ECACs Lake Placid roll call 2014

[Jim Hyla]

Here's a seating chart:

[Trotsky]

I've done the bobsled run.  It's a blast.

I was thinking about this.  Is it walk-up or do you need to reserve?

[billhoward]

Kids will like the tours of the Olympic sites. Ours loved it. We did in July. Gonna be a lot colder right now, of course. The  museum is more an adult. Old uniforms and bobsleds. In the Olympic center there is a viertual reality bobsled run but it's VR of a couple years ago. Kids may not get why the graphics are so modest. A big fan blows in your face to give a great sense of motion. Restaurants have kid, teen and adult menus so you're okay there. Plus there's an Imaginarium shop with junky IQ builder games they'll want you to buy.

[billhoward]

Boblsed: Walk up, put your name in, you get a time slot later in the day. In the 2013 summer, which is not the current season, it was about 3-4 hours wait. You could try calling the center to ask them what it's like in winter. It's about 15 mins drive from Lake Placid. Best bet is show up right at 10 am when it opens and it's a lot less. It is cool but it's over in the literal minute.

[Trotsky]

Boblsed: Walk up, put your name in, you get a time slot later in the day. In the 2013 summer, which is not the current season, it was about 3-4 hours wait. You could try calling the center to ask them what it's like in winter. It's about 15 mins drive from Lake Placid. Best bet is show up right at 10 am when it opens and it's a lot less. It is cool but it's over in the literal minute.

Thx.  Friend of mine did the luge (the luge!!!) in Germany.  At Garmisch (?) they just let you walk up and do it.  You don't even sign a waiver.

That's insane.

He also said top to bottom was something like 45 seconds, and it cost $250, but it was worth it.

[Jim Hyla]

For those that bought through Cornell can you tell me what section you are in?  Looks like I missed the window to have them mailed.  Thanks.

The Cornell tickets are in Section 24.

I just got mine by overnight, Sec. 23. So we've got at least 2 sections.

[marty]

For Friday, +2. The Chief Albany Alumni Bear is being chauffeured to the arena by me. :-)

"Score more goals!" will be the cry from section 24.

[mha]

Can't wait to see you all there! I do know the Pep Band is heading up, as well, leaving at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

Does the 1932 arena still offer ice skating? I've been trying to find out if the Lions Club still has their annual pancake breakfast around this time, but the most relevant search result I've found is me talking about it on LiveJournal a few years ago. :-P Dropped them an e-mail. We shall see.

[Josh '99]

For Friday, +2. The Chief Albany Alumni Bear is being chauffeured to the arena by me. :-)

"Score more goals!" will be the cry from section 24.

Cool!  What ever happened to the Chief?  He hasn't been on the forums in ages.

[jy3]

Thought about making the trip since it is in placid this year but the big guy has his last weekend of hockey = party.

I assume the usual lack of TV coverage persists this year as well?
GO RED!

[marty]

I assume the usual lack of TV coverage persists this year as well?
GO RED!

No, Fox College Sports Atlantic will have all three games.

[jy3]

I assume the usual lack of TV coverage persists this year as well?
GO RED!

No, Fox College Sports Atlantic will have all three games.

Ah that is right, forgot. channel 300 for us for fios. thanks

[andyw2100]

I assume the usual lack of TV coverage persists this year as well?
GO RED!

No, Fox College Sports Atlantic will have all three games.

This may apply to some:

If you have Time Warner Cable (and possibly other providers) at least in the Ithaca area there is a package called Sports Pass that includes Fox college Sports Atlantic and many other channels for $8.95 per month. You can add the package and drop the package at any time, and just pay the pro-rated portion of the month that you had the package. I added the package today, and if I drop it will have cost me about $1.50, give or take. You could add the package tomorrow and drop it after the final on Saturday for about 60 cents.

Definitely a better deal than any of the internet streaming providers we all pay whenever those are the only options.

[adamw]

Ate at "Liquids and Solids" tonight - fancier place, the name notwithstanding, but with large beer list. Different menu every night. Great food. Near the aforementioned Lisa G's ... Just throwing it out there for y'all. It's indeed pretty hard to go wrong here, and there's more places than you think.

By the way - it also took me precisely 2 hours from the Albany exit of the Thruway to reach Main St. in LP. That's really not bad. Don't tell the state police. People drive faster these days, or at least I do.

[Rosey]

Ate at "Liquids and Solids" tonight - fancier place, the name notwithstanding, but with large beer list. Different menu every night. Great food. Near the aforementioned Lisa G's ... Just throwing it out there for y'all. It's indeed pretty hard to go wrong here, and there's more places than you think.

I had charcuterie there two years ago (edit: actually, in August 2012, on the day I took my profile picture). It was fantastic.

By the way - it also took me precisely 2 hours from the Albany exit of the Thruway to reach Main St. in LP. That's really not bad. Don't tell the state police. People drive faster these days, or at least I do.

When I was exiting from 90 onto 787 tonight with an hour and a half of driving to go for the night (followed by another hour and a half tomorrow), I thought to myself, "If the ECACs were in Albany, I'd be out of the car 5 minutes from now."