Gampel question

[Husky25]

I thought Jabroni is the name of the guy who invented that blasted machine that cleans the ice at UConn hockey games, No?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

There are others here with more knowledge than me, but my understanding is that the tile situation has been complicated primarily by the fact that the original ceiling tiles were fabricated by the world-renowned Enzo Patoni, who tragically passed away several years ago in a kiln explosion. Because of the unique features of Patoni's work--and especially certain qualities that only his kiln was able to produce--replacement of the damaged ones has been a bedeviling task for the many administrations that have tried to do so since his untimely death.

Last I knew, it was rumored that one of Enzo's sons, Nunzio, was attempting to restore another Patoni kiln to try to replicate them, but there were concerns both about his skill level and his artistic integrity, given the incredible historical value and importance of the original tiles.

Are the pizzas from the other Pepe outlets as good as the ones from Wooster Street?

 

[UCFan1513]

Supposed to be fixed this summer, was scheduled in 2016 and got delayed and now summer of 2017.

KO has had to cancel his basketball camp for 2 years now. My son went in 2015 and loved it

Why did KO have to cancel it?

 

[JSM1970]

He said without access to Gampel they really don't have enough space to conduct the camp. I was surprised they have that large rec center and indoor track area/fieldhouse area it seemed like they could but just have to cap the attendees.

But I think some of the appeal was playing in Gampel and they'd have camper games there and at night after dinner the campers would watch the coaches play games, etc.

Why did KO have to cancel it?

 

[UCFan1513]

He said without access to Gampel they really don't have enough space to conduct the camp. I was surprised they have that large rec center and indoor track area/fieldhouse area it seemed like they could but just have to cap the attendees.

But I think some of the appeal was playing in Gampel and they'd have camper games there and at night after dinner the campers would watch the coaches play games, etc.

Ohhh I see, that makes sense

 

[Tenspro2002]

But I think some of the appeal was playing in Gampel and they'd have camper games there and at night after dinner the campers would watch the coaches play games, etc.

Yup, that's exactly how it was when I went 15-20 years ago. A few camper games were even played on the main court, and of course the counselors (i.e. current players) would scrimmage at night.

I played a point of 1 on 1 with Jake Voskuhl when I was about 12 years old. Didn't go so well.

 

[8893]

Are the pizzas from the other Pepe outlets as good as the ones from Wooster Street?

They would have to do if the original ceased to exist, like the master artisan Enzo Patoni and his special kiln.

 

[QDOG5]

All this Patoni stuff is hilarious. It's Kilning me.

 

[Dove]

Perhaps someone should bump the original thread...

 

[tykurez]

Ah ... the annual ceiling thread.

It was rumored you could see Patoni's effigy in one of the spots in the ceiling the night his kiln went up in smoke.

 

[Athlete94]

XL season ticket holder – went to the Temple game last night as an athletic department perk and had a great time. I hadn’t been to Gampel Pavilion since the Andre Drummond season (vs Pitt IIRC), so it’s been a long long while. Forgive me if this has been discussed (I’m sure it has) but I was shocked at the condition of the roof. WTH is going on structurally up there? It looks Godawful. I’m sure given the budget situation, there’s no plans to fix it though. Just very disappointing to see.

On tv it looked empty there, was it a small crowd??