I was there the same time as you but class of 86. My program, Industrial Design, was in the pool building you mention. The next year they e1qmptied the pool and then a few years later tore that building down. I also worked at Carrier Dome for concessions. It was a fun job. I worked in residential security and proctor exams. I remember those concerts you mention and got to see Pink Floyd. Remember Vanessa Williams was chosen Miss America? Those were some good times.
I never saw Pink Floyd. I saw The Who and The Rolling Stones there but I was going to SUNY Morrisville at the time. At the time(84-85) SUNY ESF was a Junior, Senior and Graduate School only. I saw The Grateful Dead at least twice. I worked one of the dead shows. We used to hire the SU football team for security to stand in front of the stage.
Bruce Springsteen seemed like a regular guy. Except he was about 5’7” and 140 pounds. However, he came out and introduced himself to everybody. He shook everyones hand. His girlfriend at the time was some pretty B list TV actress. She wanted nothing to do with us. She was very standoffish. That weekend me and another guy got paid to SLEEP on the stage in the dome just guard their instruments.
I still have his harmonica. The other guy got Bruce’s hand written song/set list.
Prince was maybe 5’ tall. He wore 6” platform shoes. His big mean looking body guards would not let us get near him. He never said a thing. We were more interested in Sheila E. She was one of his back up singers that had one hit. She was smoking hot though.
When we set up for the Grateful Dead, we would set up one locker room for Jerry. The other locker room for the rest of the band. In Jerry’s room we set up a folding chair, card table and a lamp. Nothing else. we figured he was in there shootin Heroin. Most of the other bands had specific lists of items that were required in their “green room” prior to the show. Most were certain brands like Coke , no Pepsi because they were sponsoring the tour.
I lived my junior year in those terrible 2 bedroom concrete boxes on south campus we called Sky box. Concrete floors, walls and ceilings. Industrial carpet and industrial furniture. My Senior year, me and another 5 Stumpies rented a 6 bedroom dump out on Fellows Ave. That was out Euclid Ave about 10 blocks from campus. We rode bikes, took the bus and senior year I had my Kawasaki KZ650.
I remember we had a Boy Scout masters dinner at the dome once. They served prime rib to 2500 people. For the next week I ate leftover prime rib every night. It sure beat generic macaroni and cheese 5 for a buck , limit 10 per customer.
Remember Venessa Williams. We (pretty much every other male on campus) had her Penthouse picture on the refridgerator in the kitchen of our house senior year.
I also remember Matt’s Beer balls. The plastic about 16” diameter ball full of beer. It was about 2 cases worth.
I also remember Friday nights at the Magnolia Café inside the little mall off Marshall Street. They would sell you a 60 oz fishbowl full of beer. You had to give them your license. By 8 o’clock the floor was covered with beer. I remember the bathrooms were disgusting by 7 o’clock.