Nebraska regent suggests putting fans'... ashes under Memorial Stadium? Why the idea was DOA

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A University of Nebraska regent has proposed a way for lifelong Cornhusker fans to carry their support into the afterlife.

When Memorial Stadium undergoes its next renovation, Regent Barbara Weitz of Omaha suggested building a columbarium under the football field where departed fans can have their ashes inurned.The idea might be dead on arrival. Her fellow regents laughed at the proposal at a recent meeting.Weitz acknowledged she made her pitch light-heartedly but didn't think any proposal should be dismissed out of hand with the university facing a $58 million budget shortfall.

It's somewhere they would much rather go to remember their loved one than a graveyard that they spent little or no happy times in. If you want to be mourned, choose a graveyard. If you want to be celebrated, choose a sports ground."Real estate developer Whit Suber has been trying to get approval from University of South Carolina leaders to build an above-ground columbarium across the street from Williams-Brice Stadium, home of the football team.

 

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