Future of NCAA Regionals

[CowbellGuy]

CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend.

[RichH]

CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend.

Rita?

[Rita]

CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend.

Rita?

Not me. I still have a dumb phone.  I guess the question to ask is when were those hits from Florida? I bet a lot of them were from Dec. 28th/29th and originated from Germain Arena. The others probably are from technologically advanced snowbirds (there are lot from the northeast, MN, WI on the gulf coast side and some of them follow college hockey).

[Josh '99]

I've heard people speculate about Chicago as a possible Frozen Four destination that's accessible for pretty much everyone and a city that actually knows what hockey is, but counter-speculate that the lack of beer sales might put the United Center off from bidding.

Ah, good point.  If you consider beer sales as part of the "gate," the whole affair might not be attractive for some high-demand arenas.

The clear answer here is to let them sell beer.  Or, if BC is there, allow them to sell copious amounts of liquor.

Hey, it's not just BC that would enjoy copious amounts of liquor.  ::drunk::

[RichH]

I've heard people speculate about Chicago as a possible Frozen Four destination that's accessible for pretty much everyone and a city that actually knows what hockey is, but counter-speculate that the lack of beer sales might put the United Center off from bidding.

Ah, good point.  If you consider beer sales as part of the "gate," the whole affair might not be attractive for some high-demand arenas.

The clear answer here is to let them sell beer.  Or, if BC is there, allow them to sell copious amounts of liquor.

Hey, it's not just BC that would enjoy copious amounts of liquor.  ::drunk::

I think the insinuation is that everybody else would NEED copious amounts of liquor to cope with BC and the superfans.

[Scersk '97]

I've heard people speculate about Chicago as a possible Frozen Four destination that's accessible for pretty much everyone and a city that actually knows what hockey is, but counter-speculate that the lack of beer sales might put the United Center off from bidding.

Ah, good point.  If you consider beer sales as part of the "gate," the whole affair might not be attractive for some high-demand arenas.

The clear answer here is to let them sell beer.  Or, if BC is there, allow them to sell copious amounts of liquor.

Hey, it's not just BC that would enjoy copious amounts of liquor.  ::drunk::

I think the insinuation is that everybody else would NEED copious amounts of liquor to cope with BC and the superfans.

This.

[CowbellGuy]

CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend.

Rita?

Not me. I still have a dumb phone.  I guess the question to ask is when were those hits from Florida? I bet a lot of them were from Dec. 28th/29th and originated from Germain Arena. The others probably are from technologically advanced snowbirds (there are lot from the northeast, MN, WI on the gulf coast side and some of them follow college hockey).

Pretty good distribution throughout the state with one big outlier. Miami, Orlando, and Tampa are 2-4, but with about 8x Miami's sessions is Hialeah. Feel free to try to explain that.

[Rita]

CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend.

Rita?

Not me. I still have a dumb phone.  I guess the question to ask is when were those hits from Florida? I bet a lot of them were from Dec. 28th/29th and originated from Germain Arena. The others probably are from technologically advanced snowbirds (there are lot from the northeast, MN, WI on the gulf coast side and some of them follow college hockey).

Pretty good distribution throughout the state with one big outlier. Miami, Orlando, and Tampa are 2-4, but with about 8x Miami's sessions is Hialeah. Feel free to try to explain that.

Well, Hialeah is known for fraud, especially for elections/absentees ballots. Was CHN running any contests or polling? So maybe those numbers are a bit inflated? Anybody getting kickbacks for the number of hits? ::idea::

[marty]

This year I received multiple email announcements that Frozen Four tickets were available, the most recent in December.  The Red Sox home attendance was worse in their 2013 championship year than in 2012 when they had an off year.  I know there has been moaning concerning the fact that Lynah doesn't consistently sell out and now this:

Potential woes for NFL

The attendance bug is showing up all over.  I have to think this is a problem with multiple causes, disposable cash and big screens being two,

Then in counterpoint:

Hail to the big crowds in a fiscally depressed region

[redice]

This year I received multiple email announcements that Frozen Four tickets were available, the most recent in December.  The Red Sox home attendance was worse in their 2013 championship year than in 2012 when they had an off year.  I know there has been moaning concerning the fact that Lynah doesn't consistently sell out and now this:

Potential woes for NFL

The attendance bug is showing up all over.  I have to think this is a problem with multiple causes, disposable cash and big screens being two,

Then in counterpoint:

Hail to the big crowds in a fiscally depressed region

I blame the drop in attendance at pro sports on a few things.    Money, TV coverage, and (for some) fan indifference.    Of those three, the fan indifference the one that is most likely carried over into Lynah.   There probably are some students having problems scraping up the money for season tix.   But, if demand was there, there would be others to step in.   And, that's not happening.

And, at the risk of beating a dead horse, the many late arrivals for each game show that fan indifference is a huge factor at Lynah these days.

In summation, there's not enough people who give a shit about Cornell Hockey!!