ELynah Forum

So, I was asked if I was such a weak fan that I would rather get a refund than stay and sit through games.  Hmmmm, I'm not going to answer that.  Let me turn it around on you.

I talked to the ticket office.  They gave us 2 choices.  There are plenty of seats left in E for all of us standers to stand with the undergrads and we can easily exchange our seats for the E ones.  But, we were told that G is a student section and we would be allowed to stand in G if we'd prefer to keep our seats there.

Now, the un-ignorant thing to do would be to peacefully take the seats in E.  Hell, they're better seats, not behind the safety net, and surrounded by fans who want to stand and yell and cheer with us.  We're almost definitely changing our seats.

But since I've already been called ignorant, there's this devious little part of me that wants to keep my group in G and stand through EVERY SINGLE GAME.  Oh, and I wouldn't even be considering this if it weren't for the way we were treated by the sitters on Friday.

So back to your question, oh champions of 'fair' sitting:  if the only tickets left for the public are in G (not sure if that's the case), is it worth getting a refund on your season tickets if you have to choose between standing the whole game or not being able to see the rink?

let's see who the true fans are now.

from another standing section G grad student:

The bottom line is, the grad students standing in the front 10 or so rows of G bought their tickets in a student section.  We expect to stand, like all the other student sections.  The upper rows in G were made available to the public, and thus I agree they are correct to expect to sit, like all the other public sections.  

I think we are all in agreement that the ticket office/athletic department is at fault.  The only reason we were taking a stand (um, pun intended, I guess) is because we were repeatedly told by the people behind us that we were not in a student section because they had bought public season tickets.  Well, I 'did my time in the line' and what I can tell you is that those tickets in the rows behind us in G were reserved for grad students. They had a big piece of poster board with all the seats available for grad students, and those seats included G from bottom to top in the half nearest F.  However, the grad student tickets did not sell out, and that's the reason those seats were made available to the public.

I do think it's offensive to refer to me as ignorant when I bought a ticket in what was originally designated as a student section and tell me I was not in a student section.  

Now, we are anxiously waiting to resolve this issue Monday.  We will talk to the ticket office and alert them of the problem.  We have been told that undergrad seats in E also did not sell out, and if that's the case we will happily trade in our G tickets for seats in E.  Problem solved.  If we cannot get seats in E, then we will tell the ticket office that they need to make a decision:  either students in G can stand and the public seats have to accept that (and the ushers will have to be made aware of this decision) OR we will be told that we are not allowed to stand in G and we will have to accept that.  If the standing-prohibited option is picked, then I will request that I be allowed to turn in my season tickets and get a refund, since I am not getting the hockey experience I expected when I purchased my student season tickets.  If the standing-allowed option is picked, I think the public seat holders should also request a full refund because they are being forced to stand or not see the rink, which is not the hockey experience they paid for.