ticket report

[judy]

So...anyone have anything to report on lines at the ticket office?
Melissa has been tasked to buy our tickets...so she has something to do besides drive :-D

[CowbellGuy]

There was a moderate line this morning. The band will be in 211, and they're selling tickets for sections 208-210. No idea how many are left.

[dadeo]

Well thats contradictory to what Ive heard in other posts.  It seemed like we would get that corner which is around section 109.

[kingpin248]

CowbellGuy says:
[Q]The band will be in 211, and they're selling tickets for sections 208-210.[/Q]

So they are opening the upper bowl after all...



Post Edited (03-17-03 11:27)

[CowbellGuy]

They had some in 109, but I think there were few left by the time I got to the window.

[dadeo]

The upper section was never closed.
The Pepsi Arena has been selling upper level tickets for the past week or two now.  I believe someone just said that in speculation from a past event there

[hockey fan \'97]

My contact just got back from Cornell with tickets in hand -- they were selling tickets for 107 & 108....yI'm not sure about Section 109. Also, the Cornell Alum working at the Pepsi Arena has a few scattered tickets in Section 110 that the Cornell Club did not purchase ---- if you're in a pinch and want to be in the lower level of the Cornell section her number is (518) 487-2281 -- her name is Michell Lim Van Winkle and she has gone out of her way to accommodate Cornell students & alums with anything that she has available.

[Mike]

Anybody else think that we're gonna see REAL small crowds there this weekend, with teams like Brown, Dartmouth and Harvard...

IIRC, Harvard had a small, but relatively loud, crowd in Placid last year... I can't imagine either Dartmouth or Brown bringing many fans with them... The ECAC can't be happy that RPI, Union, Clarkson, St. Larry's, and UVM all will be sitting at home this weekend...

[Joe \'00]

I'm an alum in the NYC area and I had to use ticketmaster!  Plenty of good seats are available close to the ice, but those nasty ticketmaster fees!
Its hard to get seats close to the band, but tickets are available.

Since when did the ECAC feel it necessary to go with Ticketmaster?
I tried to call the Pepsi Box office and they told me to go to ticketmaster.  Lake Placid never tried to pull this!

[Chris 02]

I called the CU ticket office this morning around 10am and they put our name on a list (I'm out of town).  Just called again at about 220 and there seems to still be a line or that they're getting to other people with orders.  Anyone else get through on the phone yet?

[Melissa\'01]

I started calling around 10, got through at 10:15 or 10:20 and put my name on the list. When I called back 25 min ago I was told that I had received my tix. The person couldn't tell me where the seats were located cause the envelope was already sealed and ready to be mailed, but there were tix for me all the same. Yay! Where harldy matters as long as I am in the rink. There'll be a lot of space left in the lower bowl in other schools' sections - rest assured. The only thing that concerns me now is receiving these tix in the mail in time.

[DeltaOne81]

Last year I received tix from Cornell for Worcester over spring break - essentially exactly what I'd be doing this year for Albany if I didn't have some friends staying up there who are getting 'em. I recall the shipping wasn't particularly cheap, but they arrived in plenty of time - something makes me think Wednesday or Thursday (though I guess Thursday would be pushing it a bit more this time).

[ugarte]

Like I said somewhere else, my contingent will be purchasing tickets at the door.  No ticketmaster fees.

[REDhead]

The ticket office is selling the first five rows of section 107 (these are temporary seats, folding chairs, on the floor, AA to EE). The rest of 107 is player comps. Also were selling section 108. There were about 80 people on line at 9:40 (they opened early); was by there again at noon and no line at all.
I called Ticketmaster last Thursday and they only had second level seating open, so it's interesting that they now have lower level, although I doubt that it's lower level CU section. You can avoid Ticketmaster fees by ordering through Pepsi Arena. They won't sell by phone, but they will take your faxed order. There is a fax form on their website you can send in and request CU sections. The recorded announcement at Pepsi directs callers to Ticketmaster, but they will transfer you to the box office for up-to-the-minute info if you hang on to get a live person.
This weekend there was a rep from Pepsi Arena at Lynah selling tix in 109 thru 112, and some upper section tickets. By Saturday night he was taking written orders on forms printed out of the web site, presumably to return to Albany and put on will call or ship out express.
Right now just basking in the sunshine & feeling great about having tix in hand!!...getting really psyched about the trip & seeing Big Red action!

[marty]

[Q]
Received by email on 11/25/02

Dear Mr. Marty'74 xxx,

We received your ECAC ticket order recently. I did take note of your seating location request on the bottom of the form. Unfortunately,  upper level seating is not being sold for this event. Please let us know of your second seating preference.

Thank you,

MJ Henion
Assistant Box Office Manager[/Q]

My friend had a similar tale that was delivered by phone before I received this email.  Mind you this was back in the late fall.  It is great that they had a change of heart.  It likely means that ticket sales are good and it surely means we can all sit in the same general area.

LGR!



Post Edited (03-17-03 18:32)