AP -- Moscow, ID October 7th, 2008  


U of I To Roll Renovations With Good Business

There will soon be a new "buzz" over at the University of Idaho.

The Vandals have announced today that a partnership between INEL and independent entrepreneur C. "Monty" Burns has been reached in aiding the renovations of the University's landmark stadium, the Kibbey Dome.  Burns has agreed to a deal rumored to be worth millions to "rip the lid off" the old dome. 

Construction, or de-construction, will begin promptly after the Idaho/BSU game later this fall.

Burns, a business man from Springfield, OR, will be removing the aluminum roof of the dome and covering all expenses for the project with his own private fortune.  The materials removed from the Kibbey Dome will be used to start a brewery in Moscow.  An estimated 17,000,000 cans of beer will be made and sold at home games, each with a familiar picture of the Palouse adorning the can.  Initial projections indicate the 17,000,000 cans will last at least through next years home opener.

INEL had also been interested in the raw materials removed from the dome with the intention of using the aluminum to store toxic waste.  Burns, who owns his own nuclear power plant, plans to use the radioactive waste to help pastuerize the beer.  INEL will help provide initial funding of the project in exchange for Burns' creative elimination of nuclear waste and of what is widely thought of state wide as an eye sore.

"Kibbey Beer will likely become a contender on the world beer stage," a representative of Burns said Tuesday.  "The rich fertile palouse, couple with perrenially not-well played football will make this venture very profitable for all parties involved."  When asked what impact a resurgence of good Vandal football would have, the representative had only this to say, "Mr. Burns is here to fill a need, and he is heroically filling three.  The Dome's roof will be removed.  Toxic waste will be eliminated.  Beer will be available for consumption win or lose.  You think there won't be drinking after a Vandal win?"

On a seperate note, the University has decided to keep the walls that once held the mighty dome in place.  Sources from inside the University claim that it would be just like the good ole U of I to have walls with no roof...