Albany tickets in the Cornell section

[Beeeej]

Again, John, look at it from their perspective - they've probably never been to a game at Lynah.  Suddenly there's a bunch of kids standing in front of them preventing them from seeing the game.  They've never heard of people standing to watch a hockey game.  You think the natural thing for them to do is stand up, walk down, and politely say, "I know you'd really rather stand, but we'd really rather you didn't"?!

"Down in front" is an entirely natural and even acceptable reaction for someone who has no idea.  And I think there's a "certain level of civility missing" in assuming you should be treated politely when you are doing what in 99% of hockey arenas happens to be a pretty rude thing.

Beeeej

[Trotsky]

[quote Beeeej]"Down in front" is an entirely natural and even acceptable reaction for someone who has no idea.  And I think there's a "certain level of civility missing" in assuming you should be treated politely when you are doing what in 99% of hockey arenas happens to be a pretty rude thing.[/quote]

The general problem is that there is always going to be 1 person in every group of 10 who is a dickhead*.  So, the dickhead will say "this is my seat and you'll have to pry it from my cold, dead fingers" when you offer to swap rows so they can sit in front and you and your row can stand.  Or, the dickhead will be confrontational when asking people to swap seats so that he can stand while they sit.

Between the passive-aggressive types who want to stand (or sit) but want somebody else to make it work, and then grouse that it isn't working out even though they do nothing, and the immature who feel that buying a ticket gives them property rights on their seat despite the environmental effect on anybody else, and the aforementioned dickheads, it rarely goes all that smoothly.  Just be patient and polite and 90% of people will follow the path of least resistance.

* Edit: this is a formal sociological principle generalizable to all human activity.

[Jordan 04]

Any word on ticket sales today?

[RatushnyFan]

So I wonder whose section I'll be in...........bought in section 108 online per some of the original postings.  Hostile territory?  My 7,4 and 2 year old boys are not going to take any $hit!!!

[Trotsky]

Woohoo, just got word my tickets are in 102, so for the first time in a while, I'm not exiled to the blue hair hinterlands.  :-)

[Tom Lento]

[quote Trotsky]The general problem is that there is always going to be 1 person in every group of 10 who is a dickhead.  

[T]his is a formal sociological principle generalizable to all human activity.[/quote]

Do you mind if I borrow this for the first two sentences of my dissertation?  :-}

[Trotsky]

[quote Tom Lento][quote Trotsky]The general problem is that there is always going to be 1 person in every group of 10 who is a dickhead.  

[T]his is a formal sociological principle generalizable to all human activity.[/quote]

Do you mind if I borrow this for the first two sentences of my dissertation?  :-}[/quote]

As long as you cite me.

[Killer]

So, do you think 102 is setting up to be a standing section?  Or is this nonsense about alternating rows gonna complicate things?  I'll have to make sure my tired old legs are in shape.  Nevertheless, if you need one of us "old guys" to help persuade other local fans, count me in.

[RichH]

[quote Killer]So, do you think 102 is setting up to be a standing section?  Or is this nonsense about alternating rows gonna complicate things?  I'll have to make sure my tired old legs are in shape.  Nevertheless, if you need one of us "old guys" to help persuade other local fans, count me in.[/quote]

I have a feeling that no lower-bowl section will be set up to be a standing section.    You probably won't even know which section has the higest concentration of people who want to stand until we're in the building.  If you start early and talk to ushers/supervisors and other spectators in our sections between semis, you might have some luck.  Be organized, be proactive, and be polite about it.  Otherwise, it's no problem to find places to stand upstairs.  That's what I did last year.

Or just invade the Harvard section, since there will be what, 6 people there?

[Jim Hyla]

[quote RichH]Or just invade the Harvard section, since there will be what, 6 people there?[/quote]Only if the band comes.

[montague]

Section 130 in the lower bowl should be a standing section.  When I purchased my tickets today, the office had a diagram with that entire area marked "students."  At least I hope it will be.