But Mr Obama decided to move it to a local sports stadium that has room for 75, 000.
"It is kind of the sports version of a room of one's own, " says Susan Nour, who skates for Egypt's CaiRollers.
The fans cite evidence of other grounds, overseas and in other sports, where standing room is allocated, and where seats can be installed temporarily to allow for European competition regulations.
Monster maquettes were crammed atop bookshelves, like sports trophies in a locker room.
They divided the north wing, originally a ballroom, into a media room with a large-screen television and a room decorated with sports memorabilia, a bar and a pool table.
You can watch music videos on a 50-inch plasma TV in the MTV Booth, or go gaming at the XBOX Kinect Room, a new sports experience that uses your voice and facial expressions to play table tennis, beach volley and even participate in track and field events.
Commenters also wondered what Coy's former classmates think, asking what would happen if Coy later wanted to play sports and use the girls' locker room.
Simpson, 63, is now serving a 33-year sentence with the possibility of parole after nine years for 10 convictions relating to an armed confrontation over sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room.
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Though more Americans are catching TV shows on mobile devices like tablets in bedrooms, kitchens, even bathrooms, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, people still want a big set in a big space like the living room for watching movies, sports or special events together.
Basketball is one of the biggest sports in the world but there is still plenty of room for it to grow to new heights.
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Additionally, a 2002 survey by MassMutual Financial Group and Oppenheimer Funds (From the Locker Room to the Boardroom: A Survey on Sports in the Lives of Women Business Executives) revealed 80% of the women executives surveyed played sports growing up.
Sports fans can watch their hometown teams' live games from another room in the house on a tablet, or in another country as the action happens.
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The YPS-3050 fits neatly underneath a flat-panel television and gives consumers a space-efficient option to installing multiple speakers throughout a room for immersive audio for watching movies, television and sports programming.
The external review, which will be conducted by former Justice Department official Kenneth L. Wainstein, a Washington attorney perhaps best known in sports for representing Gilbert Arenas after he brought guns to the Wizards locker room and confronted a teammate.
The problem started that first day of high school when I was transformed from a skinny kid who nonetheless enjoyed all kinds of sports into a punching bag for 250 pound football players assured that the locker room was a no-penalty zone.
While the sports beverage industry has seen significant growth, the question remains of whether there is enough room for all parties.
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He shuffles into a large airy room where a team of designers and marketers await with a new line of action sports apparel.
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But when it comes to team quality vs. ticket price (about 20 bucks apiece, on average, less than what a Sox fan pays for standing room at Fenway), the Rays probably offer the best value in all of sports.
Every one of us who are here in this room will do whatever it takes to make sure that our own kids get access to sports and music and arts and recreation.
Though it was built in 1943, it sports a faux late-Victorian facade (added by Vos) that gives way to a spacious waiting room where ceiling fans rotate above potted palms.
In one experiment, undergraduates came up with nearly 25% more connections between different sports, such as chess and basketball, when sitting in a loft-like space than in a room with an 8-foot ceiling.
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So while I spent my weekends writing essays with a room full of Poindexters who preferred the thrills of multiple choice test taking to tossing around a sports ball, I maintained a healthy social life, which, to my naive mind, also meant picking up a couple of bad habits.
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