Build a bubble over Memorial Field
By Alison Novak
Published on Friday, February 16, 2007
To the Editor:
As a former athlete, I can appreciate the facilities and scheduling constraints faced at Leverone Fieldhouse ("Leverone Field House hosts a host of Big Green athletes," Feb. 14). Add me to the list of supporters for a bubble over Memorial Field. The article noted the benefits that a temporary winter facility has provided for winter sports at Boston College. While the success of the athletic program at the Jesuit Ivy cannot be denied, a more compelling example is located a few miles from Boston College, at another Ivy League school. Even that school, with its limitless land holdings and endless endowment, has built a temporary bubble into its historic football stadium. In spite of the objections raised by some traditionalists, the bubble has received universal praise by the athletes such facilities are meant to serve.