Lax Final Four Tickets

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I'm having no luck getting through to anyone.

ebilmes
I'm having no luck getting through to anyone.

Same here.

The Bartels office says leave a message and the damn mailbox is full.

The Ravens ticket office line has been busy since 9.

Lines are jammed.

Occasionaly the ravens number connects to a data line.

Just got through and got my 4! Pumped for a weekend in B-more cheering on the Red! Not pumped for Memorial Day traffic through Jersey and Delaware...oh well. Good luck to those trying to get tickets, see you down there hopefully.

I just got through to the Ravens' number. They basically have behind the end zones in the lower bowl, and in the corners in the upper bowl. I asked him if Ticketshafter was holding the best seats for themselves, and he said no. They've sold 45,000+ seats so far. And while the stadium holds 70K, a big chunk of those are in the Club boxes, so you'd have to think it could be very close to being a sellout of the general public seats.

Note that they are not assigning specific seats. They are simply taking names and numbers and will use the next few days to assign the seats.

I also got through to CU, so they must be done going through the people who lined up at the window. Basically, they have an 800 ticket allotment and the requests of the players' parents get filled first.

My understanding is that I'm on the list with my credit card info and that will get processed. If they run out before filling my order, they'll notify me by phone by Wed. or Thurs.

I got through too and placed my order with Cornell. BUT Cornell explained these are not tickets. These are REQUESTS for tickets. First Cornell gives tickets to players and families. THEN... alumni, in order of the requests, get the balance of the ticks. BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOTEL RESERVATIONS. Make sure you can cancel. 48 hours in advance. Cornell will notify you by Wed if your REQUEST can't be honored.

One hopes that enough Hopkins fans will go outside the stadium to party on and that will give us some seating elbow room for game 2 Saturday. If Hopkins were to emerge not-victorious, I think the Cornell fans could have a pick of seats on the 50 yard-line.

You guys do realize that you can go to lax4baltimore.org and download a pdf which you can fill out and fax over to the ticket office? Worked for me...

Please know that the Cornell Ticket Office did have a certain amount of acutal tickets before it started taking requests on possible tickets. I was assured, after just calling back, that my call at 10:30 got tickets. Just an FYI for those who may panic or whatever. LGR!

Any chance any tickets are left?

Jacob '06
Any chance any tickets are left?

Guess so, I just got my 2.

CornellFan
I got through too and placed my order with Cornell. BUT Cornell explained these are not tickets. These are REQUESTS for tickets. First Cornell gives tickets to players and families. THEN... alumni, in order of the requests, get the balance of the ticks. BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOTEL RESERVATIONS. Make sure you can cancel. 48 hours in advance. Cornell will notify you by Wed if your REQUEST can't be honored.

They didn't say anything like this to me (~10:25am). The woman I talked to seemed to indicate that these were actual tickets that would be waiting for me in Baltimore.

When do we find out which starting time we'll have?

ebilmes
When do we find out which starting time we'll have?

Cornell-Duke at 2:30.

BTW, does anyone know if the packages we buy from the CU office are for the D1 games only? lax4baltimore.org & ticketmaster seems to indicate that the $65 tickets are 3-day passes, also described as "all-session", which I believe gets us into the Sunday Division II & III championship games.

Of note, our friend up Rt 13, SUNY Cortland is in the D-III Championship game in a rematch of last year's final vs. Salisbury State. Cortland won a stunner in OT to win the championship. Huge, huge upset, and Salisbury will be gunning for revenge.





and with Le Moyne College (located in Syracuse) in the D-II Championship game (also defending a 2006 Championship) vs. Mercyhurst, Central NY has a chance to take home all 3 divisions. The cherry on top would be to do it in the heart of Maryland.

RichH
BTW, does anyone know if the packages we buy from the CU office are for the D1 games only? lax4baltimore.org & ticketmaster seems to indicate that the $65 tickets are 3-day passes, also described as "all-session", which I believe gets us into the Sunday Division II & III championship games.

Of note, our friend up Rt 13, SUNY Cortland is in the D-III Championship game in a rematch of last year's final vs. Salisbury State. Cortland won a stunner in OT to win the championship. Huge, huge upset, and Salisbury will be gunning for revenge.





and with Le Moyne College (located in Syracuse) in the D-II Championship game (also defending a 2006 Championship) vs. Mercyhurst, Central NY has a chance to take home all 3 divisions. The cherry on top would be to do it in the heart of Maryland.

And Onondaga CC has won the NJCAA Championship for the second year in a row, with its second undefeated season.

I can't find it on their web site, but someone on laxpower posted yesterday that the Baltimore Sun reported "single session tickets will soon go on sale."

The tickets I got from the Ravens yesterday were for Saturday and Monday only. It was $10 off the 3-game package price.

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And Cornell just called me to say I in fact didn't get tickets. I'm kind of annoyed.

Jacob '06
And Cornell just called me to say I in fact didn't get tickets. I'm kind of annoyed.

Cornell called me to say the exact same thing. This is really disappointing.

I just got the same voicemessage. I'm on hold right now to talk to Gene...he was talking to someone else explaining what happened, and I think by now I've gotten disconnected.

Did anyone here that "ordered" tickets from Cornell actually get to buy tickets from Cornell.

I called right at 10:00 on Monday, when the box office was supposed to open. (Truth be told, it was 9:55; I cheated slightly). The ticket office staffer I spoke to this morning at first seemed surprised that my order wasn't processed. Then said that she thought none were processed. They had 800 tickets. Filled requests of player families first, which was about 250. Then filled lacrosse alumni requests and VIPs, which took the rest.

I know it's hard for Athletics to deal with the NCAA limited alottment. But, to not make any tickets available for sale to "regular" students and alumni? I was a disturbed and made nervous by the fact that there was no limit on tickets the general public could buy. When I placed my order, I theoretically cold have placed an order for 20 or 50, when they should cap it at 2 or 4.

I'd imagine for players, lax alumni, and VIPs it was the same thing. If someone wanted 20 tickets, they got 20 tickets. I understand the need to take care of the lax people, but there should be some limit.

So, again, anyone get tickets from Cornell? I guess I'll be on the phone with the Ravens for my tickets.

I also got a call last night from the ticket office explaining that they had run out of tickets by the time they got to my spot on the list.

I already have tickets that I purchased from the Ravens earlier this spring (upper level first row at about the 15 yard line or so), but I was trying to buy more for friends and family.

Josh 03
I called right at 10:00 on Monday, when the box office was supposed to open. (Truth be told, it was 9:55; I cheated slightly). The ticket office staffer I spoke to this morning at first seemed surprised that my order wasn't processed. Then said that she thought none were processed. They had 800 tickets. Filled requests of player families first, which was about 250. Then filled lacrosse alumni requests and VIPs, which took the rest.

I know it's hard for Athletics to deal with the NCAA limited allotment. But, to not make any tickets available for sale to "regular" students and alumni? I was a disturbed and made nervous by the fact that there was no limit on tickets the general public could buy. When I placed my order, I theoretically cold have placed an order for 20 or 50, when they should cap it at 2 or 4.

I doubt many people from the general public was successful. Like you, I began calling before 10:00 and got through about 20 minutes after that. I got tickets through the Ravens this morning and asked for seats near the Cornell allotment, so we'll see where that puts me. It's hard to justify limiting the number of seats available to families or alumni, but I'd be interested to know if there were any people who bought more than 20 at a time.

I haven't received a call yet re: my 4 tickets, though I called back that day, and was assured I got them. However, now I'm very nervous.

I don't think it's that hard to justify. It's pretty standard for athletes to be given a limited number of tickets. Above that, you hear stories about them buying large blocks (from ticket offices or open market) all the time.

I think it's really unacceptable to issue a press release about ticket sales to your fans, and then NOT SELL ANY TO THEM!

Josh 03

I think it's really unacceptable to issue a press release about ticket sales to your fans, and then NOT SELL ANY TO THEM!

I think that's why I'm pretty syre the release changed from "tickets will go on sale" to "ticket orders will be taken" sometime on Monday...

The problem I had was that when I called I said "Do you have any tickets left?" and the answer was "yes." If they had told me that I probably wasn't going to get tickets it wouldn't have been as big a deal.

Maybe this is how they should do the hockey line from now on. Just keep taking orders for days without any indication that seats have or may be sold out and then send a short email to the people whose tickets got taken up by those ahead of or more connected than them telling them they didn't really buy a ticket, they just placed an order and we overbooked. Then the only risk of bodily harm would be after the email goes out when the good folks in the fieldhouse can take a much deserved vacation.

I picked up our tickets this morning, put in my request in person on Monday at the Ticket Office, and we ended up w/4 seats in the Cornell Block, right on one of the corners, 3rd Row. They are for all 3 games. Priced on the tix as $30 Saturday, $10 Sunday, $25 Monday. 3 Individual tickets for each person, one for each day.

There were other people there picking up tix this morning, so obviously some people got them. Sounds like the players /band/ VIPs scooped up a big chunk of the 800 seats though.

L-J

In all the lax FF Hoopla, don't forget to apply for the 2008 Men's Frozen Four lottery! Applications due by June 1.

I'm thinking of going with 2 this year instead of the typical 4, as I just bought plane tickets for a summer vacation and its already going to be painful to watch the full CC balance come out of my checking account next month.

Just called the Ravens for more ticket info. They said that single-game tickets go on sale the day before each game. L-J's post would reflect the prices they're charging.

All-sessions are available for $65 in the lower bowl (goalline) and $55 in the upper bowl (18 rows up sideline).

Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

metaezra
Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

NCAA events like this limit the band to 25 players.

Section A Banshee

metaezra
Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

NCAA events like this limit the band to 25 players.

Which is ridiculous at a hockey regional venue holding 8k+, more ridiculous at a frozen four site holding 18k, and absolutely retarded in an NFL stadium holding 70k.

Chris '03

Section A Banshee

metaezra
Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

NCAA events like this limit the band to 25 players.

Which is ridiculous at a hockey regional venue holding 8k+, more ridiculous at a frozen four site holding 18k, and absolutely retarded in an NFL stadium holding 70k.

At least at the Frozen Four we had microphones.

... and at the Everblades, but that was under the table.

They should go with whatever the football band restrictions are in the case of a large football stadium like this.

Jacob '06
They should go with whatever the football band restrictions are in the case of a large football stadium like this.

They should also cover expenses like they do in football...

Section A Banshee

Chris '03

Section A Banshee

metaezra
Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

NCAA events like this limit the band to 25 players.

Which is ridiculous at a hockey regional venue holding 8k+, more ridiculous at a frozen four site holding 18k, and absolutely retarded in an NFL stadium holding 70k.

At least at the Frozen Four we had microphones.

... and at the Everblades, but that was under the table.

I suppose they could maybe mike the band this weekend too.

Jacob '06
They should go with whatever the football band restrictions are in the case of a large football stadium like this.

I assume you mean D-1AA, right? Cause there aren't any NCAA-organized D1-A football games.

Jacob '06
They should go with whatever the football band restrictions are in the case of a large football stadium like this.

and the should know what they are doing since the Ravens actually have a band during home games!

Josh '99

Section A Banshee

Chris '03

Section A Banshee

metaezra
Anybody know how large the band is going to be?

NCAA events like this limit the band to 25 players.

Which is ridiculous at a hockey regional venue holding 8k+, more ridiculous at a frozen four site holding 18k, and absolutely retarded in an NFL stadium holding 70k.

At least at the Frozen Four we had microphones.

... and at the Everblades, but that was under the table.

I suppose they could maybe mike the band this weekend too.

Perhaps they should mike the ref's whistles too. Screaming crowds at faceoffs work both ways.

Among the many items listed as prohibited in M&T Bank Stadium:

Cowbells

If you have not yet received word re: your ticket requests, you can call the Cornell ticket office and they will tell you whether you got tickets or not and can give you your seat locations. See everybody there!

I bought hard-to-find stadium parking passes for Saturday and Monday's games at M&T Bank Stadium from the Cornell Mid-Atlantic Regional Office -- and now I've discovered that I don't need them! They're in Lot O, right near the stadium, a hot tailgating permitted area. I bought 'em for $20 each and will sell for best offer (Mid-Atlantic Office said $20 each was "face," but I see no price on them; I've been told daily rates at garages are more than that). Send me a private message if you're interested.

Never mind, I've found a taker.