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THE BATTALION Page 3 MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979 ^ Stadium changes cause mild problems at game By STEVE CRITCHFIELD ramps less than enjoyable. Eileen Mertel, a junior account- 'ine crawled, e was aboujl ' like heraid) Him, then HI." It C ' e t0 oo, ’ he said “ for a long 'is darksli i intend to By STEVE CRITCHFIELD Battalion Reporter The more than 59,000 football fans who filed into Kyle Field Saturday for the Texas A&M- Houston game were met by a mul titude of changes in the renovated stadium. There were fewer gates, new ramps, small stairways and the un finished third deck. And there were a variety of Aggie attitudes about the construction. The three gates on the southeast end of the field and the four gates on the north handled the crowd effec tively, said Fred Davidson, a gatekeeper on the north end. “I don’t think it’s any harder than be fore to get through the gates,” Davidson said. “A lot of people got here about noon to avoid the crowd and we could get them in pretty quick,” he said. Davidson predicted more open gates for the future games to ac commodate more spectators as the stadium continues to expand. Sophomore chemical engineering major Mike Surman said he made it through the gates all right, but found the lines to the first level ramps less than enjoyable. “Those stairways leading up to the ramps were too small, Surman said, “And there were four sections of people using the same stairway. He said it took him between 45 minutes and an hour to get through the line and to his seat. “After I finally got to the ramp, I had to walk through a section of people just to get to an aisle,” said Surman, referring to Ramp S, which led into sections 136-139. Freshman Bob Gunter had the same problem. “It took 30 minutes to get up the stairways to enter the sections,” he said. Most spectators found the second and third levels of the stadium very accessible with the new and larger ramp system. There was no notice able confusion at the section entrances. The third deck, what there is of it, was filled with apparently satisfied spectators. “I really enjoyed sitting up there,” said senior Tim Johston of Houston. “I had a good view of the field, but if I sit up there again I’ll bring my binoculars.” Eileen Mertel, a junior account ing major from Austin, said, “I was skeptical about sitting up there at first, but after a couple of minutes I forgot about where I was. 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