[TowerTalk] Stadiums as Tower/Contest Locations

[Pat Barthelow]

Folks:

A ham  friend in Argentina says on some contest weekends, the local sports 
stadiums sprout towers and antennas from the local contest clubs.   I always 
thought they would be a great place to put up a tower, or to use existing 
light standards that often approach 200 ft.  I found a  website of  the 
Stadium Mnaagers association.   I wonder, if properly approached, stadium 
management would allow hams/contesters to set up semi permanent, or perhaps 
permanent towers/antennas or to use existing tall structures at the stadiums 
for antennas and contest operations?
Perhaps an approach involving activiities/improvements  towards disaster 
operatoins at the stadiums could catch interest of the Management companies 
that run them...Or....maybe the answer to their "whats in it form me" cant 
be very attractive, so they would wirte off any cooperative venture with 
contester hams/ARES hams, as being too much of a liability.   Any ideas that 
could make a Stadium a viable antenna tower/contesting/hamming  QTH?

Sincerely, Pat Barthelow     aa6eg at hotmail.com
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