This place would have been buzzing (literally, remember the buzzing?!) this afternoon with USD’s first home https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏈" title="American Football" aria-label="Emoji: American Football"> game of the season – bei DakotaDome
One of the 2 new entrances on the newly-renovated west side of the DakotaDome
Would have been a lot of tailgating going on ... but today, empty
On game days in Vermillion, the courtyard at The Heights (the swanky apartments across from the DakotaDome) is usually filled with students. Now, empty.

Stopped in there to chat with Seth Jones at the front desk.

“It’s really weird to not have any people out there.”
Stopped to chat with Rusty Jensen, who owns Leo’s Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Vermillion — “(game days) are why Leo’s is able to be Leo’s.”

Usually packed on Saturdays with fans who want to watch their teams play, and then many go cheer on USD
Putting a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎀" title="Schleife" aria-label="Emoji: Schleife"> on this thread: USD https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏈" title="American Football" aria-label="Emoji: American Football"> should be playing in the DakotaDome right now

Chatted earlier with A.D. David Herbster — “Disappointing, I’ll say, to not be able to show this off.”

#ColumnComing – bei DakotaDome
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