A New Lynah

[Lenny]

Ok, I'm fully expecting most of you to think this is sacreligous:

I was thinking how about there are a lot of people who want to come to games that can't get tickets (alumni visiting, more students, etc.)  I also experienced many townies who were able to come to the games with their families on the "over the break" games, who thoroughly enjoyed Cornell hockey.  So I thought why not:

BUILD A NEW BIGGER BETTER LYNAH
Benefits:
1.  New Facilities (locker rooms etc.) these guys deserve.
2.  Attract recruits with our new rink.
3.  Allow Cornell Hockey to expand to new fans, build a larger fan base, by making more seats available.
4.  Allow more students and alumni to get into games.
5.  Be able to host the NCAA REGIONALS!!!  (ok maybe not that big)
6.  Nicer seats (not that I acutally sit) and facilities for fans.
7.  Add more here

Harms:
1 and only.  The history of the original Lynah, but every stadium comes to that day.

Does anyone agree with me?
Lenny

[npho]

i agree completely. cornell has the money, and after they spend all their money on a new improved rink, with many more seats, they would get all the money back. they games sell out easy, and if there were more seats i bet you anything those seats would sell in a heart-beat. it equals many more happy fans because they got to see more games, and more money for cornell...12 dollars x how ever many new seats they add = a lot more money from each game. how could they go wrong?

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

I support it completely.

Of course, you're dealing with one of the 12 people out of 3000 who though that the '82 class gift should be a new zamboni and not campus beautification.  :-P

JH

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Additional thought - What rich alum will donate the money if nobody will allow them to call it anything but Lynah Rink?

JH

[Tub(a)]

IIRC all we need to be able to host a regional is 4,000 seats. Lynah would need a couple hundred more. I assume, however, that this number is low mostly so that more western sites can host regionals. I doubt very much that the NCAA would put a regional in Lynah when there are several locations in the east that fit more fannies.

[Adam 04]

I think it is possible to design a building that accomplished most of what you want with only a few sacrifices. It would probably take some fancy architecture and a bunch of money, but I think it is definitely possible. I really don't think the capacity needs to increase at all. With the new regulations the same amount of seating is going to take up almost 1.5 times the current area. I would not want anything to replace lynah unless it is without a doubt better in all aspects. I think that the atmosphere can be maintained as long as the designer knows what aspects of the current architecture contribute to the atmosphere. Lets name some of those: fans are close to the ice, fans are close together, fans (students) are grouped together, low roof, steep steps, lack of sound-deadening material, loud fans, the Big Red Band... keep em coming...

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Lack of sound deadening material
Lack of sound deadening material
Lack of sound deadening material

Having seen the change in the noise level between the Spectrum - a concrete monstrosity- and the F.U. center - a softened, fan friendly place - in Philly, the above is THE key thing.

JH

[melissa]

benched seating, not chairs
boards with the  "Lynah bounce";-)

tho for what it is worth I am against a new rink unless it seats at least 1000 more without changing the current lynah atmosphere at all



Post Edited (04-14-03 18:29)

[jtwcornell91]

Has anyone build a new rink at the D1 level or above in the past 10 years without a high ceiling and a suspended scoreboard?

[sockralex]

Although building a new rink would be great, I love the fact that Lynah is small.  Everyone is close together.  It feels like one big family cheering on their favorite team.  Although I was not able to get season tickets and didn't see all the home games, its the fact that the atmosphere in such a small arena is so exciting that I didn't really mind not seeing all the games.  If it were a bigger place there is a good chance that not all the seats would be as good and fans, even though the place would be packed, could feel spread out.  If everyone who wanted to go to games got tickets, it wouldn't be as special.  Just a thought.  All-in-all though, I would support a new and bigger rink.

alex

[Jim Hyla]

Wow, where have you all been when this has been discussed before. If we do this, what kind of seats do you want to stand on?

Please, you can't rebuild without completely changing Lynah's character.

As far as recruitng, I've yet to hear a player complain about Lynah. Maybe there are some who would rather play in a mini-NHL rink, but we are not likely to get them anyway.

There are current proposals from the CHA and others to try and enclose the open end and push out the sides so that the walkway is moved outside the present wall. That would allow easier exit and flow, as well as more concessions. At the current open end there could be a "booster" (CHA) room overlooking the rink. But no suites. The only problem with this proposal is if we have to bring the seating up to code, then we wolud have to start over and lose the closeness

Maybe Clarkson and BU need that type of rink, but we need to keep our character and tradition. I know all things come to an end, but what we have serves us well.

[Adam 04]

Jim Hyla '67 wrote:

...I know all things come to an end...

When the roof collapses in the middle of a home game.;-)



Post Edited (04-14-03 19:07)

[Greg Berge]

When the roof collapses in the middle of a home game.;-)

With fifth generation Fuscos skating below.

Leveling Lynah is the worst thing you could ever do to Cornell hockey.  I will defer to Schafer here: Lynah isn't going away, nor should it.



Post Edited (04-14-03 19:30)

[kaelistus]

They could easily renovate lynah just a little bit by eliminating the parking lot and making the seats go all the way around. That would also probably give them more space for the locker room stuff which I know Schafer used to complain about.

[Adam 04]

To address the issue of a hanging scoreboard while maintaining the low ceilings. Imagine a roof line kind of like DIA, except supported externally by steel. This would create low ceilings at the periphery of the rink, and a ceiling high enough in the middle to accommodate the height of a score board. The score board would be visible from all locations as long as the engineers were careful enough to make sure the slope of the roof is tangent to the sight line from the farthest and highest viewing position in the rink. I think it would look pretty cool when in the rink to see no supports. I bet the material would make for a loud rink. Just an idea... ::screwy::