LETTER: Don’t save seats at the Spectrum
To the editor:
Utah State Aggie basketball games are often one of the most exciting events to attend at USU. I recently attended the Utah State vs. Boise State basketball game. I arrived around 5:45 p.m. to get in line. I had about two dozen people in front of me in the line. After entering the Spectrum it quickly became clear that instead of sitting in the bottom half of the Spectrum, I would be sitting in the upper half. This was due to the two dozen or so people that had all decided to save 10-20 seats all by themselves. Blankets, coats and hats were thrown all over the seats in an attempt to say, “These seats are saved, back off.”
At half time I looked down and realized that there were several open seats. Many people tend to save more seats than necessary. I have also noticed that the people that save seats are often the same people game after game. I would like to encourage them to not only be courteous to other people that bothered to wait in line, but also that if people expect you to save seats for them game after game, they are not your true friends.
One last comment, to those of you who rush in two minutes before the buzzer and expect front row seats, try doing your own dirty work for once. Basketball games at USU are amazing. We need to work to make it amazing for ALL of the students at USU.
Katie Holmes