Prior to this transition, there were discussions about relocating the school and merging with Princeton University, but the administration opted to remain independent.

Prior to the SuperSonics relocating to Oklahoma City, NBA commissioner David Stern favored and agreed with owner Clayton Bennett that Key Arena was not adequate enough for an NBA venue.

Prior to the Coaches All-America Game relocating to Lubbock, from 1961 to 1965, War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York, served as host and prior to relocating to Lubbock due to attendance issues, Atlanta Stadium hosted the game from 1966 to 1969.

Prior to relocating to Gansagi and building there for New Echota, since 1788 the Cherokee had used the nearby town of Ustanali on the Coosawattee River as the seat of the Cherokee people.

Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the Chicago Tribune brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of Colonel McCormick.

Prior to the advent of the railroad in the second half of the nineteenth century, the town's location on the river made for a thriving community ; it is reputed to have been the largest town between Chicago and Terre Haute at the height of its success.

Prior to 1918 T. G. Masaryk had lectured at the University of Chicago in 1902 and 1907.

Prior to recording TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan had recorded some 72 songs inspired by Chicago history for the largely acoustic ChicagoSongs project, which have yet to be released.

Prior to the close of the sale, WGN-TV was one of two Chicago commercial television stations ( not counting network-owned stations ) to have never been involved in an ownership transaction ( WCIU is the other, having been owned by Weigel Broadcasting since its launch in 1964 ).

Prior to the March convention, the Trotskyist " Socialist Appeal " faction held an organizational gathering of their own, meeting in Chicago, with 93 delegates gathering from February 20 – 22, 1937.

Prior to its merger with SBC Communications, Ameritech's corporate headquarters were in a leased space above the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on floors 34 through 39 of 30 S Wacker Dr, Chicago IL.

Prior to this, the first episode had never been aired outside of Chicago.

Prior to the show, Norm was born in Chicago, and moved to Boston to become an accountant, although he was a childhood friend of Cliff Clavin, and is a lifelong Boston Celtics fan who went to Boston Garden as a child.

Fearing signability problems, the Twins opted to take local talent catcher Joe Mauer, leaving Prior to be taken 2nd overall by the Chicago Cubs.

Prior and fellow right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood were dubbed " Chicago Heat " by Sports Illustrated, and the name stuck, as the twosome were dominant in leading the Cubs to an 88-win season and a division title.

Prior was non-tendered on December 12, 2007, ending his tenure with the Chicago Cubs.

He also walked 100 batters and surrendered 24 home runs, also career highs, but was selected as a National League All-Star and helped lead the Cubs to the playoffs as one half of " Chicago Heat " along with fellow pitcher Mark Prior.

Wood and Prior both made rehabilitation starts for the I-Cubs in 2004 and 2005 before returning to the Chicago Cubs ' active roster, and many Cubs players such as Derrek Lee, Daryle Ward, Alfonso Soriano, and Ryan Dempster have also made stops in Des Moines for rehab purposes.

Prior to demutualization it was associated with the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Prior to the court decisions in the United States in 1959-1966 that legalized the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer, and Fanny Hill, the book continued to be considered unprintable, and was circulated clandestinely in privately printed limited editions, one of which was printed in 1951 in Chicago from hand-set type by John Hecht for editor, Franklin J. Meine.

Prior to the 2003 season, Alou was named manager of the Giants, the team where he began his professional baseball career, replacing Dusty Baker who had left to manage the Chicago Cubs.

Prior to the construction of the Interstate Highway system, US 45 was one of the main routes south out of Chicago toward New Orleans, LA.

Prior to 1971, the Chicago to St. Paul leg of the train's route was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad via its mainline along the Mississippi River through Wisconsin.

Prior to the formation of Amtrak, the California Zephyr ( the CZ, or " Silver Lady ") was a passenger train operated jointly by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ( CB & Q ), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ( D & RGW ) and Western Pacific Railroad ( WP ).

Prior to the 2005 season, Hairston was traded to the Chicago Cubs ( along with Oriole prospects Mike Fontenot and David Crouthers ) for Sammy Sosa, thereby cementing Roberts's position as the Orioles ' starting second baseman.

Prior to Japan, he was a center fielder playing for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox from 1990-1995.

Prior to that, he attended Ben Snead's Albemarle County school with his sisters.

Prior to 1788, King George had told his daughters that he would take them to Hanover and find them suitable husbands despite misgivings he had, which stemmed from his sisters ' own unhappy marriages.

Prior to forming the band, the three sisters were telephone operators in Limburg, whilst Theunissen, Wetzles and Coumans were in a group called Scum.

Prior to the new recording sessions, the band toured Australia and New Zealand ( after a two-show night in Hong Kong ), played concerts in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and made several television, radio and live concert appearances in the UK.

Prior to this, Collura had played in his own band who'd toured with The Ataris.

A by-product of this gig was founding vocalist Gay Woods rejoining the band fulltime, partly because Prior was experiencing vocal problems, and for a while Steeleye toured with two female singers, and released the album Time 1996, their first new studio album in seven years.

In April and May 2006, Adrian toured Australia with local musicians John Prior from Matt Finish playing drums and Al Slavik playing bass guitar and Stick ( as well as singing backing vocals ).

Prior to its leap from the revue to the radio, the production toured and appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after which it was picked up by BBC Radio 4 for a pilot called The Oxford Revue Presents Radio Active.

Prior to its official April 15 opening, 60, 000 people toured the new facility during a two day open house event.

Prior to graduating with a degree in English from the University of Oxford in 1964, York had toured with the National Youth Theatre, also performing with the Oxford University Dramatic Society and the University College Players.

Prior to opening in the West End theater district of London, the play toured Blackpool, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester, where the frequently sparse audiences consisted primarily of elderly people who remembered Lawrence from her heyday.

Prior to the band's signing with Epic Records, they often toured the Florida roadhouse and bar circuit.

Prior to the release of Raven's second studio album Set Me Free in March 2007, she toured around The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom to help promote it.

Prior to the start of the 1959 – 60, Craig recovered his health and toured South Africa with a Commonwealth XI, where he scored 276 runs at 55. 20 including a century against a combined Transvaal XI.

Prior to 2008, he toured Spain extensively with his own company Ángel Corella & Stars of the American Ballet.

Prior to the following Australian summer, O ' Neill was part of an International Cavaliers team that toured South Africa.

Prior to their 2009 release of Re Minore Amiina toured with a drummer named Magnús Trygvason Eliassen ( usually referred to as Maggi ) who, together with Kippi Kaninus, joined the band on the EP.