A day at the Stadium

The chairs have to be folded and taken away. The floor has to beremoved and hidden under the stands. The glass has to be installedand wiped clean.

Then the ice must be flooded twice and shaved to perfection.It's the facelift before faceoff, and it's a job that normallyrequires 25 men and three hours.

But after the Bulls' playoff game Sunday against the Miami Heat,40 men were employed to turn the Stadium from a basketball court toan ice rink for the Hawks' playoff game against the St. Louis Blues.

And immediately after the Bulls' victory, they stored the 300chairs and rolled up the red carpeting. The basketball floor wasremoved section by section - 256 in all - and wheeled away onflatbeds.

The plywood cover for the ice then was removed, the boards wereinstalled and the penalty boxes erected. Then the ice was given anextensive manicure.

The job was finished in just more than 2 1/2 hours.

The hardest part? "Getting the writers off the floor (after theBulls' game)," Hawks executive vice president Michael Wirtz said.