Prior to the building's opening the area around it was sprayed with chemicals to deter insect or animal life from approaching the facility.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to the United States ' involvement in the conflict, construction began on MacDill Field, the predecessor of present day MacDill Air Force Base.

Prior to the opening of Melching Field, the Hatters played at old Conrad Park on the same site, which also hosted spring training games in the 1940s and 1950s and the DeLand Red Hats, a Florida State League minor league franchise.

Prior to being renamed as Creech Air Force Base in 2005, the field was known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Air Field.

Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U. S. Army leased land near Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field, to service transient Army and U. S. Navy aircraft.

Prior to the Normandy campaign, the 11th Hussars were removed from the Division and assigned as a Corps-level unit in accordance with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's view that all armoured car regiments would be assigned to Corps, not Divisions.

* Prior, Nick, " Putting a Glitch in the Field: Bourdieu, Actor Network Theory and Contemporary Music ", Cultural Sociology, 2: 3, 2008: pp 301 – 319.

Prior to moving into Thompson Stadium, the Stapletons played in two temporary local parks: Stapleton Field and East Shore Oval.

Prior to moving to DSG Park in 2007, Colorado Rapids shared Mile High Stadium and then Invesco Field at Mile High with the Denver Broncos American football franchise.

Prior to the cessation of commercial air service, the route flown between Bush Intercontinental and Ellington Field was the shortest fixed-wing route flown in the United States at only.

Prior to the opening of Floyd Bennett Field in 1930, a compacted dirt runway existed on the island.

Prior to 1967, the Ducks typically played only three games a year on campus at Hayward Field ; the higher-attended games ( against

Prior to the construction of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, the island was considered as a site for a municipal airport.

Prior to this 1996 reconstruction, the northbound lane ran on the east side of Soldier Field while the southbound lane ran on the west side.

Columb Barracks was a major military base in the county housing the 4th Field Artillery Regiment and the HQ of the 54 Reserve Field Artillery Regiment ( Army Reserve ) formally the FCA ( 9 FAR ). Because of a Government Decision Columb Barracks is to be closed on the 30th March 2012 and the 4FAR is to be moved to Custume Barracks Athlone and the location of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiments HQ Battery and No 3 Gun Battery is unclear. This is the last Artillery Barracks in the Republic of Ireland and the largest barracks in the Irish Midlands. Prior to World War I Wellington ( Columb ) Barracks was the second largest recruiting barracks in the United Kingdom. On 28th March the 4 Field Artillery Regiment and members of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiment marched out of Columb Barracks for the last time as the Gate was locked by the Barrack Accountant CQMS Eamonn O ' Reilly.

Prior to the 2011 MLS season, the stadium was renamed Jeld-Wen Field from PGE Park, in a partnership with Klamath Falls, Oregon based company Jeld-Wen.

: Prior to this date popularly known as Tye Field and Tye Army Air Base

Prior to her work at the New Voters Project, Smith was an organizing director for Green Corps ' Field School for Environmental Organizing in Boston.

Prior to this Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt had ordered over half of the division to deal with a parachute landing on the coast near Lisieux which were found to be dummies from Operation Titanic.

Prior to that, the original Hitchin club played at Hitchin cricket ground, Ransoms Field and Dog Kennel Farm in nearby Charlton.

Prior to the Kohl Center, the basketball teams played at the Wisconsin Field House, while ice hockey was played at the Dane County Coliseum.

Prior to a 1994 remaster, each episode included a " teaser " at the top of the show, asking viewers to stay tuned for a clip from " today's four-part story.

Prior to the battle, the Flemish militia had either been ordered to take no prisoners or did not care for the military custom of asking for a ransom for captured knights or nobles ;

Prior to his sentencing, he sent an e-mail to supporters, asking for forgiveness and that they pray for a light sentence, also claiming that the sex with one of the young girls was " consensual ".

Prior to the July 2012 vote, State Senator Joe Simitian, Democrat-Palo Alto, expressed concerns about about financing needed to complete the project, asking:

Prior to leaving Mahallat, Hasan Ali Shah equipped himself with letters appointing him to the governorship of Kerman.

Prior to Kidd returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate, and that several English men-of-war were searching for him.

Prior to that his mother tutored him and he had learned, virtually by heart, a book called the Child's Guide to Knowledge, a popular book of the day — even as an adult he would quote from it.

Prior to the elections in 2001 Chiluba tried to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term.

For example, there is a story that at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the Prior of the Abbey at Durham received a vision of Cuthbert, ordering him to take the corporax cloth of the saint and raise it on a spear point near the battlefield as a banner.

Prior to the recording of their fourth album Burning from the Inside ( 1983 ) Peter Murphy was stricken with pneumonia, which prevented him from contributing much to the album.

Whatever the case, in the words of Barker's character Billy Prior, Rivers's experience was traumatic enough to cause him to " put his mind's eye out ".

Prior to this, Hrungnir had been drunkenly boasting of his desire to, amongst other things, kill all of the gods except Freyja and Sif, whom he wanted to take home with him.

Prior to the 2008-09 season opener, the Blackhawks named Toews, at 20 years and 79 days, as the new captain, succeeding the traded Lapointe and making him the third-youngest captain at the time of appointment.

Prior to Achilles ' entrance, Penthesilea had tried to fight Telamonian Ajax but he had merely laughed off her attempts, thinking her unfit to face him.

His personality reflects more modern, pragmatic attitudes and progressive ethics than those of his time, which often puts him in conflict with his brethren, particularly with his superior Prior Robert and Robert's clerk Brother Jerome, who disapprove of Cadfael for his casual attitude toward rules and for the privileges that are allowed him by their Abbot.

Prior to assuming office, Rosselló announced his intentions to remove Senate President Kenneth McClintock and be elected to replace him.

Prior to recording the song and to get into the mood, she requested Moroder to turn off the lights while they sat on a sofa with him inducing her moans and groans.

Prior to this literary assault Barnes had written a sonnet for Harvey's anti-Nashe pamphlet Pierces Supererogation ( 1593 ), in which he labelled Nashe a confidence trickster, a liar, a viper, a laughing stock and mere " worthless matter " who should be flattered that Harvey even deigned to insult him.

The veterinary surgeon Osmer, as quoted by Prior, described him in the following manner: " There never was a horse ( at least, that I have seen ) so well entitled to get racers as the Godolphin Arabian ; for, whoever has seen this horse must remember that his shoulders were deeper, and lay farther into his back, than those of any horse ever yet seen.

Prior to the incident, Warren had not seen him since the divorce.

Prior to the establishment of official rules by the Afghan Olympic Federation the sport was mainly conducted based upon rules such as not whipping a fellow rider intentionally or deliberately knocking him off his horse.

Prior thereto, the show's credits listed him as " Edward Windsor.

Prior to the battle, Richard is visited by the ghosts of his victims, all of whom tell him to " Despair and die!

Prior to the taping, however, a " sloppy " stage hand, at the request of drummer Keith Moon ( who allegedly bribed him with a bottle of whiskey ), had overloaded Moon's kick drum with gun powder.

Prior to her combat with Talbot, he exclaims, " Devil or devil's dam, I'll conjure thee ./ Blood will I draw on thee – thou art a witch –/ And straightway give thy soul to him thou serv ' st " ( 1. 6. 5 – 7 ).

Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, nevertheless made him his chaplain, and gave him the living of St Mary, Swaffham Prior, which he held till 1626.

Prior to a discussion of his raids against the Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands, Halsey told the young midshipmen before him, " Missing the Battle of Midway has been the greatest disappointment of my career, but I am going back to the Pacific where I intend personally to have a crack at those yellow bellied sons of bitches and their carriers ," to the rousing applause of the assembled midshipmen.