Tickets?

[Beeeej]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a combination of general admission tickets and a weekly lineup instead of a season ticket lineup more or less what they did in the 1960s and 70s?

Beeeej

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Beeeej Wrote:

 Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a combination of general admission tickets and a weekly lineup instead of a season ticket lineup more or less what they did in the 1960s and 70s?

Beeeej[/q]
Through the 1965-6 season, students showed up the night of the game with their CUAA coupon book (I think you could buy a single-game ticket as well, but can't recall for sure) and were admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.  I think the doors opened at least an hour before game time, and people were waiting in line well before that.  I believe the whole rink was general admission.

[jkahn]

In my era, about half the rink was General Admission (the A-G side) and the remainder season tickets.  Doors opened an hour and half before the game and there'd be a stampede for the seats.   I was a general admission guy as a freshman, not knowing about season tickets.  The rest of my time, I had season tickets, and it seemed like the problems were similar to today - when does the line start, how are line checks done, etc.  Typically the lines lasted 3 days, but they let us sleep on line in Barton Hall and people would actually bring in mattresses.
Even a large majority (it seemed like the place was full) of the season ticket holders would be in the seats when the team first came out for warm-ups to give them a loud ovation.  Season tickets were by section and row but not seat number, so people would get there early to get their preferred spot.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]jkahn Wrote:
Even a large majority (it seemed like the place was full) of the season ticket holders would be in the seats when the team first came out for warm-ups to give them a loud ovation.[/q]
I forget when they changed the timing of the warm-up, but in the '60s the teams came out about 20-25 minutes before game time, warmed up, and then the game started without resurfacing the ice.  You didn't have the 15-20 minutes of dead time while the ice was being resurfaced after warm-ups.

[KeithK]

[q]I forget when they changed the timing of the warm-up, but in the '60s the teams came out about 20-25 minutes before game time, warmed up, and then the game started without resurfacing the ice. You didn't have the 15-20 minutes of dead time while the ice was being resurfaced after warm-ups.[/q]I didn't know that.  Makes it a little easier to understand why so many fewer people show up for warmups these days (general admission/reserved probably has a lot to do with it to).

There's still absolutely no excuse for not being there when the teams come out for the opening faceoff, particularly if you're a student.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 [Q2]I forget when they changed the timing of the warm-up, but in the '60s the teams came out about 20-25 minutes before game time, warmed up, and then the game started without resurfacing the ice. You didn't have the 15-20 minutes of dead time while the ice was being resurfaced after warm-ups.[/Q]
Makes it a little easier to understand why so many fewer people show up for warmups these days...[/q]
On the other hand, when you showed up 90 minutes before game time--as Jeff described above--you sat for an hour in a dark rink waiting for something to happen--like the lights going on and the teams coming out of the locker room