Tuesday, April 11, 2000
Seats keep crew busy
65,600 put in, one at a time
By Dan Klepal
The Cincinnati Enquirer
When you take a seat at Paul Brown Stadium, you can probably thank Dave Corman.
Dave Corman, a union carpenter, has been working close to the ground lately installing bolts and bases for 65,500 stadium seats.
(Glenn Hartong photo)
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Mr. Corman has drilled more than 30,000 holes into the concrete seating bowls at the new football stadium, and tightened thousands of bolts to secure the plastic seat bases.
Most of the green seat backs — the team wanted green to make more of a “jungle” out of Paul Brown Stadium — will sport the Bengals logo. Only the padded seats on the club level will be without a logo.
Since November, Mr. Corman and a crew of 13 othershave been bending their backs and crawling on their hands and knees to put the seats in the 65,600-seat stadium.
It's a big, back-aching job the 30-year-old Harrison man has been doing.
“I really enjoyed the drilling part,” Mr. Corman said. “You get to work by yourself and nobody bothers you. The bad part of it is you're down on your knees a lot, bent over.
“Every job down here is tough on the back.”
Hamilton County is spending $5.44 million on the seats, which range from 19 inches to 21 inches wide. All will have cup holders.
So far, about 20 percent of the seats have been installed.
Bob Grace, project manager for Turner Barton Malow D.A.G., said the crew will more than double as the August deadline approaches. The stadium must be ready to host a game with the Chicago Bears Aug. 19.
Mr. Grace said he expects all the seats to be in by mid-July.
Emil Hagedorn, a 61-year- old Bridgetown man, has one of the easier gigs when it comes to putting the seats in. His job is to tap a small piece of rubber over the bolts so that they don't come loose.
“In my 34 years as a carpenter, I've carried around a lot of heavy stuff,” Mr. Hagedorn said. “I'd much rather be toting around a sack of these than a piece of plywood.
“Two taps and they're on.”
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