Full Text of HR0103 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall was | 3 | | opened on March 2, 1963, born out of the need for a single | 4 | | arena that could seat an entire university class; the hall was | 5 | | designed by renowned architect Max Abramovitz and cost $8.7 | 6 | | million to construct; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall was | 8 | | constructed entirely of poured concrete; the dome is just 3 1/2 | 9 | | inches thick, but its steep folds and light-weight aggregate | 10 | | combine to give it tremendous strength; the hall "floats" | 11 | | thanks to 614 miles of steel wire very tightly wrapped around | 12 | | the edge of the dome; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall is the | 14 | | largest venue in Illinois outside of the Chicago United Center; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall has | 17 | | hosted countless performers and events, including the Rolling | 18 | | Stones, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley, U2, Frank Sinatra, "Les | 19 | | Miserables", Bob Hope, Whitney Houston, Mikhail Baryshnikov, | 20 | | Aerosmith, Cher, Tina Turner, "Cats", Bill Cosby, the | 21 | | University of Illinois Commencement, the Harlem Globetrotters, | 22 | | Bruce Springsteen, and "Sesame Street Live!"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall has | 2 | | hosted Big Ten Championship basketball teams in 1963, 1984, | 3 | | 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 for the men, and 1997 for the | 4 | | women; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, 25 Fighting Illini men's teams and 8 women's teams | 6 | | that have played in the Assembly Hall advanced to NCAA | 7 | | Tournament play in the last 50 years; 2 NCAA Final Four men's | 8 | | teams called the Assembly Hall home in 1989 and 2005; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Assembly Hall hosted the Illinois High School | 10 | | Association State Boys Basketball Tournament from 1963 to 1995, | 11 | | the IHSA State Girls Basketball Tournament from 1978 to 1990, | 12 | | and the IHSA State Wrestling Championships from 1967 to the | 13 | | present; the Assembly Hall has also hosted Big Ten and NCAA | 14 | | Championship events in wrestling and gymnastics; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Home attendance at the Assembly Hall for men's | 16 | | basketball ranks in the Top 25 nationally for 33 straight | 17 | | seasons; average home attendance at Assembly Hall for men's | 18 | | basketball has averaged 16,000 fans over the last 11 seasons; | 19 | | the Assembly Hall has enjoyed sold-out crowds (16,618) 125 | 20 | | times in the last 11 seasons; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Assembly Hall serves as |
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| 1 | | both a part of the rich history of the University of Illinois | 2 | | and as an architectural marvel of this State; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate the staff and administration of the University | 6 | | of Illinois on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the | 7 | | university's Assembly Hall; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the University of Illinois as a symbol of our | 10 | | esteem and respect.
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