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One possible explanation for turning down Game Day: Berkeley ordinance requires noise variance for amplified sound exceeding 65 dBA, which requires at least 30 days advance application and ESPN asked less than 30 days in advance. The university may have been concerned that they either would be subject to the requirement or would at least cause a ruckus that the university could not afford because they had bigger fish to fry. I seem to remember a bunch of howling not too long ago over stadium lighting.

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/uploadedFil...16rev2.pdf

[82 Card]

One possible explanation for turning down Game Day: Berkeley ordinance requires noise variance for amplified sound exceeding 65 dBA, which requires at least 30 days advance application and ESPN asked less than 30 days in advance. The university may have been concerned that they either would be subject to the requirement or would at least cause a ruckus that the university could not afford because they had bigger fish to fry. I seem to remember a bunch of howling not too long ago over stadium lighting.

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/uploadedFil...16rev2.pdf