THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
NEWS 7A
DOWNTOWN
Businesses take advantage of support
BY JESSICA WICKS AND ASHLEY BARFOROUSH
jwicks@kansan.com,
abarforoush@kansan.com
Outside of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar stood seventy-five people at 7:30 Monday morning waiting to get inside.
The die-hard fans were ready to claim their tables and wait more than 13 hours for the KU-Memphis game to begin.
Businesses all over Massachusetts Street made game plans of their own to handle the massive pre- and postgame crowds.
Troy Ewing, a doorman at Buffalo Wild Wings, 1012 Massachusetts St., said people camped out to make sure they had seats during the game. The restaurant, which boasts 31 large screen TVs, does not open until 11 a.m.
It's Brothers, 1105 Massachusetts St., brought on extra staff and were at capacity all night. Patrons at Vermont Street BBQ, 728 Massachusetts St., ordered their dinner at noon to make sure they could be served among the crowds. The plan was to stay open as long as they safely could.
"We definitely have some extra muscle walking around," bartender Katy Brown said.
Jimmy Johns employees were looking forward to the postgame madness because the restaurant is open until 3 a.m.
"It's a mess," manager Brian Schraeder said, "but I don't know what else you would expect."
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich, 922 Massachusetts St., is usually busiest at a 2 a.m. after the bars close. But on Saturday, the normal 45-minute post-bar rush turned into 10 hours of non-stop business.
Amy Savoie, manager of Free State Brewing Company, 636 Massachusetts St., said that it would be business as usual.
"As long as they don't give us any
Restaurants weren't the only businesses milking the crowds. Retail stores opened up after the game to sell T-shirts and memorabilia.
trouble, we don't give them trouble" Savio said.
Framewoods Gallery. 819 Massachusetts St., also said that they would open after the game to sell memorabilia but that they were not worried about the crowds in their store.
"By 11:30, everyone just wants to have fun outside," Dave Seal, Framewoods owner, said.
— Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
Kristin Hoppa/KANSAN
Fans line up outside Jefferson's Monday afternoon on Massachusetts Street waiting for doors to open to watch the NCAA championship game. Some fans had been waiting for establishments to open since 7 a.m. to reserve their spot to watch Kansas take on Memphis later that night.
>> PREPARATIONS
Getting ready for the chaos
BY ALEXANDR GARRY
agarry.kansan.com
An excited mood swept over Lawrence as preparations began for the big game.
As the basketball players warmed up, coaching staff went over strategies and fans prepared to cheer, Lawrence Police, Lawrence Parks and Recreation and University officials said, win or lose, they were prepared for a potentially chaotic night.
Sergeant Paul Fellers of the Lawrence Police Department said police would be sticking to the plan that had been prepared with a few minor changes. Fellers said "fans should be commended" for a relatively incident-free celebration after the Final Four victory on Saturday. The number of officers downtown was scheduled to increase from less than 200 on Saturday to more than 200 on Monday night.
Ten other police departments and sheriff's departments provided officers for the big night.
no glass bottles or cans.
Fellers said they did not plan to close Massachusetts Street to traffic, but would have barricades ready "should it be determined we cannot have traffic for the safety of the celebrators."
Fellers said the department's preparations stressed spreading the word about safety and asking for "voluntary compliance" to rules including no fireworks and
However, people still set off fireworks and littered the streets with empty cans Saturday night.
M a r k Hecker, park superintendent for Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said he readied his staff for the aftermath downtown by having crews clean the streets
Dickerson expected 7,000 excited fans.
With safety issues a major campus concern. Margreta de
"It's our job to make it look like there wasn't a party here."
MARK HECKER
Lawrence Parks and Recreation
before, during and after the game.
He said another shift followed Tuesday at about 6 or 7 a.m. The crew includes 35 to 40 people and three street sweepers. Hecker said he anticipated the morning shift would take about three hours to complete.
"It's our job to try to make it look like there wasn't a party there," Hecker said Monday afternoon. "It's a lot of work, but we all still want KU to win"
The Parks and Recreation team's preparation also included emptying trash barrels in advance and preparing its fleet of backpack leaf blowers and heavy brooms.
But not all of the game-watching was to occur downtown. Staff at Allen Fieldhouse prepared for an open-to-the-public watch party by cleaning up the mess left by Saturday's watch party. Assistant athletics director for events Bill
Vries, senior administrative associate with Parking and Transit, said Safe Ride services would be increased to Friday or Saturday sight capacities of seven to 10 cars
"What everyone's interested in is celebrating a national championship without endangering others," Fellers said.
The University also prohibited parking on Jayhawk Boulevard for the night and planned to have most buildings locked by 7 p.m. as well as all libraries closed by 10 p.m.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
ANNIVERSARY
Celebrations reminiscent of past for longtime Lawrence residents
Y ANDREW WIEBE AND BRENNA HAWLEY awiebe@kansan.com and bhawley@kansan.com
In 1988, Claudia Olea joined the masses of students celebrating KU basketball's national championship victory on Massachusetts Street. Twenty years later, the 1991 graduate made the short walk from her home on Tennessee Street to celebrate with thousands of jubilant students.
With her children outfitted in Jayhawk gear in the background, Olea said she was confident that revelers wouldn't damage property or go overboard, just like fans didn't in 1988.
"You just have a different perspective," Olea said. "It just was a joyful mood both times, people celebrating. It felt like the same kind
of spirit of celebration, having fun and enjoying it."
Christy Edwards was a Lawrence resident 20 years ago and now lives on Massachusetts Street. She said the main difference was the number of people making the trek downtown after the games. She said that Lawrence had grown since the last championship and that the number of revelers had increased, too.
Edwards said although there would always be people behaving badly, most people she saw were following the rules, which extra police officers enforced.
"I guess I kind of trust the system," Edwards said. "If people are going to be weird, they're going to be weird."
Some residents, such as James Lemieux, said they weren't concerned about excessive damage to their property. Lemieux, who lives on Vermont Street, says he was used
to living on a route students use to get home from downtown.
"There's a general level of people peeing on our lawn anyway," Lemieux said. "We just get used to that, and the beer cans on our lawn."
Lemieux said he and his wife are still feeling the effects of joining students downtown after Saturday's game. He said one factor that might keep celebrations from getting out of hand was the probability of rain.
Olea said she thought everyone would keep a good spirit and that fans had a lot to be proud of no matter what the outcome.
"When we win, people just celebrate and have fun with it," Olea said. "Mostly when we don't win, people go home and mope a little bit."
—Edited By Nick Mangiaracina
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