Student Season Ticket Information

[ebilmes]

From talking to some people last night, here are my estimates for where things were on Friday:

Block 1 - 50
Block 2 - 150
Block 3 - ?
Block 4 - 800

This puts them on pace for around 100-200 fewer line numbers than last year.

In response to imafrshmn, I think lower turnout is due not only to the reasons you mentioned, but probably also the poor economy and the recent success of the basketball team. I think a lot of the students coming in the last couple of years heard a lot more about the Cornell basketball team (winning the Ivy league, on national TV in the NCAA tournament), than they did about the hockey team. But coupled with this general lessened enthusiasm for hockey is a significant drop in the number of fans willing to go to road games. The MSG game will have a large student turnout, but there were hardly any Cornell at students at games like Colgate and Union, which aren't terribly far way. I'm not sure what exactly can be done, aside from a FF appearance this year.

[Ronald '09]

[quote ebilmes]From talking to some people last night, here are my estimates for where things were on Friday:

Block 1 - 50
Block 2 - 150
Block 3 - ?
Block 4 - 800

This puts them on pace for around 100-200 fewer line numbers than last year.

In response to imafrshmn, I think lower turnout is due not only to the reasons you mentioned, but probably also the poor economy and the recent success of the basketball team. I think a lot of the students coming in the last couple of years heard a lot more about the Cornell basketball team (winning the Ivy league, on national TV in the NCAA tournament), than they did about the hockey team. But coupled with this general lessened enthusiasm for hockey is a significant drop in the number of fans willing to go to road games. The MSG game will have a large student turnout, but there were hardly any Cornell at students at games like Colgate and Union, which aren't terribly far way. I'm not sure what exactly can be done, aside from a FF appearance this year.[/quote]

I think your math is actually a little off.  It looks like you added up the numbers from the four blocks, but it would actually make more sense just to look at block 4 for the total number as students in the first three of those blocks are also placed in the final block.

So this indicates that only 800 undergraduates showed up and picked up line numbers.  Compared with the stampede when I was a freshman, this is embarrassing.  But it would have been nice to be in the block for students having tickets all four years last year instead of my senior number not getting chosen and my friends and I ending up with the last block of tickets in the back row of section B.

[ebilmes]

[quote Ronald '09]

I think your math is actually a little off.  It looks like you added up the numbers from the four blocks, but it would actually make more sense just to look at block 4 for the total number as students in the first three of those blocks are also placed in the final block.[/quote]

No, people in the first two blocks are not picking up a line number for Block 4, so I'm not double counting those first 200.

[Itheryn]

I imagine another part of the reason fewer numbers are picked up is the new system.  There are probably a good number of people who had two numbers last year but only need one this year to get a seat as good or better.  If I am right then the good news is that we can expect a higher percentage yield on the numbers.

[ebilmes]

[quote Itheryn]I imagine another part of the reason fewer numbers are picked up is the new system.  There are probably a good number of people who had two numbers last year but only need one this year to get a seat as good or better.  If I am right then the good news is that we can expect a higher percentage yield on the numbers.[/quote]

Yep, I'm hoping that's part of it. Last year, my group of friends ended up with around 50 line numbers from various people, but we only used 15 of them. There was no need for it this year.

We'll see what the numbers look like after tomorrow.

[munchkin]

Last year I had three sets of numbers.  I wanted to guarantee a good placement in Section B.  This year I would've only needed one number for Block 1.  Definitely played the numbers game in the past spreading out the possible placements of the start so that I'd never be more than 200th picking.

[ebilmes]

Updates from this afternoon...

Block 3 - 277
Block 4 - 1217
Grad - 349

It looks like there are more people trying to buy tickets this year than did last year.

[JDeafv]

Info posted on athletics website, kinda sucks for the grads that the people who didn't get a number before the deadline was extended get to pick first, oh and grads are the only ones with a wait list:

    Starting line numbers for student blocks have been drawn. The starting line numbers and order of seat selection is as follows:

    Graduate Students

    Graduate block: no. 327 picks first, followed sequentially up to 370 and 1-202.
    Grad numbers 203-326 will be on a wait list and will be contacted after Oct. 4.

    Undergraduate Students

    Block one: no. 8 picks first, followed sequentially up to 65 and numbers 1-7.
    Block two: no. 112 picks first followed sequentially up to 160 and numbers 1-111.
    Block three: no. 143 picks first followed sequentially up to 285 and numbers 1-142.
    Block four: 25 students drawn at the "First Years on the Field" event, after which no. 750 picks followed sequentially up to 1322 and numbers 1-749.

    Students MUST have their line number form with name printed, signed, dated and have their Cornell ID in order to obtain season tickets. The name on the form must match the ID number entered on the form.

    Students can choose tickets for friends with a completed line number form (signature required). The tickets will then be held at the ticket office until the student who owns the tickets presents his/her ID at the office.

Seat selection will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3. in the Ramin Room in Bartels Hall

[dietlbomb]

[quote Athletics Website]
    Undergraduate Students

    Block one: no. 8 picks first, followed sequentially up to 65 and numbers 1-7.
    Block two: no. 112 picks first followed sequentially up to 160 and numbers 1-111.
    Block three: no. 143 picks first followed sequentially up to 285 and numbers 1-142.
    Block four: 25 students drawn at the "First Years on the Field" event, after which no. 750 picks followed sequentially up to 1322 and numbers 1-749.
[/quote]

Does this make sense? Are they giving undergrads 1832 tickets?

[dietlbomb]

6% of the students who signed up for line numbers get screwed, and I'm one of them.

[amerks127]

[quote dietlbomb][quote Athletics Website]
    Undergraduate Students

    Block one: no. 8 picks first, followed sequentially up to 65 and numbers 1-7.
    Block two: no. 112 picks first followed sequentially up to 160 and numbers 1-111.
    Block three: no. 143 picks first followed sequentially up to 285 and numbers 1-142.
    Block four: 25 students drawn at the "First Years on the Field" event, after which no. 750 picks followed sequentially up to 1322 and numbers 1-749.
[/quote]

Does this make sense? Are they giving undergrads 1832 tickets?[/quote]

No, they are not giving undergrads 1832 seats.  Remember most students who picked up line numbers from blocks two and three also picked up numbers for block four.  That means nearly 445 students will be eliminated from block four.

[andyw2100]

[quote JDeafv]
    Students can choose tickets for friends with a completed line number form (signature required). The tickets will then be held at the ticket office until the student who owns the tickets presents his/her ID at the office.

[/quote]

I'm just a casual observer, but can someone explain what the two sentences above mean?

Thanks.

[ebilmes]

[quote andyw2100][quote JDeafv]
    Students can choose tickets for friends with a completed line number form (signature required). The tickets will then be held at the ticket office until the student who owns the tickets presents his/her ID at the office.

[/quote]

I'm just a casual observer, but can someone explain what the two sentences above mean?

Thanks.[/quote]

Someone wants to buy hockey tickets but she's out of town on the day she needs to purchase them. She signs the form which she picked up from the ticket office when she received her line number, and her friend takes the form to choose seats on her behalf. Athletics makes a note of which seat was selected, but holds onto the actual tickets. The student returns to town on Monday, and goes to the ticket office with her ID to formally purchase the tickets.

[andyw2100]

Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up.

As written, and taken literally, it sounded like someone with a better line number could choose seats for friends with worse line numbers, which didn't make a whole lot of sense.

[KP '06]

Sections E and F are general admission this year (no assigned seats). I kind of like the idea ... it will be interesting to see how it works out.