ELynah Forum

I'm sure you're right. But even though  I am not a Notre Dame fan,  why should they have to travel to New England two years in a row?[/quote]

Driving wise from South Bend, Bridgeport is not all that more of a drive for fans than Allentown. Maybe 11.5 hour drive for a local fan over a 9.5 hour drive. Bridgeport is more friendly for Irish fans in the New York and New England hubs to attend than Allentown. And as has been widely discussed here, Allentown will be very Penn State partisan with them hosting while Bridgeport, though it will include Providence, is a bit more neutral. There's not another city that makes more sense.

If they put in a successful bid to host in a city closet to home, they would be close to home. Without that, you get sent where the committee thinks makes the most sense.

Adam also says he would bet the committee follows a different path than he is. So...

"Of course, I've been wrong before going this route in my assumptions. In fact, if I had to bet, I'd say the Committee does flip this around and get the Minnesota schools here [in Sioux Falls] and Northeastern somewhere East. But I wouldn't not do that, personally."

Quote from: DafatoneSo the question is, does the committee think that an eastern regional or a western regional is more "home" to OSU and ND?

I would think Notre Dame to Sioux Falls. Their campus is about halfway between Sioux Falls and Allentown. Ohio State is significantly closer to Allentown so they make more sense there. Then doesn't really matter if St Cloud is in Worcester or Bridgeport. I'd say put them in Worcester because it makes more sense for Cornell to be East than Northeast. Even if they're the last #1 seed it still does something for them.

Of course if Denver knocks Cornell to the #5 spot, none of that matters.

Edit: Was forgetting about the whole Penn State in Allentown thing so never mind most of what I just said :-p
Except the part of thinking it makes most sense for Notre Dame to go to Sioux Falls.

Seems wise to me. Most students aren't going to stick around. So this way sections of tickets don't get stuck with people that aren't going to use them, so the program can try to sell them to people that will. And for students that may be inclined to stick around, they can easily buy a ticket.

I think it's also due to the emergency of StubHub and other such sites. Buying on the secondary market is so secure and easy now that there's less and less reason to loyally buy tickets year after year to improve your standing. Or to even buy tickets in advance at all.

For the 2003 Buffalo Frozen Four, I had to scour the Internet to buy tickets from someone I think the Gopher Hockey Forum. Don't remember if I mailed them a check, or made plans to meet them in person outside the arena, our what. Don't need to do that anymore. You can always get a secondhand ticket.

And you can usually save money doing it, especially with the NCAAs, because you can usually buy single session tickets at under face value (leaving the "advance priority ticket holders" to take the loss on tickets they can't or don't want to use).

Ok, when you buy the tickets, it's more clear what you are buying (the diagram is accurate, the sections listed on the initial ad are not, at least for the presale).

Quote from: Josh 03But the prices and diagram doesn't match up.  The diagram gives the impression that the $57 seats are back of the 100 level and center of the $200 level.  And that the $29/$18 purples are also on the 200 level.  Diagram leaves off the 300 level.

Info with a seating diagram was posted on Cornellbigred.com today.  
VIP - $99
Lower Level Premium - $72
Mid Level/Center Ice Upper - $57
400 Level - $29
400 Level Cornell Students - $18

But the prices and diagram doesn't match up.  The diagram gives the impression that the $57 seats are back of the 100 level and center of the $200 level.  And that the $29/$18 purples are also on the 200 level.  Diagram leaves off the 300 level.

Quote from: RichHI've gotta admit, the last 2 words of the article gave me goosebumps.

"for sure."  ?

I'll be in Albany on Friday after Syracuse on Thursday!

Nice Khaliq!  I am forwarding this to some NY friends of mine that I think might be very interested.  

Roll call wise, I will be there, driving from DC!

Anyone catch what tim the said the Cornell/UHN game is on Friday?

Yeah, DC at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern.  We'll be there for BBall and sticking around for hockey.  They're always accomodating, but the GM is different from last year, so a new person to have to convince that groups really will come out to watch college hockey, even during college basketball season.

There will be 2 NCAA BBall games going on at the same time, but there not huge draws.  Anyway, the official Cornell Club of Washington watches this weekend are at Penn Quarter.

Whoever they are, I suspect they're not Notre Dame fans.

Whether you were at the games last night or are following from home, check out my photo gallery from Thursday night.

http://dcist.com/2009/04/click_click_frozen_four_semifinals.php

Off to the Happy Hour!

More the merrier.  Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

LETS GO RED(hawks)