In November 1995, those renovations commenced and continued through the next summer until the beginning of the 1996 football season (more info below). "'The Replacements': Yet Another Replay,", "Hogan expresses optimism, tours COVID-19 vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium", "M&T Bank Stadium Will be COVID-19 Vaccination Site", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M%26T_Bank_Stadium&oldid=1126001712, NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Championship venues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Ravens Stadium at Camden Yards (19981999). [citation needed], On December 15, 2019, the Raiders played their last scheduled game at the Coliseum, losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 2016, giving up 17 unanswered points in the second half. Local real estate developer Robert T. Nahas (who had been president of Oakland's chamber of commerce) headed this group, which included other prominent East Bay business leaders such as former US Senator William Knowland and Edgar F. Kaiser, and which later became the governing board of the Coliseum upon completion. (This is only practiced during ideal weather conditions and big games now). Led Zeppelin played what turned out to be their final North American concerts with twin shows during their 1977 North American Tour. The A's said that closing off the upper deck would create a "more intimate environment" for baseball. [86], A 1996 expansion of the stadium was funded by a controversial issuancecritics said that "(Oakland) Raiders' late owner, Al Davis, fleeced local officials at the expense of taxpayers"of some $220 million of public debt by both Alameda County and the City of Oakland,[87][88][89] resulting in substantial debt service payments for both governments. Construction of the facility is expected to begin by the spring, and officials project work will be completed by fall 2016. The new parking at the stadium allowed many commuting students more parking access. Your body and mind thank you! [69] During this time, it was popularly known as the "Oakland Mausoleum". WebWatch CBS News live and get the latest, breaking news headlines of the day for national news and world news today. [96] The Athletics have since occasionally removed the tarp on Mount Davis for specific games, such as occasional Bay Bridge Series games against the San Francisco Giants,[97][98] and the 2019 American League Wild Card Game against the Tampa Bay Rays. After a kick-off by UofL, the kid runs to get the placeholder on the field. On September 3, 2014, the city of Oakland claimed it had reached a tentative deal to build a new football stadium in Oakland, which would have resulted in the Coliseum being demolished. The climax of the novel There There by Tommy Orange takes place in the Coliseum. There are now three distance markers instead of one, at various points of the power alleys, as indicated in the dimensions grid. [43] However, the Laney College Board of Trustees abruptly ended talks with the Athletics in December 2017. The stadium was a venue for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, drawing a crowd of 70,450 to watch a quarter finals doubleheader between the United States v. El Salvador, and Honduras v. Costa Rica. [62] After the San Francisco 49ers blocked an attempt by the Raiders to relocate to Oracle Park for the 2019 season, the Raiders and Coliseum Authority reached an agreement in principle on February 25, 2019 to allow the Raiders to return to the Coliseum for 2019 with a provision for 2020 in case completion of the Las Vegas Stadium was delayed; the Coliseum Authority approved the lease on March 15 while the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and Oakland City Council voted in favor of the lease on March 19 and 21, respectively. The concert has been cancelled as of 12 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2019 due to inclement weather in the forecast at the performance time. [71], As part of a new ten-year lease signed by the Athletics with the OaklandAlameda County Coliseum Authority in 2014, the Oakland Coliseum had a new $10 million scoreboard system (two large outfield scoreboards, 36 feet tall and 145 feet wide, and two ribbon scoreboards) installed for the start of the 2015 MLB season. Seats that were down the foul lines for baseball games became the sideline seats for football games, which started up to 120 feet (37m) away from the field (most football-only stadiums have sideline seats that start half that distance away). In 1989, the Athletics won their 4th Series since moving to Oakland, sweeping the San Francisco Giants in the earthquake-interrupted "Battle of the Bay" Series. [47][48][49], The Coliseum, along with Oracle Arena and its surrounding parking lots, are owned 50% by the City of Oakland and 50% by the Athletics. It is the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). App. [18] On July 28, 2012 the stadium hosted a match between Premier League teams Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur before 42,723 fans.[19]. Please follow all trail closing barricades and signs. On July 24, 2009, English Premier League club Chelsea F.C. Since then, the stadium has been primarily used for baseball. Several preseason games were played there in the early 1970s along with one regular season game in 1973 (a 127 victory over the Miami Dolphins during September while the A's regular season was going on). Popular music festival HFStival appeared at the stadium in 1999 & 2005, as Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Offspring, Blink-182, Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Idol, and Coldplay have all played the concert. The Stadium was originally designed with the ability to expand up to 80,000 seats. [73] The West Side Club was also entirely renovated and rebranded into Shibe Park Tavern (after their former home park in Philadelphia),[74] the Coliseum's new destination restaurant and bar with more than twenty different beers on tap. After each UofL score The land that Cardinal Stadium now occupies was previously the location of the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) South Louisville Rail Yard. 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[11], As a multi-purpose stadium, it was the former home of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League from 1966 until 1981 (when the team moved to Los Angeles), and again from 1995 until 2019 (when the team moved to Las Vegas). During Raider preseason games and all regular season games played while the baseball season was still going on, the field was set up from home plate to center field (east/west). They were supported by Oasis, one of the first shows of their Be Here Now tour. It then reverted to Ravens Stadium in 2002 when PSINet filed for bankruptcy. 1995. It was Nahas' idea that the Coliseum be privately financed with ownership transferring to the city and county upon retirement of the construction financing. The naming rights deal for M&T Bank Stadium was renewed for $60M over 10 years in 2014, extending the name through 2027. The stadium has also hosted a Monster Jam event since 2008. [11] On January 15, 2012, a record crowd of 71,547, the largest in Ravens history,[12] was in attendance at the 2011 Divisional Playoff Game in Baltimore against the Houston Texans, which the Ravens won 2013. In the upper bowl, the sideline seats are labeled from 1 to 32, while in the upper bowl end zones, the rows range from 1 to 26. However, in response to traffic and parking issues associated with these games (while Cal games drew a large number of students who live on or near campus and walk to the games, Raiders games attracted fans from a larger geographic area who were used to tailgating at the Coliseum and were more likely to drive to games), the City of Berkeley passed a Professional Sports Events License Tax in which the city collected 10% of all gate receipts, making the staging of professional games inside the city cost-prohibitive. The Raiders' return also heralded the creation of the "Black Hole", a highly recognizable group of fans who occupied one end zone seating during football games. [50] The Athletics purchased their 50% share in 2018 from Alameda County, after the City of Oakland dropped a lawsuit that attempted to block the sale. Returned to Baltimore after nearly 40 years, This page was last edited on 7 December 2022, at 00:54. The University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band plays "Fight! Get information on latest national and international events & more. As early as 1961, the American League publicly indicated that it wished to include Oakland in its West Coast expansion plans. Two other companies were in the running to be granted naming rights to the stadium; they were reportedly Nextel and CarMax. The architect of record was the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Myron Goldsmith the principal design architect[20] and the general contractor was Guy F. Atkinson Company. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's naming rights were owned by San Diego-based telecommunications equipment company The Ravens are the stadium's primary tenants. The seating expansion in the North end zone is loosely based on the North end zone seating structure of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks Lumen Field. We hope you are looking to Opt Outside today or any day. As of 6/21/19, we cannot access trail damage or downed trees in many areas. In 2000, Central Avenue was widened and extended from Taylor Boulevard to Crittenden Drive, a major redevelopment project. The Coliseum was also more spacious than Fenway or Wrigley, and while its expansive foul territory put fans at a distance it also allowed them more opportunities to see great catches by fielders. Finley sold the team instead to the owners of San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co.[citation needed] After the 1986 Major League Baseball season, the original scoreboards were replaced. Major League Lacrosse's Baltimore Bayhawks used the stadium as their home during the 2002 season. It was the 50th anniversary of the club's first game played in Oakland back on April 17, 1968. Debuting in 1998, it serves as the home of the Louisville Cardinals football program. [9], On July 13, 2018, the stadium was renamed Cardinal Stadium by University of Louisville President Neeli Bendapudi. WebSerenades in the Park Concert Cancelled-Petros Lake Park The concert has been cancelled as of 12 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2019 due to inclement weather in the forecast at the performance time. In January 2016, Mark Davis met with Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson about building a domed stadium on the UNLV campus for the Raiders and the UNLV Rebels. There were 20,878 seats covered up by the tarp which would otherwise have been usable for baseball. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 1997. It is part of the OaklandAlameda County Coliseum Complex, with the adjacent Oakland Arena, near Interstate 880. [72], For the 2017 Major League Baseball season, the tarp covering a large amount of the baseball configuration has been removed, increasing the capacity to over 47,000 for the first time since 1995. The seats below the tunnel entrances are labeled from 1 to 18, while the seats above the tunnels are labeled from 19 to 42, except in sections 123-130, which contain rows 19-35, due to the press box taking up sideline space. [citation needed], Midway through the decade, the stadium established a "no re-entry" policy. [39] The Athletics later took their Cisco Field plan to a site in downtown San Jose located near SAP Center (home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks). In 1963, American League president Joe Cronin suggested that Coliseum officials model some aspects of the new ballpark after Dodger Stadium, which impressed him,[19] though these expansion plans seemed to fade by the middle of the decade. 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A new online system for program registration and shelter reservations on this site was launched on Oct. 3, 2022. During construction of the stadium, the Train Horn that was used at the rail yard to indicate shift changes was salvaged, and is now blown every time the Cardinals score. [99], On June 16, 2013, following the game against the Seattle Mariners, the Coliseum experienced a severe sewage backup. [28][29], Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, high school football rivalries in the United States, NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, "Ghosts at a Groundbreaking? Temporary football bleachers were then added in front of the baseball bleachers to form the sideline on the east (visitors') side, and the baseball bleachers were not sold. One year later, the A's replacement, the Kansas City Royals, began play as an expansion team. An expansion project that started after the 2008 season was completed in time for the 2010 season has brought the official capacity to 55,000. It served as Nextel Stadium, the home field for the fictional Washington Sentinels in the 2000 film The Replacements. [17] After several unsuccessful attempts and amid considerable controversy, Finley eventually got permission to relocate the Athletics to Oakland in 1968. Construction began in the spring of 1962. Once the A's season ended, the orientation was switched to north/south: i.e. Common nicknames for the stadium include "the Horseshoe", "the Shoe", and "the Contact us anytime for assistance at information@starkparks.com or 330-477-3552. UofL" and "All Hail UofL" to welcome the team into the stadium gates. [36] On January 17, 2020, the RingCentral naming rights deal was rescinded by the Coliseum Authority. Card March is 2 hours and 15 minutes prior to kick-off. After a UofL first down, the PA announcer will say the player making the first and down and then "and that's good for another" and the fans respond "Cards First Down". [35] McKibben was subsequently charged by the Alameda County district attorney's office with violating conflict-of-interest laws, including one felony and one misdemeanor count. This increased capacity by 12,103 to 47,170. [75], On April 17, 2018, the Athletics opened the gates to the Coliseum for a free admission game versus the Chicago White Sox. Preliminary architectural plans were unveiled in November 1960, and the following month a site was chosen west of the Elmhurst district of East Oakland alongside the recently completed Nimitz Freeway. The distance to the backstop was initially 90 feet (27m), but was reduced to 60 feet (18m) in 1969. [50] As of July 2021, two Black-led redevelopment groups were vying for the chance to purchase the City's half of the site, one led by the African American Sports and Entertainment Group and the other by Dave Stewart and Lonnie Murray. The Port then donated that land to the City of Oakland as the site for the complex.[18]. In 1965, it was rumored that the Cleveland Indians might leave Cleveland for a West Coast city (such as Oakland), but the Indians stayed in Cleveland. The expansion added 10 field-level suites, 65 box seats at the club level, and 1,000 club seats with a VIP gathering area. Become a Friend of Stark Parks and join the non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the development and use of Stark County Park District parks & trails. The Kentucky General Assembly, the state legislature, provided the balance of funding for the project. [79], U2 performed at the stadium again during their 360 Tour on June 7, 2011, with Lenny Kravitz and Moonalice as their opening acts in front of 64,829 people. [59] The stadium was approved by the Carson City Council[60] but was defeated by the NFL who voted in favor of building SoFi Stadium and relocating the St. Louis Rams back to Los Angeles with the Chargers as the second LA team. Your old account and password are no longer valid. As of spring of 2018, the City of Oakland still owed $135 million for the expansion. [51] In November 2021, the council voted to move forward with the plan proposed by the African American Sports and Entertainment Group. In 2014, the stadium played host to Ohio StateNavy; Ohio State won 3417. We've got an area of interest for everyone. It has been criticized as an area which has made the Oakland Coliseum look ever more like a football stadium, and not at all one for baseball. On December 1, 2008, construction started on the east side of the stadium, and the expansion was finished in Fall 2010. [80], On August 5, 2017, Green Day played a homecoming concert at the Coliseum. In 1968, the Kansas City Athletics moved to Oakland and began play at the stadium. It is three times as large as the previous scoreboard. The name reverted to the pre-1997 name of OaklandAlameda County Coliseum on September 19, 2008. [52], Under any such replacement proposals, the Oakland Raiders would have presumably continued to play football in the Coliseum, although there were proposals for the Raiders to play at Levi's Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara as well as rumors regarding the Raiders' possible return to Los Angeles. [citation needed], The 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held at the stadium. Backups occur even when no events are taking place there. WebBreaking news from the premier Jamaican newspaper, the Jamaica Observer. [15], On October 24, 2015, the stadium hosted a Big Ten match-up between Maryland and Penn State in which Penn State won 3130.[16]. UofL". The venue overlooks the school's new Jim Patterson Stadium and Jewish Hospital Sports Medicine complex, which was completed in 2005. [7] Schnatter made a further $10 million donation for the stadium's expansion,[7] and extended the naming rights to the year 2040. the football field ran from the left field line to the right field line; seats were moved from behind first and third base to create corners for the end zone to fit into (these seats were then placed to fill in the space that was normally behind home plate and near the foul poles for baseball games). 1. A commemorative graphic was placed on the baseball outfield wall next to Rickey Henderson's retired number on May 17, their next home game. On one occasion, the Los Angeles Angels complained about E. coli in the visiting team's training room after a backup. At the start of the 2006 football season, a new state-of-the-art HD scoreboard was installed in the north end zone. After stadium expansion in 1996, the field ran north/south throughout the season. The stadium has hosted many events apart from U of L football, among them soccer matches, including fixtures for the US women's national team; concerts; auto shows; and the annual DCI Louisville drum & bugle corps competition, hosting several corps from the midwest. Serenades in the Park Concert Cancelled-Petros Lake Park. On September 12, 2017, it was announced that a site near Laney College and the Eastlake neighborhood had been chosen for the new ballpark (tentatively called Oakland Ballpark) with the A's proposing to construct a 35,000 seat stadium on the site of the college's administrative buildings which the A's would relocate to a spot of the college's choosing. This ultimately led to more redevelopment of on-campus parking lots, turning them into various athletic facilities. After the approval of $750 million from the state of Nevada and backing from Bank of America after Adelson pulled out of the project, the Raiders submitted papers for relocation to Las Vegas in January 2017, and on March 27, 2017, the Raiders' relocation to Las Vegas was approved. The official seating capacity in the quasi-horseshoe-shaped facility was [90], In December 2019, Alameda County officials announced the sale of the county's interest in the stadium to the Oakland A's baseball club, saying the $85 million deal would allow the county to pay off its share of the debt. This was done in order to potentially allow more Raiders games to be televised locally, as games are blacked out if less than 85% tickets are sold. A new American Sign and Indicator scoreboard and message center was installed behind the left field bleachers, while the original right field scoreboard was replaced with a manually operated out-of-town scoreboard. ", "Raiders cross finish line for final season in Oakland", "Oakland Raiders vs. City of Berkeley, 65 Cal. In 2018, the A's created a brand new destination indoor/outdoor bar concept in the left field corner called The Treehouse. ; Ravens Stadium: A Dozen Years of Betrayal, Anger and Frustration Exorcised With a Shovel", "Heinz Field - Pittsburgh Steelers Stadium", Ravens to M&T Bank Stadium: 'Who loves ya, baby? This, combined with the hill that was built around the stadium to create the upper concourse, means that only the third deck is visible from outside the park. The stadium complex cost $25.5 million ($213million adjusted for inflation) to build and rests on 120 acres (49ha) of land. First Downs. ', "Ravens Replace Artificial Turf at M&T Bank Stadium", "Redskins vs. Ravens - Game Recap - December 7, 2008 - ESPN", "A Typical Ravens Success: With Grit and Without Fear", "Navy Feels Snubbed By Terps; What Else Is New? In the end, the plaza in front of the main entrance to the Ravens' stadium was named "Unitas Plaza", complete with a bronze statue of the Hall of Famer. The tarp remains on the football-only Mt. Often referred to as "Ravens Stadium" or "The Bank",[8] M&T Bank Stadium officially opened in 1998 and has been praised for its fan amenities, ease of access, concessions and other facilities. Both plans went nowhere. [26][27], On February 25, 2021, M&T Bank Stadium became the third mass vaccination site in the state of Maryland, inoculating residents against COVID-19. Fans booed the team as they exited the field for the last time. The stadium is immediately adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles.Often referred to as "Ravens Stadium" or "The Bank", M&T Bank Stadium Biggest concert in the stadium's history. [citation needed], With the Miami Marlins opening their own ballpark in 2012, the stadium became the last remaining venue in the United States that hosted both a Major League Baseball and a National Football League team. The new stadium would have been located across 66th Avenue from the Coliseum in what is currently an industrial area north of the Coliseum. Seat widths for the lower and upper bowls of the stadium vary from 19 to 21 inches, due to the curve design of the stadium, while the padded club seats range from 21 to 23 inches respectively. [67] The Coliseum hosted the 1967 and 1969 AFL championship games. The bank had recently entered the Baltimore market with its purchase of Allfirst Bank. The park would have held 35,000 fans, making it the smallest park in the major leagues. From 1988 to 1990, the venue saw three more World Series. We expect water to recede over the weekend. Most notably, Cardinal Stadium is the regular host of two major city rivalriesthe Catholic rivalry between St. Xavier and Trinity, which regularly draws crowds in the 35,000 range; and the Male-Manual game, a public-school battle which is the longest running, continuously played high school football rivalry in America. 3. WebMadison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylvania Station.It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden"; the first two (1879 and 1890) After each Win, Louisville players walk around the stadium and give each fan a high-five. WebWATCH: 1-year-old girl accidentally locked inside car frees herself under mom's direction The Coliseum features an underground design where the playing surface is not only below ground level, it is 21 feet (6.4m) below sea level. John Schnatter, a native of nearby Jeffersonville, Indiana, donated $5 million for the naming rights to the stadium, which he used to christen the venue for his Papa John's Pizza chain. The expansion was scaled down from the original plans with about 13,000 additional seats (1,725 of which are higher-priced club seats) and 33 suites instead of the originally planned 70. [66] On May8 of that year, Catfish Hunter pitched the ninth perfect game in Major League history at the Coliseum. McAfee was offered a renewal of the naming contract in 2008, but it was declined. For over three decades (19661998), the stadium was first known as OaklandAlameda County Coliseum. In high school football, it has hosted a local event known as the Ray Adams Charger Classic, plus various other games. Read over special instructions and welcome letter. Their performance was recorded and released as a double LP set entitled Live: P-Funk Earth Tour. In 2006 the $10 million Trager Center, an indoor practice facility opened just north of the Schnellenberger Complex, providing a dry and warm area to allow undisrupted practices in Louisville's highly variable weather. The Raiders were granted an injunction from the city collecting the tax, arguing that the tax was a regulatory measure rather than a revenue measure, and was therefore an improper regulation on land held in trust by the Regents of the University of California. Your Stark Parks works to ensure the long-term viability of the Park District through annual fundraising activities and the passage of levy initiatives. It will house all academic functions for the university's athletic department and place classes for student-athletes under one roof. Baseball was also a major factor in the planning of the Coliseum. Every Thanksgiving, Loyola Blakefield and Calvert Hall College also square off in what has now been called for many years as the Turkey Bowl, usually reaching up to 13,000 people in the audience. This led to pipes leaking out puddles of sewage into the showers, offices, visitor training room and storage areas on the clubhouse level of the stadium, all of which are 3 feet (0.91m) below sea level. Please create a new user account if you wish to sign up for upcoming programs or reserve park shelters. The stadium was named for old Cardinal Stadium, which was located at the Kentucky Exposition Center, but with corporate naming rights formerly providing a prefix to the main name. The Raiders played their first game at the stadium on September 18, 1966. [8], The stadium was christened on September 5, 1998; the Cardinals lost the opening game to the Kentucky Wildcats 6834[9] but won all other home games that year. After each game, regardless of a win or loss, the team gathers in front of the student section and Cardinal Marching Band to sing the school's Alma Mater and fight song, "Fight! Ground was broken for the new stadium in mid-1996, shortly after the arrival of the Ravens. The change was a reaction to Schnatter using a racial slur on a Papa John's conference call.[10]. The stadium hosted Nitro Circus Live on July 9, 2016. [101] For instance, Lew Wolff wanted to go to dinner on June 12, 2013 (while the A's were on the road) at one of the Coliseum's restaurants, only to discover that food service had been halted due to a sewage leak in the kitchen.[102]. It would remain covered except if they made the World Series. The music video for the Huey Lewis & the News song "Jacob's Ladder" was shot at a concert at the Coliseum on December 31, 1986. However, the A's said that they remain committed to staying in Oakland, and will continue their efforts to get the new ballpark built. WebRead latest breaking news, updates, and headlines. Baltimore City College used to play Baltimore Polytechnic Institute every November, in one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States. Copyright 2022 Stark Parks. According to Coliseum officials, the stadium's aging plumbing system was overtaxed after a six-game homestand that drew close to baseball capacity crowds totaling 171,756 fans. [100], This was not the first time sewage problems cropped up at the stadium. [citation needed], The Coliseum was also used for scenes in the 2011 film Moneyball. [16] The Port of Oakland played a key role in selection of the East Oakland site. [84] In 2017 The New York Times called the Coliseum "a bland, charmless concrete monstrosity" that "isn't worthy of preservation perhaps America's most hated sports stadium". "[17] Nahas had to be a diplomat dealing with the egos of Raiders owner Al Davis, Athletics owner Charles O. Finley, and Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli. It contains several large ball rooms and is rented out for receptions to bring in additional revenue. [24][25][26] However, due to a contract dispute with the Athletics regarding the Overstock/O.co naming rights deal, the A's continued to refer to the stadium as the OaklandAlameda County Coliseum in all official team communications and on team websites. [16][full citation needed]. [46] However, the A's have eyed a possible move to Las Vegas if they can't get a new ballpark built in Oakland with team officials, Kaval and Fisher organizing multiple trips to the Las Vegas area and selecting the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and resort as the site for a new venue should they relocate. The stadium holds the distinction of hosting the most concerts by The Grateful Dead with 66 shows between 1979 and 1995.[82]. There is also standing space for 2,500 people on the new Norton Healthcare Terrace located on the south end (closed end) of the horseshoe-shaped stadium. Players and coaches are dropped off by bus on Central Avenue above the Card March tunnel, and greeted by screaming fans and cheerleaders as they walk down the stairs and through the tunnel leading to the stadium. WebLets get to work. 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