Tickets for lacrosse at Brown

Al DeFlorio · April 20, 2009, 10:35:17 PM

Someone just posted on laxpower that Brown is recommending buying tickets for this game in advance: http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042009aaa.html

I just picked up two at $5 apiece plus a $1/ticket service charge. Interestingly, they are "e-tickets" so warm up your printer.

KeithK · April 20, 2009, 11:23:56 PM

I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.

Al DeFlorio · April 21, 2009, 06:43:10 AM

[quote KeithK]I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.[/quote]
Sounds more to me like they don't want fans having to queue in long lines approaching game time.

KeithK · April 21, 2009, 11:26:55 AM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK]I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.[/quote]
Sounds more to me like they don't want fans having to queue in long lines approaching game time.[/quote]
You mean ticket offices can sometimes act out of positive motives? Wow! :-D

Al DeFlorio · April 21, 2009, 11:49:37 AM

[quote KeithK][quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK]I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.[/quote]
Sounds more to me like they don't want fans having to queue in long lines approaching game time.[/quote]
You mean ticket offices can sometimes act out of positive motives? Wow! :-D[/quote]
I'm guessing it would be more out of self-preservation in this case.

RichH · April 21, 2009, 01:47:35 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK][quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK]I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.[/quote]
Sounds more to me like they don't want fans having to queue in long lines approaching game time.[/quote]
You mean ticket offices can sometimes act out of positive motives? Wow! :-D[/quote]
I'm guessing it would be more out of self-preservation in this case.[/quote]

Eh. I went to the game @ Brown two years ago when CU was coming in undefeated and had no wait for a ticket at their little folding table. There was even room to move around in the stands. Get there a little early, and you'll be fine.

Josh '99 · April 21, 2009, 06:14:21 PM

[quote RichH][quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK][quote Al DeFlorio][quote KeithK]I'll be curious o know whether you really needed the tickets (i.e. they sell out or come close) or if it's just a clever ploy to charge more service fees.[/quote]
Sounds more to me like they don't want fans having to queue in long lines approaching game time.[/quote]
You mean ticket offices can sometimes act out of positive motives? Wow! :-D[/quote]
I'm guessing it would be more out of self-preservation in this case.[/quote]

Eh. I went to the game @ Brown two years ago when CU was coming in undefeated and had no wait for a ticket at their little folding table. There was even room to move around in the stands. Get there a little early, and you'll be fine.[/quote]CU was very good two years ago and is very good now, but the difference is that in 2007 Brown was mediocre (7-5 but 1-3 in the Ivy League with little chance of making the NCAA Tournament) and this season they're pretty good (11-2, 3-1 Ivy, and, if I'm not mistaken, control their own destiny to make the NCAA Tournament if they were to knock off CU and PU the next two weeks). If the weather is nice on Saturday (and I think the forecast says it will be), I could see a number of students and Providence locals coming out to see two nationally-ranked teams play each other.

(Yes, I'm disregarding the fact that Brown students don't care about anything for the sake of my hypothetical situation.)

jeh25 · April 25, 2009, 08:24:08 AM

I'm really really gonna try to go but my offspring has a birthday party 10-12 and ballet class 1-2. So I'll probably be late.

jh

billhoward · April 25, 2009, 08:35:17 AM

[Not worth its own pre-game thread] Let's hope the hockey team's maddening variability - beat a good team, beat a mediocre team, oops lose to a team ranked lower than you - rears its ugly head here. We did not have a roll-over victory last time in Providence. But what a gorgeous day for lacrosse in the northeast kingdom, finally! 75 degrees and mostly sunny day forecast. LGR!