the official line idea thread

[Mike Nevin]

The check in idea makes a lot of sense to me.  

Actually, I like the idea of fixed daily line checks at say, 11 to midnight and  6AM to 7AM.  That makes it a little more of a sacrifice than stopping at the ticket office during the day.  Or maybe you make it a strictly points based system, where you get a point for each time you check in.

It seems to me like some reasonable use of technology would make this extremely easy -- a simple cardreader, for most line checks, with the some simple mechanism  (video camera? ) to occasionally ensure that the actual number holder is the one swiping the card.

Everyone would be elgible using their own Cornell ID card.  You could start the line the next year's line the day after hockey season ended, if you want.  

Line numbers could be given out as in the late 80's, more or less --   2 tix per number.   Given out the night before a morning sale, based on accumulated line check points.   Sleepover the night prior to the sale required.  Possibly restore class based seniority.

My guess is that not that many people would start too early in this process, but whenever they started, it wouldn't add any athletic ticket office overhead.  

I think if it were this long running mostly electronic scheme, it would actually allow for all kinds of interesting sports marketing to go along with it -- you could make it a points based system, where you earn points by scanning your card during line checks, but also get points for displaying your knowlege of hockey trivia, attending other Cornell sporting events, or whatever -- maybe attending last year's games?  You could also probably also track your line position online, giving it an interactive feel.

 

[jy3]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

 They are *not* adding seats on the west end of the rink. At least not at this time. The renevation is more minor than that. If it will have any impact on seating, it will be minimal.

I am unconvinced that a 'section GA' ticket really solves anything. Afterall, who goes to the hockey line saying they want row 13! Or row 13, seat 6. No, people want Section B, or A. And they can still only get it by showing up to the line early, so it seems to me people have almost exactly as much incentive to show up early under that system as they do under the current one.

Also, if you know you have your section B ticket guaranteed, do you really have much incentive to show up early to the games? Sure, it could let you customize your exactly viewing from within the section, but how much incentive is that? Doesn't seem like much.

Combine that with an unmonitored line, and it sounds to me like this is going right back to 2003 - which may not have been dangerous, but was bad enough to kick off  this whole era of bad lines. If you're going to do GA, I don't think you solve anything unless you do complete GA, but that makes game nights a bit of a process. Am I wrong?[/q]

i was mistaken as to the location of the new seats. they are adding ~450 seats
http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/2005mayjun/features/Feature.html
(16) Lynah Rink enhancements
Location: Campus Road
Type: Renovation and expansion
Start date: Spring 2006
Completion date: Winter 2006
Total cost: $6.5 million
Architect: Rossetti Architects
A “modest freshening” of the famous rink, which will include improvements to the locker rooms, offices, and press box--and 450 additional seats. Most of the expansion will be on the concourse (upper) level of the building's south side.

[Jacob '06]

When Coach Schafer came in and addressed the line he talked a bit about the line procedures. He said that they are going to talk to students about what to do next year, so I think sending our ideas to the people involved will be welcome.