Cornell/BU Thanksgiving (11/24) Ticket Info

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Chris '03][quote billhoward]Trying to recall the last time Cornell played at Madison Square Garden - circa 1976?[/quote]

[quote CU release]
Both the Big Red and the Terriers will be making their first appearance in the current incarnation of the "World's Most Famous Arena," and the game will be the first collegiate hockey game held at Madison Square Garden since 2003.[/quote]
http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/042907aab.html

The "current incarnation" dates to what, ~1964?[/quote]

1968 seems like:

On February 11, 1968 the fourth Madison Square Garden, Madison Square Garden IV, opened after the financially troubled Pennsylvania Railroad tore down Pennsylvania Station (although the tracks remained underneath).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden#1968-present

[jkahn]

[quote billhoward]Trying to recall the last time Cornell played at Madison Square Garden - circa 1976?[/quote]

[quote CU release]
Both the Big Red and the Terriers will be making their first appearance in the current incarnation of the "World's Most Famous Arena," and the game will be the first collegiate hockey game held at Madison Square Garden since 2003.[/quote]
We first played in the current MSG in Dec. '69.  Last played there in Jan. '76 IIRC.

[billhoward]

[quote billhoward]Trying to recall the last time Cornell played at Madison Square Garden - circa 1976?[/quote]

[edit add]It was the 1975-76 season at the ECAC Holiday Festival. At the time Cornell was playing two holiday tournaments, the Syracuse Hockey Invitational Tournament, which ran from the late 1960s through 1976-77, then died (or at least Cornell went away), and then the ECAC Holiday Festival. Press guide says at the MSG festival Cornell lost 4-2 to Clarkson then beat Penn (yes, Penn once played hockey) 8-2.

[Chris '03]

[quote billhoward][quote billhoward]the Syracuse Hockey Invitational Tournament, which ran from the late 1960s through 1976-77, then died (or at least Cornell went away), [/quote]

Cornell played in the SIT in the 2001 season. I believe that was the last SIT. [Nope, it went on for another year: http://www.augenblick.org/chha/i_syr.html]

[billhoward]

I stand corrected. I really thought the S.H.I.T. was a goner long before. The Florida Classic makes more sense at least as a publicity tool. Lots of Mark One Bancorp of Schenectady type holiday classics, not many in Florida.

[slh10]

As anyone have tickets near center ice. I was just at the ticket office and Gene claims these have all been sold. I find it somewhat hard to believe. I also called ticketmaster and they only show the ends available. Also ticketmaster online showing only the ends in lower bowl and 100 level. Just wondering if I waited too long or if the ticket people are jerking us around

[Robb]

[quote slh10]As anyone have tickets near center ice. I was just at the ticket office and Gene claims these have all been sold. I find it somewhat hard to believe. I also called ticketmaster and they only show the ends available. Also ticketmaster online showing only the ends in lower bowl and 100 level. Just wondering if I waited too long or if the ticket people are jerking us around[/quote]

They're definitely jerking you around.  Well, TicketBa$tard is, anyway, and they're probably jerking Gene around.  I had a friend who was so frustrated with Ticketmaster that he took a summer job with them just to see how the system worked.  The would intentionally hold good tickets while telling people that events were sold out and then "magically" release the tickets later on, etc - the point was to keep the audience guessing, just so that people would always think that they might have a chance, so they always keep calling.  Absolutely sucks - absolutely unfair (using 3rd grade playground morality), and there's absolutely nothing we can do about it.  

For you, Ticketmaster:

::flipd::

[slh10]

My thoughts exactly, I will keep checking from time to time. I will be in NYC in July so I may stop by the Garden and check then also. Gene is such a moron when it comes to dealing with him. He always gives some song and dance about not having any info and how the tickets are all gone and a bunch of other BS.

[RM 08]

I went to Bartels yesterday and bought the last 3 tickets in the "best" student section (331). Supposedly they wont have any available other than 321 to about 327 for students, and everything else is behind the goal line for every other level. I don't think it will be too difficult to move around from section to section once the game starts, as ushers wont be as strict as they are during Rangers games, but I could be wrong.

[mgl11]

The story from the MSG box office is the same. I went last week and was told that the Cornell seats in the 100 level were gone. It was not, however, a problem to get seats in the 200 level a row or two behind the Cornell section.

[jaybert]

[quote mgl11]The story from the MSG box office is the same. I went last week and was told that the Cornell seats in the 100 level were gone. It was not, however, a problem to get seats in the 200 level a row or two behind the Cornell section.[/quote]

blah..bought 8 tickets earlier in section 60, seats 1-4 in 2 rows...but now I find out more friends want to goto the game!  Whats the best way to see if I can get a few seats around my other seats?  Do you all know if ticketmaster will be willing to look at individual seats for me?  Or should I get someone to go to the MSG boxoffice in person to do so?

[David Harding]

[quote slh10]As anyone have tickets near center ice. I was just at the ticket office and Gene claims these have all been sold. I find it somewhat hard to believe. I also called ticketmaster and they only show the ends available. Also ticketmaster online showing only the ends in lower bowl and 100 level. Just wondering if I waited too long or if the ticket people are jerking us around[/quote]At least five of us (me, wife, daughter, sister, niece) are making the commitment to be there and have started looking at seat availability through Ticketmaster.  If I ask for the Cornell section, they offer me section 323 (behind the goal).  If I ask for best available over all, they offer me 101 (exactly in the corner).  If I specify level 2, they offer 204 (even with the special spots).  At level 3 they offer 335 (on the center line).  (There was also a single seat at the loge level and none at the mezzanine level.)  I've never been to MSG, so I don't have any sense of the scale or what the sight lines are like, except from the photos they offer http://www.thegarden.com/seating.html.  The photos are pretty useful, but can anyone comment?  I'm leaning toward section 204.  How far around the corner do they wrap the protective netting?

[jaybert]

when the tickets went on sale originally, i know there were center ice seats available if you were an amex gold member (you enter the customer service # when checking out as your code).  I got the # from a friend and saw the center ice seats, but I opted to go with some seats towards the inside of the blue line, since we were able to purchase 2 sets of 4 in 2 rows next to each other in the same section.  (Just had 2 windows open...and they happened to give me 2 adjacent rows)

[quote David Harding][quote slh10]As anyone have tickets near center ice. I was just at the ticket office and Gene claims these have all been sold. I find it somewhat hard to believe. I also called ticketmaster and they only show the ends available. Also ticketmaster online showing only the ends in lower bowl and 100 level. Just wondering if I waited too long or if the ticket people are jerking us around[/quote]At least five of us (me, wife, daughter, sister, niece) are making the commitment to be there and have started looking at seat availability through Ticketmaster.  If I ask for the Cornell section, they offer me section 323 (behind the goal).  If I ask for best available over all, they offer me 101 (exactly in the corner).  If I specify level 2, they offer 204 (even with the special spots).  At level 3 they offer 335 (on the center line).  (There was also a single seat at the loge level and none at the mezzanine level.)  I've never been to MSG, so I don't have any sense of the scale or what the sight lines are like, except from the photos they offer http://www.thegarden.com/seating.html.  The photos are pretty useful, but can anyone comment?  I'm leaning toward section 204.  How far around the corner do they wrap the protective netting?[/quote]

[David Harding]

In case anyone did not receive the message, this showed up in my mailbox yesterday afternoon:

BIG RED HOCKEY COMES TO THE BIG APPLE!
 
Cornell vs. BU Hockey
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Madison Square Garden
5:30pm Big Red Pre-game Pep Rally & Reception
6:30pm Remarks by Cornell Coach Mike Schafer '86
8:00pm Face-Off
 
Join fellow Cornellians at the pre-game reception held at Madison Square Garden's Play by Play Sports Bar and Restaurant from 5:30-7:30pm.  The cost is $30/adult and $15/child aged 10 and under, and includes hamburgers, hotdogs, salads and non-alcoholic beverages.  Cash bar will be available.
 
To register, please visit www.alumni.cornell.edu
 
Activities for everyone including video games and visits by the Pep Band and Big Red Bears!
 
Please respond by Friday, November 9, 2007.  Space is limited, so advance reservations are strongly encouraged.  Walk-ins will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
Questions?  Please contact Donna Carl in the Office of Alumni Affairs at dc37@cornell.edu or 607-255-3517.
 
To purchase hockey tickets, call Cornell Athletics at 607-254-2327 or visit cornellbigred.com.
 
Let's Go Red!

[Robin]

Did anyone get tickets in the 200/lower level??