CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Graham Memorial Crowd Wrecks Field
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The huge Golden Gate Park memorial concert for rock promoter Bill Graham was a grand success--except for the grass. Park officials say that the estimated crowd of 300,000 mauled and compacted the polo field so badly that it will be closed to public use for up to a month. The crowd gathered last Sunday to honor Graham, who was killed Oct. 25 in a helicopter crash. The crowd crushed gopher burrows that honeycomb the ground under the field.
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