Leigh Torbin wrote: > Another thing that will help doom the overhead lighting system is > the fact that new arenas are being built with higher roofs. Actually, that's the "problem" at New Hampshire. The roof is low, especially when compared to the Mullins Center. Also, at the Whittemore Center you enter at ground level and descend to your seats, which are all below ground level. So while the roof is high over the ice surface, which is well below ground level, the banks of lights are not very high above the seats. Furthermore, unlike the Mullins Center, which has the seating go well back from the ice surface, the Whittemore Center is very compact, and thelight banks are basically directly over the seats on either side of the ice. It makes a huge difference to the fans in the seats. Sean Pickett E-mail: [log in to unmask] Go Terriers 1995 NCAA, Hockey East and Beanpot Champions BU Hockey: http://www.tiac.net/users/spickett/hockey.html The Bedford Flag: http://www.tiac.net/users/spickett/flag.html But I Digress: http://www.tiac.net/users/spickett/bid.html HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.