I Johnson Ptom Page A6 jjmost make ends meet. J As for Winston-Salem's prospects for the tournament, 1991 9*ems the soonest the Twin City ?oukl be able to host the world's largest combination fashion ;&ow-party-reunion-athletic event. '* But that's only five years away, tni now ?is the best time to prgamze a campaign of city, business and community leaders '4p make an impressive pitch, v J: Unfortunately, despite the potential economic benefits, the jfity's business establishment . jieems . uninterested. WinstonSalem State University Athletic Director Clarence "Bighouse" Oaines said last Thursday that he is unaware of any local efforts to lure the CIAA here. * "The coliseum people here Jiave shown no interest," he said. ?'The Chamber of Commerce people here have shown no interest. With a 14,000-seat coliseum, why not?" ? ! Bucky Dame, the operations manager for Memorial Coliseum, laid the city is interested in the tournament. ' ? [ "It's been discussed," he said, >.-^1 -* >, vui uiiui wc una a completion date (for the new coliseum's con?'ilmcrion), it will be hard to go ;after anything." ? Ground is supposed to be broken for the new arena "late rthis fall," Dame said, but no conduction bids have been taken ;yet. It will take roughly 26 moniths for the new coliseum to be completed, he said. j Which would be well before {I991? even if there were construction delays. * Winston-Salem has so much to goffer, though it seems reluctant 90 sell itself. t For one thing, it's the home of CWinston-Salem State and its proud athletic tradition. * For another, it's also the home 2>f Gaines, the nation's winnIngest active basketball coach. r-..j If the plans are any indication, jtbe coliseum promises to be the xfcnterpiece of the pitch. | Its 14,000 seats will surpass i^tkhibond, Hampton and Norfolk, and it will be large enough )o seat a big crowd but intimate snough for basketball. > Twenty-thousand-seat arenas ;4end to be cavernous, sterile and Njuiet, and they often give fans -the impression that they're Bob Uecker in the upper deck, fitness the profitable but ^characterless Dean Smith Student ^Activities Center in Chapel Hill >jor the money-grubbing NCAA's -decision to hold its finals in dom:ed football arenas where Kareem t Abdul-Jabbar might look like ^Tyrone Bogues, depending on where you sit. Also, Winston-Salem will support the tournament, as will nearfey Charlotte, where CIAA member Johnson C. Smith is fecated, and Greensboro, whose ?lAA ties are still strong, thanks ?p North Carolina A&T's former Membership in the conference. I* CIAA Commissioner Bob AfAAMMM M Jk miaaL 4LAA wivviiuau a?iu tui ww* uiai ure win City would be a strong can4idate. 'They have a (CIAA) itthool - they have everything," tit said. "Winston-Salem State $ias good attendance. The people jjf Winston-Salem are very supportive of the program." Granted, the MEAC Tournament bombed here in Memorial Coliseum, but it bombs nearly Everywhere, and no MEAC school is located in the Twin CiIn short, the CIAA Tournament would be a boon both to the City's economy and its new coliseum's prestige. It also would be ftoe of the largest, most lucrative sports events the city can hope to fttract, since the arena will be too " A- At A ?mau 10 accommocuue uic Att Tournament. * How about some initiative from the black community, perhaps involving businesses, WSSU alumni, booster clubs and Qreek-letter organizations? "J We can have the CIAA Tournament here within five years if, like Smith-Barney, we're willing to earn it. t MM | A] Lfj I L J 1j | was? Extra-cap loads. Du cleaning BPVHH j-ji I |V|1 i KENMORE CON MICROWAVE C 159y* I m Regular $199.) Electronic touch controls, memory, 100-mln. delay start watts power. KENMORE ^ BUDGET-PRICED fl I COMPACT MICROWAVE |89yy 1 ItSfStSS"^ \ m?ch?ntc?l timer. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back e 8?ara, Rocbuck and Co., 1986 \ V ffJS BPHj siiH^^^MiJWBP! ; |~ ? 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