Student Season Ticket Information

[ebilmes]

http://www.athletics.cornell.edu/tickets/

Cornell student season tickets to men's ice hockey games will be selected by a lottery method similar to last year's process. Line numbers will be issued from the Athletic Department Ticket Office in Bartels Hall from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 21 through Friday, Sept. 25.

Seat selection will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3. An exact schedule and details will be announced shortly.

Changes to this year's process have been modified and now include more new blocks of tickets for undergraduate students. Each student may purchase one season ticket. The cost for this year's season ticket is $247.

The ticket blocks and order in which seats are selected will be as follows:

Graduate and Professional students: 250 tickets in a specific block (in sections B, D & G).
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the fourth time: 100 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the third time: 300 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the second time: 400 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the first time: 550 tickets.
Students eligible for blocks 2-4 may also enter the block 5 lottery to increase their chances of securing season tickets. Complete details will be announced shortly.

[hockeychick470]

My community service fraternity (APO) has done a charity raffle in The Line for the past 4 years, and when we requested permission to do so again this year, Gene told us that there "won't be a real line this year."  It is sad to see the line not happening this year... hopefully it is due to flu prevention and not a permanent change...

[hockeychick470]

apparently Bartels has been tagged as a place to hide people with swine flu

[DeltaOne81]

So the whole process is basically on a 10 year rotation? Which puts us 5 years from the next stampede, right?

[munchkin]

[quote DeltaOne81]So the whole process is basically on a 10 year rotation? Which puts us 5 years from the next stampede, right?[/quote]
I did well in the stampede as a freshman: #123.  Got me into section B, where I didn't get to again until senior year with pick #51 (line number was #1 both for senior and overall undergrads).  I had fun being 800 numbers ahead of my then boyfriend who was trying to convince me to wait with him in front of Kennedy.  He may have been a year older, but that didn't make him wiser.

[BCrespi]

[quote munchkin][quote DeltaOne81]So the whole process is basically on a 10 year rotation? Which puts us 5 years from the next stampede, right?[/quote]
I did well in the stampede as a freshman: #123.  Got me into section B, where I didn't get to again until senior year with pick #51 (line number was #1 both for senior and overall undergrads).  I had fun being 800 numbers ahead of my then boyfriend who was trying to convince me to wait with him in front of Kennedy.  He may have been a year older, but that didn't make him wiser.[/quote]

I sprained my ankle and had to randomly find tickets to every game after being in A for two years.  I'll take this over the stampede any day.  There really doesn't seem to be a good solution, especially this year.  Why I'd definitely normally be a proponent of, "these kids are adults, let them line up for three weeks if they want," that doesn't seem advisable with all the flu concerns and what-not.

[Rosey]

General admission for each game.

[Trotsky]

[quote BCrespi]I'd definitely normally be a proponent of, "these kids are adults, let them line up for three weeks if they want," that doesn't seem advisable with all the flu concerns and what-not.[/quote]It culls the herd. ::uptosomething::

[Rosey]

[quote Trotsky][quote BCrespi]I'd definitely normally be a proponent of, "these kids are adults, let them line up for three weeks if they want," that doesn't seem advisable with all the flu concerns and what-not.[/quote]It culls the herd. ::uptosomething::[/quote]
"There are too many states now.  Please eliminate three.  I am not a crackpot."

[KP '06]

[quote ebilmes]http://www.athletics.cornell.edu/tickets/

Cornell student season tickets to men's ice hockey games will be selected by a lottery method similar to last year's process. Line numbers will be issued from the Athletic Department Ticket Office in Bartels Hall from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 21 through Friday, Sept. 25.

Seat selection will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3. An exact schedule and details will be announced shortly.

Changes to this year's process have been modified and now include more new blocks of tickets for undergraduate students. Each student may purchase one season ticket. The cost for this year's season ticket is $247.

The ticket blocks and order in which seats are selected will be as follows:

Graduate and Professional students: 250 tickets in a specific block (in sections B, D & G).
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the fourth time: 100 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the third time: 300 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the second time: 400 tickets.
Undergrads participating in the ticket selection process for the first time: 550 tickets.
Students eligible for blocks 2-4 may also enter the block 5 lottery to increase their chances of securing season tickets. Complete details will be announced shortly.[/quote]

Anyone know when we'll hear some more about the procedure? There's been a surprising lack of details (and advertising), considering that the line number distribution supposedly starts tomorrow ...

[amerks127]

Full details about student season tickets now available:

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2009/9/21/MICE_0921090844.aspx

Seat selection will take place in Bartels Hall on Oct. 3. Tickets will be selected as follows:
9:00-10:30 a.m. -  Graduate and professional students will choose seats among the 250 assigned graduate seats
9:00-9:30 a.m. - Undergrad Block 1
9:30-11:00 a.m. - Undergrad Block 2
11:00-12:30 p.m. - Undergrad Block 3
12:30-2:30 p.m. - Undergrad Block 4

[cbuck]

I went to get my line number yesterday at 1pm. The numbers for this years lottery seem to be down a lot. I went with a group and some of us fell into each of the four undergraduate blocks. Here are the number of student line numbers given out as of 1pm yesterday.

Block 1: 19 of 100
Block 2: 63 of 300
Block 3: 100ish? of 400
Block 4: 414 of 550 (each student in blocks 2 and 3 also get a block 4 number)  

I am just curious if anyone knows where they are at as of today, and if they feel like it is even possible for them to sell out this year? I feel like the line hasn't been marketed well at all this year. I remember going my freshman year at the end of the week and getting number 1650ish? They aren't even a quarter of the way there as of yesterday.

[dietlbomb]

We got number 233 in the Grad group as of 1:30 on Thursday.

[KateWithThe8]

Apparently Athletics is also concerned about the lack of interest.  They've extended the ability to pick up lottery numbers to Monday (for SportsPass holders)...despite the fact that it originally sounded like they were selecting the lottery numbers this weekend:

From an email sent this afternoon:
"Don't forget to pick-up your Cornell men's ice hockey line number!
As a valued Big Red Sports Pass holder, you have until Monday, September 28 at 5:00pm to get a line number for the student season hockey ticket lottery.
Come to the Athletic Ticket Office in Bartels Hall from 10am-5pm on Monday for your LAST CHANCE for a 2009-10 men's ice hockey line number."  

PS - For what it's worth, we got some Grad numbers in the high 240s at the end of the day yesterday (Thursday).  Looks like Grads are the most interested group!

[imafrshmn]

It's interesting to ponder the reasons for declining popularity of men's hockey over the last 4 years, especially this year with such great possibility for success.  It's been said, perhaps best by Mitch Alva, that the increased ticket prices, relative mediocrity of the team's performance in recent years (06/07-07/08), much improved men's basketball team, the camp-out, and the Lynah "nazi-style" crowd-control all had to do with it.  

Another important factor, which acts as a feedback, is the relatively less fan dedication and stature of hockey fandom in the general student culture.  Indicators of this include less students travelling to away games and showing up at Lynah after the start (much less in time for the newspapers).  Importantly, I think there is less buzz about CU hockey in the Daily Sun than there was 4 years ago.  

The Lynah Faithful, as the informal cult that it is, relies on introducing Cornell Hockey to the underclassmen each year to perpetuate our traditions.  Hopefully this year, enough youngins will be persuaded to try Cornell Hockey for the first time to repopulate the student faithful and fill up Lynah's gloried planks from the glass to the rafters.