[jmdickens]

I went to Campus Church at TRBC last Wednesday for the first time and I was in the balcony......There was a large audience, and when the music was playing the balcony moved I thought I was nuts until my wife said something to me.

I am not taking a shot at anything or anyone; however that is a disaster waiting to happen. Either

1. The balcony needs some type of inspection b/c that sucker is coming down
2. The bass is too loud
or
3. Some LU students need to lose some freaking weight

[thepostman]

most balcony's are designed to do that these days...now I don't know anything about the TRBC balcony, but my guess would be its designed to sway.

[thesportscritic]

i was at TRBC for the 1100 am service yesterday and sat in the balcony and felt no such thing.

[thepostman]

well...campus church on wednesday is a bit more lively then sunday morning services...

[thesportscritic]

and i have sat in the balcony during campus church as well and i haven't felt a thing.

[jmdickens]

sit to the left of the switchboard.....

I glanced over and saw one of the monitors shaking....

[JDUB]

i heard they had to stop the david crowder concert because it was shaking so bad

[thesportscritic]

i'll try that next time and see what happens. i normally sit to the far right in the balcony for campus church.

[LUconn]

you saw a monitor shaking?


I'm pretty sure this is a brand new building and as with any other large occupancy building, was inspected to death before they were allowed to work with their hardhats off. I wonder if every community has such a distrust of structural engineering as the LU community does.

[jmdickens]

I am just posting what happened......

I thought it could be unsafe for future events.....what the heck

[LUconn]

it's just something to add to the list:

1. Demoss cant support any weight on the top 2 floors
2. A dorm is falling into the ravine (oops, that happened)
3. Dorm 33 has a bad foundation and is splitting in half
4. The Vines Center is also falling into the ravine.
5. The TRBC balcony is going to collapse

I'm sure there are more that I've never heard.

[Knucklehead]

I heard (from a very good source) that at the David Crowder concert the whole balcony was moving up and down 2 or 3 feet!
The wall cracked on one side that night.

[ATrain]

it's just something to add to the list:

1. Demoss cant support any weight on the top 2 floors
2. A dorm is falling into the ravine (oops, that happened)
3. Dorm 33 has a bad foundation and is splitting in half
4. The Vines Center is also falling into the ravine.
5. The TRBC balcony is going to collapse

I'm sure there are more that I've never heard.

Don't forget the entire East Campus sliding down the mountain

[RagingTireFire]

The monogram is actually the landing site for Jerry's personal UFO. This is true.

[LUconn]

Hey, unless it's going to collapse and send boulder's flinging onto the highway, that's not relavent. However I have heard that didn't even put in a foundation on that thing so it can't even support the weight of a standard UFO! Idiots!

[Knucklehead]

The spirit rock is cracked!

[bozlady]

. . . . . and then there's the FOC when they guys are down in the weight room throwing weights around . . . . . i literally have been thinking about checking with the Science dept., to see if they have a seismograph i can borrow . . . . .

[jmdickens]

the only one I belive is the TRBC b/c I experienced it myself.....

[ATrain]

There's also the tunnel thats caving in under 460

[AZjonz]

"If this church is a rockin' we hope you come a knockin'"


Ok, I'll leave now.

[jmdickens]

go experience it for yourself

[gymrat.chic]

The TRBC balcony was shaking during the David Crowder concert, but they didn't stop the concert because of that. The funniest part was that the sprinkler casings were falling out during and after though, (I was under the balcony) and I think a few people might have been hit as they came down! haha

[JDUB]

that could be a problem.
seriously though, I'm sure if there is a problem it is being looked into

[matshark]

so did they stop the david crowder concert? im confused...

[BJWilliams]

They didnt stop the concert. It did draw a lot of concerned looks from the folks standing under the balcony (myself included) who all were hoping it wouldnt fall down