UND vs Cornell in Jan.

I plan on coming up to see the Fighting Sioux play up at Cornell, any advice on how to get tickets, where to stay, best places for pre-game activities and post game would be appreciated. Thanks for any advice, good luck to you all on your season.

This is pretty accurate, if old:
[www.chtg.net]

It's pretty right on hotels, attractions (though there's more too), & tickets (I'll re-emphasize looking on this forum for tickets). Also, you should be able to call the ticket office and see if they have single-game tickets left once the season ticket sales are over. It sells very well, but it's not sold out well in advance all the time like it used to be.

The one area I wouldn't agree with on that site is restaurants. It mostly mentions bars & doesn't do Ithaca justice. Instead I'd suggest starting here:
[dining.14850.com]
And the rest of 14850.com is very good too (thanks Mark!)

Step 1: Drive to Canton, NY.
Step 2: Pizza Hut.

That's really all you need to know.

Visiting teams get a ticket allotment, so you might want to call UND and find out how they will be distributing theirs.

DeltaOne81
The one area I wouldn't agree with on that site is restaurants. It mostly mentions bars & doesn't do Ithaca justice.

You got somethin' against bars?

Robb
Step 1: Drive to Canton, NY.
Step 2: Pizza Hut.

That's really all you need to know.

The same guy must own the pizza huts in Canton and Hamilton.

I usually get tickets through UND but the people I knew have since left, so we'll see about this year. I was more looking at where to get some drinks/food before the game, for someone who graduated college a year ago.

If you want food and drinks that are close to the game, Ruloff's in collegetown is a good bet. Its a typical bar & grill place so you have your burgers etc. A lot of people also like the nines further down college ave which has deep dish pizza, but typically very slow service so keep that in mind if you go there. For hotels it all depends how much you want to spend, but the best western on east hill plaza is a reasonably priced decent hotel that is very close to campus. After the game, hockey fans tend to go to Dunbar's for drinks.

Jacob '06
After the game, hockey fans tend to go to Dunbar's for drinks.

You know, I don't know that I've ever seen fans of other teams at Dunbar's. The folks in GF were generally friendly to us after the games there last season, so hopefully folks in Ithaca will do the same.

If you have wheels, the Ithaca Ale House is a good location both before and after the game. They have an excellent beer list, full bar and good food. Oftentimes, I see fans of opposing teams dining at Kilpatrick's which is located in the Hilton Garden Inn. Again, you pretty much need a car for this spot as well.

Josh '99

Jacob '06
After the game, hockey fans tend to go to Dunbar's for drinks.

You know, I don't know that I've ever seen fans of other teams at Dunbar's. The folks in GF were generally friendly to us after the games there last season, so hopefully folks in Ithaca will do the same.

The crowd at the Chapter House tends to be somewhat older, and therefore might also be more mature about welcoming visiting fans.

If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

Plus, FLA!

jtwcornell91

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

Plus, FLA!

Does anyone even know what FLA is?

Well, Dunbar's is the hockey team's bar. So, after the Saturday game, the players will be there. If Cornell wins, you can be a friend there; if the Sioux win, there could be a bit of friction. If you play it low key, though, I doubt there could be any trouble.

dietlbomb

jtwcornell91

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

Plus, FLA!

Does anyone even know what FLA is?

Probably some European soccer channel. Or, hopefully, free laundry available.

I forgot about the visiting team allotment, good call. LIsiouxfan, would the UND ticket office not mail you tickets? Do you really need to know someone on campus?

dietlbomb
Well, Dunbar's is the hockey team's bar. So, after the Saturday game, the players will be there. If Cornell wins, you can be a friend there; if the Sioux win, there could be a bit of friction. If you play it low key, though, I doubt there could be any trouble.

Seriously? Has our national bad attitude spilled into Dunbars? WTF?!? What happened to 'leave it in the rink'? When the game's over, we're all college hockey fans. Sure, if someone comes in acting like a asshat, there might be some friction, but assuming they're behaving like a halfway decent human being, they should be gladly welcomed.

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

If you're a college student or not that far off in years, the Hillside Inn is considered walkable (though not an easy walk). If you're in your 60s or even in your 30s or 40s with a bad knee or something, it's not walkable. It's 2/3rds of a mile uphill, much of which is at a significant grade. Be forewarned.

Also, unless things have changed drastically in the last 5 years, the phrase "the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn" is very scary <shudder>. Rather I'd say there's at least one B&B in Collegetown on College Ave, if you're so inclined.

Josh'99
You got somethin' against bars?

After the game? No. Before the game? Yes. At least the ones that don't also serve some good food, but since the Chariot closed, perhaps Rulloffs & the Nines are the only possibly acceptable bar food. But going to Ithaca just once and only eating at a bar is like going to NYC and only eating street hotdogs. Just a Taste, Thai Cuisine, Ithaca Bakery, Boatyard, Maxie's, Taste of Thai... in CTown there's Sangam, Aladdin's, CTB. All are excellent.

dietlbomb

jtwcornell91

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

Plus, FLA!

Does anyone even know what FLA is?

Yes, but if I told you then I'd have to kill you.

DeltaOne81

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

If you're a college student or not that far off in years, the Hillside Inn is considered walkable (though not an easy walk). If you're in your 60s or even in your 30s or 40s with a bad knee or something, it's not walkable. It's 2/3rds of a mile uphill, much of which is at a significant grade.

Hey, watch that. There are some of us old farts who can still walk, and some who even run hills. Seriously, it is a long walk, but certainly doable.

But going to Ithaca just once and only eating at a bar is like going to NYC and only eating street hotdogs.

Take it easy, Delta. Why don't you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while.

Despite DeltaOne's hyperbole, there are some good places to eat in Ithaca but it's not like it's a culinary mecca. If you're going to CTown, Rulloff's is the best place to go. If you're going downtown, the Thai places and Maxie's are a little more expensive then Rulloff's but good. There are fancier places in Ithaca, but it's not worth it unless you're celebrating something.

What would a Russian goaltender know?

Ithaca may not quite be a culinary 'mecca', but it is one of the most widely diverse culinary places you can find outside of major cities. And it has a variety of *excellent* dining options. As merely one of them, you aware that Thai Cuisine won best Thai in New York State, *including* NYC.

There are gems in Ithaca, if you never got out of CTown though, you may not know it. One of my favorite things about returning to Ithaca is the opportunity to visit some restaurants that I've yet to find matches for in other places I've lived.

What would a Russian goaltender know?

Pierogies. Lots and lots of pierogies. And borscht. Bland food...mmmmm

And thank you for taking my snark in stride. To be fair, I did say the Thai places and Maxie's were good. I enjoyed eating there, and didn't know it was so highly rated. I just think that other downtown Ithaca restaurants (Boatyard, Joe's, John Thomas, etc) are overrated. Everytime I ate at one of the "traditional" places I felt like I was being taken advantage of, but at least I knew that before hand...what, too soon?

Jim Hyla
Hey, watch that. There are some of us old farts who can still walk, and some who even run hills. Seriously, it is a long walk, but certainly doable.

Heh. My father (hockey content: he's a season ticket holder) just finished 365 days in a row of 10,000 steps per day and is about to run his 14th(?) USMC Marathon this fall. I'd bet he can out-walk most undergrads. And my mom beats him in the marathons...

Jim Hyla

DeltaOne81

imafrshmn
If you want to be within walking distance of Lynah rink without paying a crapload for the Statler Hotel, the best you can do is stay at the Hillside Inn. It's near Collegetown, so you can easily get back on foot if you decide to partake in the nightlife.

If you're a college student or not that far off in years, the Hillside Inn is considered walkable (though not an easy walk). If you're in your 60s or even in your 30s or 40s with a bad knee or something, it's not walkable. It's 2/3rds of a mile uphill, much of which is at a significant grade.

Hey, watch that. There are some of us old farts who can still walk, and some who even run hills. Seriously, it is a long walk, but certainly doable.

Jeez. The Hillside Inn is already partway up the hill. My 59 year old mother and her 62 year old neighbor walk up the hill to Cornell from Falls St (all the way at the bottom of the hill) every day for work.

I walk up the hill from Gimme Coffee on Cayuga St for hockey games (I'm 37). It's not a really big deal.

The Best Western at East Hill Plaza is just about 1.5 miles away on a reasonably flat route. That's just under a 30 minute walk for most people, I guess. The way traffic flows after a game, you'd probably get back faster walking than driving. (Of course, this would make it difficult to go downtown or to Collegetown for post-game festivities).

Just walk people, walk. Save the environment, improve your health, glory in the beauty of the outdoors.

(Yeah, I'm a little fanatic about it...but I'm not as bad as my mom.)

CK

tretiak
And thank you for taking my snark in stride. To be fair, I did say the Thai places and Maxie's were good. I enjoyed eating there, and didn't know it was so highly rated. I just think that other downtown Ithaca restaurants (Boatyard, Joe's, John Thomas, etc) are overrated. Everytime I ate at one of the "traditional" places I felt like I was being taken advantage of, but at least I knew that before hand...what, too soon?

I was slightly annoyed, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt .

I happen to think Boatyard is very good, but I haven't been there in years, so I can't comment recently. It's not on the top of my 'revisit' list, and it seems to always be the top one I don't get too.

But I agree with you on Joe's (fine, but nothing special - but I haven't been to since it closed & reopened) & John Thomas (overpriced, and I'm not a huge fan of steak anyway, but again, I haven't been there in a long time). Last I knew, Taughannock was similarly priced, except that price gets you 4 courses, not one piece of meat with sides extra.

Not everything's a gem, not by far, but there are a good handful that are.

Anyway, my only real point was, if spending 2 or 3 days in Ithaca, you're missing out if you limit yourself to food at bars, not that the best might not worth a meal or two as well.


P.S. On the walking thing, you've all made your points that most people on Social Security are in better shape than me . Even in college the haul from West to Lynah - which I did many many times - but was good haul. You're right though, I overstated it... it's walkable, but it's not an leisurely stroll, it's a good bit of exercise.

And there's one thing you're missing... this will be early January. It's likely to be freezing and icy or snowy. Not a lovely early September day.

DeltaOne81
And there's one thing you're missing... this will be early January. It's likely to be freezing and icy or snowy. Not a lovely early September day.

Freezing? Icy? Snowy? Where is the problem?

The guy said he went to NORTH DAKOTA. All of North Dakota is north of the most northern point in New York, I think he has seen weather worse than Ithaca.

CalgAri and I were in Grand Forks last November. After the Friday game, we discovered East Grand Forks which is across the river in Minnesota (go figure)! Collegetown is a bit like East Grand Forks except the restaurants are better in Collegetown. The beer and the bars are similar. In all:
- Ithaca is far more cosmopolitan than GF.
- There are many ethnic restaurants in Collegetown and all over Ithaca that we certainly couldn't locate in GF.
- Ithaca has hills. Quote from a local in GF. "Grand Forks is so flat, you can watch your dog run away from three days!"
- In flying into GF, the only large visible structures are the hockey rink and the railyard!

I think you'll like Ithaca and Cornell. Lynah is VERY different from Engelstad. It's smaller and louder. The fans are closer to the action.

Larry '72

Larry72
- Ithaca has hills. Quote from a local in GF. "Grand Forks is so flat, you can watch your dog run away from three days!"

This fact might make the walk from the Hillside Inn to Lynah a little significant for our visitors.

Larry72

I think you'll like Ithaca and Cornell. Lynah is VERY different from Engelstad. It's smaller and louder. The fans are closer to the action.

Larry '72

And we have a band and don't play Phil Collins music while our team skates out. Still one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced.

That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

Why just limit it to sports? Germany-France, India-Pakistan?

Dpperk29

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

Why just limit it to sports? Germany-France, India-Pakistan?

The Germans don't consider that a rivalry. Hell, the French aren't even competitive .

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants, but I think he's got it wrong in this case. Because the ND team is the one on the Minnesota border, everyone on the ND side (and possibly the Minnesotans near Grand Forks) is going to hate UM and a rivalry is born.

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

Sept. 9th...the last time the OP commented in this thread, yet we go on and on. Anyone know why? Are we really that pathetic? Are we just dying to talk about anything related to CU Hockey?...or, what???

releck97
Sept. 9th...the last time the OP commented in this thread, yet we go on and on. Anyone know why? Are we really that pathetic? Are we just dying to talk about anything related to CU Hockey?...or, what???

Wow, are you new here? What kind of a comment/ question is this?

Dpperk29

DeltaOne81
And there's one thing you're missing... this will be early January. It's likely to be freezing and icy or snowy. Not a lovely early September day.

Freezing? Icy? Snowy? Where is the problem?

The guy said he went to NORTH DAKOTA. All of North Dakota is north of the most northern point in New York, I think he has seen weather worse than Ithaca.

While this is true, North Dakota is incredibly flat. I'm sure they know how to drive in snow, but do they know how to walk up icy hills? Not necessarily.

Dpperk29

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

Why just limit it to sports? Germany-France, India-Pakistan?

Liechtenstein-Andorra?

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

CKinsland
Just walk people, walk. Save the environment, improve your health, glory in the beauty of the outdoors.

Josh '99

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

Just because the team claims to represent an entire state doesn't make it so.

What Phil Collins tune do they play?

TimV
What Phil Collins tune do they play?

In the air tonight, and they don't even come out on the ice at the drum solo. It actually got me anti-pumped up about the game.

Jacob '06

TimV
What Phil Collins tune do they play?

In the air tonight, and they don't even come out on the ice at the drum solo. It actually got me anti-pumped up about the game.

Yeah, it was kind of mellowing more than anything else.

KeithK

Josh '99

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

Just because the team claims to represent an entire state doesn't make it so.

That was OUR point!

ugarte

KeithK

Josh '99

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

Just because the team claims to represent an entire state doesn't make it so.

That was OUR point!

Yeah, I know.

KeithK

ugarte

KeithK

Josh '99

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

Just because the team claims to represent an entire state doesn't make it so.

That was OUR point!

Yeah, I know.

It's a good thing I like a lot of nested replies.

ugarte

KeithK

ugarte

KeithK

Josh '99

Jim Hyla

ugarte

Jim Hyla

Larry72
That part of the experience was quite surreal. As were the marble floors, skating cheerleaders and the rivalry with UMinn, even though GF is right on the border with Mn.

Yes, but aren't a lot, if not most, rivalries with your next door neighbor? UM-OSU, Ok-Tx, UNC-Duke, etc. ?

I think his point is that people so close to the Minnesota border might be Gopher fans, like South Jersey residents rooting for the Eagles instead of the Giants...

But then again, at least by name, no one in New Jersey has a home team in that sport.

OK, but the same holds true if you substitute "Flyers" for "Eagles" and "Devils" for "Giants".

Just because the team claims to represent an entire state doesn't make it so.

That was OUR point!

Yeah, I know.

It's a good thing I like a lot of nested replies.

Especially with a lot of one-liners. It looks so nice.