Cornell Basketball - ECAC Holiday Classic

srg1 · November 18, 2009, 09:45:47 AM

Does anyone have any ticket information for the game at MSG?

Also, is the game against Seton Hall sold out?

Josh '99 · November 18, 2009, 12:36:42 PM

Quote from: srg1Does anyone have any ticket information for the game at MSG?

No, it doesn't actually appear that anyone does. It's not listed on the event schedule on the MSG website, it's not listed under events at MSG on Ticketmaster, and there's nothing about it on the Cornell sports website. There is a single listing on Stubhub, for what it's worth.

srg1 · November 18, 2009, 02:50:02 PM

I called MSG. They say that Ticketmaster controls the ticketing. I left a message for the Cornell ticket office. I spoke to the St. John's ticket office and they said they have not received any MSG tickets. They supposedly will call me when they get tickets in. I called Ticketmaster and they didn't know jack. This is bizarre. The tournament sounds like it will allow include St. John's season ticketholders because they are the only ones who could have purchased tickets.

CM cWo 44 · November 19, 2009, 10:09:23 AM

FWIW, Hofstra has already begun selling tickets to the event. Check their athletics website gohofstra.com

srg1 · November 19, 2009, 10:20:00 AM

I can't find it on their website. Is there a direct link?

CM cWo 44 · November 19, 2009, 05:37:05 PM

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/22200/pdf/2009-10%20MBB%20Holiday%20Festival.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=22200

ugarte · November 19, 2009, 10:15:37 PM

Quote from: CM cWo 44http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/22200/pdf/2009-10%20MBB%20Holiday%20Festival.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=22200

OOF! This would have been a no-brainer in the pre-fatherhood days but it is more than I'm willing to spend now. $50 and leaving my wife with the kid on a Sunday? It might have been out of my hands anyway.

srg1 · November 19, 2009, 10:43:37 PM

Thank you!

Rita · November 19, 2009, 11:28:48 PM

Wow, pricey tickets indeed. However, if you find cheaper tickets, you might earn brownie points with the wife by taking the baby to the game with you and giving her a free Sunday afternoon. ::doh::

ugarte · November 20, 2009, 11:04:24 AM

Quote from: RitaWow, pricey tickets indeed. However, if you find cheaper tickets, you might earn brownie points with the wife by taking the baby to the game with you and giving her a free Sunday afternoon. ::doh::

We're a year away from that. I see other people with babies at games like this and always think "mimosa". Make a choice because the ingredients are better apart than together.

phillysportsfan · November 20, 2009, 12:57:44 PM

I just spoke with the Cornell ticket office and they said to contact St Johns ticket office who is organizing the tournament. They said they have called the St Johns ticket office several times and are waiting for a callback.

Jim Hyla · November 20, 2009, 01:20:34 PM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: RitaWow, pricey tickets indeed. However, if you find cheaper tickets, you might earn brownie points with the wife by taking the baby to the game with you and giving her a free Sunday afternoon. ::doh::
We're a year away from that. I see other people with babies at games like this and always think "mimosa". Make a choice because the ingredients are better apart than together.

We often took our baby to Lynah. If she got fussy, you just get up and try and settle her down. Better than not going at all.

srg1 · November 20, 2009, 02:48:30 PM

I spoke to Maria at the Hofstra ticket office. Very nice and well informed. 516-463-7988. She said they are taking orders but do not have actual tickets in hand. She estimated that Hofstra would purchase 500 tickets. The price listed on the St. John's site is slightly different than what Hofstra lists. Hofstra received price estimates and moved ahead with the order form. Also, the tickets Hofstra is offering are for the good seats. They did not order tickets in the middle and upper levels. Hopefully those tickets will cost between $20 and $30.

Maria also indicated that the burden is on St. John's as the host school.

ansky629 · November 20, 2009, 06:19:21 PM

I called her also. I'm not sure if anybody cares, you might just want to see the game - but the tickets they are offering are in the Hofstra section. Might want to wait a little bit longer until Cornell may eventually have tickets to offer in the Cornell section.

billhoward · November 20, 2009, 07:37:51 PM

Quote from: Jim Hyla
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: RitaWow, pricey tickets indeed. However, if you find cheaper tickets, you might earn brownie points with the wife by taking the baby to the game with you and giving her a free Sunday afternoon. ::doh::
We're a year away from that. I see other people with babies at games like this and always think "mimosa". Make a choice because the ingredients are better apart than together.
We often took our baby to Lynah. If she got fussy, you just get up and try and settle her down. Better than not going at all.

We, actually me and another classmate, while mom relaxed at home, took our baby to see Cornell play football at Princeton. Not a victory IIRC. Princeton scores, Princeton fires off a cannon about 50 feet away. Baby got upset to put it mildly. Not as much as mom when baby came home with a fully loaded diaper. It was changed when we left the stadium, but mom to this day believes I had him in an all-day diaper. Me, I figured, after the cannon went off, he had nothing left to give.