Cornell-BU tickets MSG Sat 11/26/11 8 pm

[billhoward]

No sooner did Marty from Section 7 at RPI say, "I now proclaim the unofficial beginning of the off season" http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,168399,168412#msg-168412 than 2011 is just around the corner. Cornell announces first crack at Cornell-BU tickets for Thanksgiving Saturday (11/26/11 8 pm) at Madison Square Garden go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. with general sales starting a day later. This would be the third of a 3X, every-odd-year at MSG meet-up between Cornell and the team that inspired our 2010-11 jersey sleeves. $17 for students, $29-$109 for others: http://cornellbigredtickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=564&cid=49

Red Hot Hockey tickets can be ordered online and in-person at the Cornell Athletic Ticket Office (103 Bartels Hall) beginning Monday, April 11 at 10:00am.  Fans ordering tickets will be allocated "best seats available" with first-come, first-served per price level. Best tickets in each level are considered closest to the glass and center ice.  Please note: with the exception of Cornell student tickets, orders are being accepted but tickets WILL NOT be available for distribution until mid-June. Tickets for CU students WILL be available at the ticket office on April 11. Allocation of seats WILL be made based on pre-orders, so the earlier your order is placed the better your seat location. If you have special requests for tickets (e.g. behind either cage, nearest the band, etc.), please contact the Athletic Ticket Office by phone at 607-254-BEAR (2327).  For group orders of 20+ tickets, please order by phone by calling the Cornell Athletic Ticket Office.

My experience has been that tickets are available into November. Others may recall differently. But the same $29 or $45 buys you way better seats now.

[Ben Rocky '04]

Anyone know which end is Cornell's?

[ajh258]

Anyone know which end is Cornell's?

Both.

[hockeychick470]

I thought it was interesting that when I called to order tickets the CU ticket office told me they couldn't issue actual seats because of  the MSG renovation this summer. The guy I spoke with said they're waiting until after the renovation to do the seat assignments. However, BU fans I've talked to already have their seating assignments. Has anyone heard differently?

Anyway, munchkin and myself +9 will be somewhere in the cheap seats

[billhoward]

Cornell was the away team in 2007, the home team in 2009 (photo), and should be the visiting team again this year.

[clear]

No surprise if BU fans already have assignable seats. They get one section set aside and have room left over for Cornell overflow. The Cornell-BU fan ratio is 2-1 or greater. I just bought my Cornell block of ten and assume the credit card will be charged somewhat sooner than the tickets arrive. I can't recall if the red X at lower right was for the national anthem singer or an ROTC parachute drop.

[Beeeej]

I just bought my Cornell block of ten and assume the credit card will be charged somewhat sooner than the tickets arrive.

I would assume our cards will be charged immediately, while tickets were promised in the mail sometime in June.  I'm not exactly surprised or offended at this; it's pretty standard for any large event for which you buy advance tickets.  At least it's not like the NCAA tournament lotteries, where your card gets charged, and then months later, they decide whether or not you're getting tickets.

I'm set for RHH3 +11.

[hockeychick470]

The guy I talked to said they were "probably" going to charge cards when seats were assigned.

[billhoward]

The guy I talked to said they were "probably" going to charge cards when seats were assigned.

Some languages, it's intonation whether the same word means chicken feather or so's-your-mother. Here this is a different "probably" than "your car will probably be ready today."

[ajh258]

I bought my student tickets this morning and recieved the actual tickets along with seat assignments.

Section 330 and 329 are Cornell student sections this year, so expect that end to be CU.

[Swampy]

I bought my student tickets this morning and recieved the actual tickets along with seat assignments.

Section 330 and 329 are Cornell student sections this year, so expect that end to be CU.

Does anyone have thoughts on whether it's worthwhile to spring the extra $27/ticket to get the lower-level premium seats instead of the mid-level ones? MSG's seating chart shows views, and the view from Section 76 does not seem that much better than the view from Section 121. Sections 330 and 329 are in the upper left corner (on the MSG chart), so I'd assume the Cornell ticket office is selling lower-tier seats that are also in this quadrant. But I'd rather be at mid-ice, and the lower-level premium seats have more of these. (But is Cornell selling such center-ice seats?)

[Ben]

This is one of the times when I really regret deciding to study abroad. Does anybody know if there are (ever) viewing parties in London?

[CowbellGuy]

I don't think either game was televised and I wouldn't expect this one to be, either. If you're lucky there will be streaming video.

[Josh '99]

Ugh.  We really have to do this seven plus months in advance?  It was enough of a pain in the ass when it was just the Harvard game.

[judy]

Ugh.  We really have to do this seven plus months in advance?  It was enough of a pain in the ass when it was just the Harvard game.

Maybe someone really wants the revenue on the books?

[billhoward]

Ugh.  We really have to do this seven plus months in advance?  It was enough of a pain in the ass when it was just the Harvard game.

Wait 'til November 15 and your $29 tickets put you high enough and so far back in the upper deck you can reach up and touch the underside of the roof. Were you in a plane, they'd allow you to bring out your laptops and iPods.