Jan 14th @ Princeton Tickets On Sale Today

[Q] ugarte wrote:

the Harvard fan doesn't like to leave Cambridge [/Q]

Maybe the "Harvard (sucks) fan" doesn't really exist, since he doesn't seem to show up in Cambridge either

Do like I do and linger in front of the Baker ticket window for a while before game time. I've been offered free tickets on at least 3 occasions.

There may be another reason - dare we use "logic" and "Harvard man" in the same breath? - for visiting fans not visiting in droves. If you drive 375 miles to Boston you get to see Cornell have a good chance at whipping the Cantabs and before, or afterward, you can go see Old Ironsides and have a nice seafood dinner. For the Harvard man driving to Ithaca, you'll get salt stains all over your Cayenne, the gorges are frozen solid, your team is likely to emerge the loser, and you will be treated rudely should you wear a Harvard sweathshirt. A foray to Laselle Junior College would be a wiser move and put less wear and tear on the car.

At least the players are protected by helmets, the plexiglas, and the threat of a two-minute home team minor.

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

There may be another reason - dare we use "logic" and "Harvard man" in the same breath? - for visiting fans not visiting in droves. If you drive 375 miles to Boston you get to see Cornell have a good chance at whipping the Cantabs and before, or afterward, you can go see Old Ironsides and have a nice seafood dinner. For the Harvard man driving to Ithaca, you'll get salt stains all over your Cayenne, the gorges are frozen solid, your team is likely to emerge the loser, and you will be treated rudely should you wear a Harvard sweathshirt. A foray to Laselle Junior College would be a wiser move and put less wear and tear on the car. [/q]

Way to insult Ithaca, Bill. Personally, the most beautiful I've ever seen some of the gorges is when they were frozen over, although technically you're not supposed to be there then

I dunno, for those of us who know the charms of Ithaca, all else being equal (including equi-distant), I'd probably visit Ithaca more often than I'd visit Boston - not that I don't think Boston's a great city too (and I do).

I think it has much much more to do with passion for hockey than any qualities of the cities.

You can look at the frozen falls, certainly, just not climb them. Which means you also don't get to look out from the summit of Buttermilk Falls and see the bleeping Home Depot orange roof across the Elmira Road. When I read the debate online, I thought it was just a bunch of whiny environmentalists carping about the inevitability of progress, and to me Home Depot and Amazon Tools are progress. But, damn, we climbed Buttermilk Falls ourselves last summer and it was kind of jarring to see civilization intruding.

But Joni Mitchell already said it better.

Ithaca can be gorgeous in winter especially just after the snowfall, before it turns gray and dirty. On a daily basis, what I think we all remember is cold, slush, slippery roads, and early nightfall. If you go back a long way you probably also remember walking back from the computer center, falling flat on your butt on a patch of ice, and losing your stack of lightly rubber banded punch cards. What's today's equivalent - your phone or iPod or ThinkPad sailing out of an unsealed backpack?

If it's hockey you want, Boston has more college hockey on any week than any other city in America. Just, alas, not Cornell hockey. I suppose that's reason enough to prefer Ithaca.

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

You can look at the frozen falls, certainly, just not climb them. Which means you also don't get to look out from the summit of Buttermilk Falls and see the bleeping Home Depot orange roof across the Elmira Road. When I read the debate online, I thought it was just a bunch of whiny environmentalists carping about the inevitability of progress, and to me Home Depot and Amazon Tools are progress. But, damn, we climbed Buttermilk Falls ourselves last summer and it was kind of jarring to see civilization intruding.

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It's sad that the view from the top of the hill is dominated by the garish white lights of Wal-Mart.

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
If it's hockey you want, Boston has more college hockey on any week than any other city in America. Just, alas, not Cornell hockey. I suppose that's reason enough to prefer Ithaca. [/q]

You may remember falling down, and I indeed do remember climbing the hill is 3 feet of snow without classes ever being cancelled when entire states were shut down, but in retrospect it's something I'm glad I did to bitch about it . But I also remember laying on the hill on beautiful May or summer nights, walking Cascadilla gorge from 'downtown' to College Ave, and all the other beautiful nature in my backyard. Not to mention being that close to some very fine wineries. There's plenty to complain about with the Ithaca weather, but on those rare days when it's good, or the not-so-rare days in the summer, there's no place nicer.

Food's better in Ithaca too, IMHO. Boston has good food, but somehow Thai Cuisine, Just a Taste, Boatyard (although that's been knocked recently), and CTB somehow form a perfect storm of the perfect food (honorable mentions for Maxie's, Taste of Thai, The Nines, Taughannock, old BistroQ (can't speak for the new version, though I'm sure it's lovely), and many others I'm probably forgetting).

I wasn't even counting the hockey factor, which in our biased opinoins of course gives Ithaca the edge - although I'm glad to be in an area near Boston where there is a lot of very good college hockey as well, but unfortunately, none of it's in Lynah .

And all that's high praise cause Boston is probably my second favorite city I've ever been to - not that I've seen more than a couple dozen US cities, so this isn't meant to be the end all be all.

Yes - every time ive been to the princeton games, there is always an inordinate number of EMPTY seats, however, they only sell STANDING room tickets. for which there are numerous seats to sit in. go figure
dont worry guys

It's October 25th, and tickets are still not online.

FYI, I emailed the Princeton ticket office, and they said "due to demand", the Cornell game will not be offered online.

Okay, so I know the rink will pretty much be 90% Cornell, but is there a 'home'/'season ticket subscribers' area that I may rather avoid? Or does it really not matter at all?

No, it doesn't matter.

Balcony 4 Row D Seats 7-9
Balcony 4 Row E Seats 7 -15
Balcony 4 Row F Seats 7-9

Way up in the back corner.

Did anyone else get their tickets? If so, where?

LGR!
Matt

I repeat. It doesn't matter.

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

FYI, I emailed the Princeton ticket office, and they said "due to demand", the Cornell game will not be offered online.

Okay, so I know the rink will pretty much be 90% Cornell, but is there a 'home'/'season ticket subscribers' area that I may rather avoid? Or does it really not matter at all?[/q]

I don't think I've shown up there with actual tickets in hand...the closest was buying someone else's ticket that they had... I shall be walking up to the ticket office at 6pm game day.

Other than Lynah, the only tickets I'd really worry about getting are Lynah East and Yale.

Got the bill today so called home and yes, i have a baker's dozen waiting for me. I'm happy they didn't take offense to me asking for seats "as close to the visitors section as possible", got a nice grumble for that from the lady taking my order

yes i know that it probably won't matter but i asked for it anyways, though on second thought it would have been fun being in the middle of a bunch of... oh wait... they don't really have fans do they?

except for Super-Mom

so are there still tix to pton? i'm in now.

[Q]so are there still tix to pton? i'm in now.[/q]Do people actually read these threads before posting? There are always tickets available for Princeton, at least SRO.

(Sorry, feeling a little grumpy this morning.)

Thank's to Princeton's voicemail system screwing up, I have two extra tickets, for seats not by each other.

The first set is for row A, 15-16, North side.
The second set is for row A, 37-38, North side.

I have no desire to scalp, and am quite willing to sell the tickets for face value.

P.S. Never been to the rink, but considering it's row A, the seats sound good.

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Beeeej

Ah, thank ya.

As you can see, kinda new. Wish I discovered this place when actually at Cornell.

"North 1"
Row B: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Row C: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

no idea where these seats are. i checked the princeton site for a seating chart but couldn't find one. anyone know where i could find one?

Baker Rink:
[www.tickets.com]

"Check out the Seat Maps for this venue:
Hockey Main"

Not particularly helpful, but better than nothing