Lynah not ready for fall opener?

[David Harding]

[quote jkahn]If things are properly mobilized beforehand, there's no reason why the job can't be done between March and September.  You just need to make sure everything is ready and well planned out beforehand.  I've seen a 200,000 sq. foot manufacturing plant with 28,000 sq. feet of office space be built in that timeframe, and that was starting with a greenfield site with no electric, gas or running water.  If they're not ready to get off to a running start immediately after the ECAC quarter-finals, I suggest they should postpone it a year so as not to lose the home games.[/quote]A greenfield site without existing utilities is tremendously easier than this job.  When they start digging up the parking lot and breaking into the existing concrete they are going to find all sorts of surprises.

[peterg]

[quote RichS]Rita,

Has then lighting been upgraded since '76? ::rolleyes::

Back then, when we played against SU, it was like skating in a cave, it was so bad.  As a goalie, I had a lot of trouble following the puck on long shots as they went into and out of the shadows.

One slapper I never saw clearly whizzed past my head, bounced off the wire fence above the end boards, rebounded and hit me off the shoulder as I had turned to try to follow the puck and then fell down into the net.

I wasn't upset when the coach yanked me after that one.  :-}[/quote]

RichS and Rita - The Colliseum is still the lovely place you remember.  I've been going there with one child or another for youth hockey or high school hockey for the last...oh...my...God...18 years.  It hasn't changed a bit in the arena.  The food isn't bad for rink food.  McKie's is still a special store.

[The Rancor]

and beebe lake is a creek.

[Dpperk29]

McKies is the only place to buy skates in the area... Bengy is the man!

[jy3]

na, it is a creek made into a lake. it was big enough in 1900
from tbrw

"Cornell hockey dates back to 1900 -- they won the Intercollegiate League Championship in 1911, despite playing home games on Beebe Lake. But modern Cornell history begins with the opening of Lynah Rink in 1957."

lets get back to our roots! ::screwy::

[peterg]

Today's IJ has an extensive article on the renovation.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/SPORTS/602100329/1006

Inthe print edition there is a drawing of the planned improvements, though not it great detail.  It doesn't seem to be in the on-line edition.

[jy3]

i am still a little shocked that the solution for the affected games was not already had before this announcement. you would think that front loading away games would be fine. teams go 2 months without a home game all the time....strange
good article btw