.
Each of these improvements is
meant to maximize excitement and
entertainment as well as emphasize
'good, clean family fun.'
These modifications include:
A new state-of-the-art concert
sound system. Capital City Stadium's
new sound system will allow
better quality music with an
updated and varied selection of entertainment
between innings.
New closed-circuit monitors
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the same time! No longer will you
miss any exciting action waiting in
line for concessions.
A new outdoor cafe, which will ,
be a great place to take a date. The
eating area will also be greatly enhanced.
New additions will include
a 20-foot by 20-foot tent for picnics,
counter seating along the foul
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From Staff Reports
Rain was the winner in yesterday's
baseball game between
South Carolina and Georgia Southern.
The game will be made up as
part of a doubleheader today starting
at 3.
The Gamecocks will play a
nine-inning game to be followed
by a seven-inning affair with the
visiting Eagles from Statesboro,
Ga. South Carolina is 5-0, while
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Georgia Southern is 1-4, having
lost to three nationally ranked o.
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Coach June Raines is expected
to call on two junior righthanders pi
to pitch the twin-bill. Jared Baker \x
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it tickets outside the stadium, and
take ticket purchasing more
onvenient.
I Volume Service will now operle
the concessions at the stadium,
'olume, a company headquartered
1 Spartanburg, operates the conessions
at Williams-Brice Staium,
Sarge Frye Field, The Met3dome,
Yankee Stadium and
ampa Stadium. Volume Service
lould greatly increase the quality
f food service.
I A new internship with USC. In
)njunclon with our university, the
lets have set up an internship
rogram for the education of five
udents.
I A new seating arrangement. The
pw scaling win give uie stadium
more traditional baseball atmo)here.
Fan suggestions inspired
is change, and seats have been
Ided where the fans asked for
em to be put.
Terrific ticket prices. For the
>2 season, you can watch the
Champions for as little as $2
ith a student ID card. A Super
ox Seat is a meager $5. What a
trgain!
I The new scoreboard .message
inter. The scoreboard, introduced
i 1991, will be fully utilized in
?92 games. The message center
ill include game updates, wel>mes,
special announcements and
itertainment between innings.
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ith Tim Roth (1-1) and Ronald
anford (0-0), with 2.77 and
1.47 ERAs respectively.
The Gamecocks will travel to
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South Carolina will visit
oastal Carolina on Saturday. The
amecocks are ranked 14th by
iseball America and 24th by Colgate
Baseball.
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