2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament Thread of DESTINY

[scoop85]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

Info lacking on which side of the field or which sections are Cornell for Saturday. Also which is the parking area for the Cornell-sponsored (BYO food) tailgate.

Rentschler buy-tickets landing page suggests majority of sections have limited or no availability. Hard to believe it's close to sellout. In the years of 40K+ attendance in Baltimore or Philadelphia, the quarterfinal sites often drew 10,000-plus). Semifinal attendance at Hofstra was announced as 5814 (Shuart Stadium capacity is 11,929 and in previous year, pre-Covid, mid-teens, it was close to sold out), at Columbus 3684 (Ohio Stadium capacty is 104,944).

Oh, yeah, the lower cost seats are $26. Plus $13 handling fees. Where's an attorney general when you need them?

I just went onto the ticket sales page and there are still a crap-load of seats in the upper deck. Plenty of seats behind the goals, too.  Monday looks similar.

I'm driving up Saturday morning and staying with family in suburban Boston for the weekend.  If we win Saturday, I'll buy a Monday ticket then, and go to Monday's game on the way home.

I figured out what's going on with ticket availability, I think. The site seems to be showing very different availability depending on which link you click to get to it. This link shows almost no seats available. This one shows many. There must be something going on in the parameters of the first URL that is filtering out available seats for some reason. There are also tons of tickets available on the usual resale sites, so I'm curious to see what the actual attendance is. (According to the Cornell ticket site, the official Cornell section is 102.)

I just bought a couple of seats in Section 202 in the deck above the Cornell section. Section 202 is close to sold out, but the adjacent sections have plenty of seats.

[George64]

Any thoughts on Rutgers as a team and how we pair up to them?

The Rutgers goalie is CJ Kirst's brother, so CJ should know his weaknesses, if any.
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And vice-versa

True, but Colin also has to contend with Piatelli, Long, Coyle, Kelleher, et al.
LGR

[billhoward]

Any thoughts on Rutgers as a team and how we pair up to them?

The Rutgers goalie is CJ Kirst's brother, so CJ should know his weaknesses, if any.
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In case, like, the refs don't call Wedgies as a one-minute personal foul.

[billhoward]

+1 You know more about Hartford than I know about Lake Placid.

There'll be thousands of semifinals-losers fans who'll head home Saturday evening.

[Weder]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

No quotes needed. The Rent often hosts US National Soccer games, both Men's and Women's teams. It should still be grass. Never mind Pine Tree Road, imagine if you had to drive 30 minutes on an interstate to go to sporting events like UConn students do.

This is bizarre for me. I worked for 13 years (leaving in 2018) in a crumbling office park less than 3 miles away (so not Pratt & Whitney) from Rentschler. I could bike to the stadium in about 20 minutes from my home across the river. It was always a better choice for me to bike since the car traffic access in and out of the former airfield is so horribly mismanaged. Be prepared to sit around in your idling car as everyone is funneled into 1 or 2 entrance/exits depending on what highway you're coming from. Heck, just plan for a post-game tailgate while the lots empty. I was once leaving a concert and listened to an entire hockey period before getting out of the parking lots.

While I'm still undecided about going, I could provide any info about the area if anyone wants. I love Hartford like a 2nd home (yes, seriously), but most people here would feel most comfortable in the posh shopping/dining area of West Hartford Center, or for a more "New Englandy" feel, go to Glastonbury or Old Wethersfield. Nearby Manchester has all the chains (hotels, malls, big boxes) you might want. Just don't say you're "in Hartford" unless you're actually in Hartford city limits. The old racist tropes and donut effect is strong there. People "west of the river" tend to shit on the towns "east of the river" for some reason, but just wear any Whalers gear and you'll likely make friends. I'd like to say the area around the stadium and the city of East Hartford in general has anything very worthwhile, but it really doesn't, and that's too bad since that's what most fans visiting for the first time will take away. Other than the stadium there's a huge Cabella's plopped in the old airfield, and that's about it besides the stark Pratt & Whitney (now part of Raytheon) campus.

The traffic on 84 from West Hartford through Hartford can be a slog, though I'm not sure if the holiday weekend would mean this is lighter or heavier than usual.

The Wadsworrh Art Museum in Hartford is quite good (and the art museum in New Britain is decent as well). If you're a basketball fan, it's a short trip up to the Hall of Fame in Springfield. I haven't lived in the area for many years, but there's enough to keep you occupied on Sunday if you're staying for the weekend.

[dbilmes]

Nice feature on C.J. Kirst.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

Info lacking on which side of the field or which sections are Cornell for Saturday. Also which is the parking area for the Cornell-sponsored (BYO food) tailgate.

Rentschler buy-tickets landing page suggests majority of sections have limited or no availability. Hard to believe it's close to sellout. In the years of 40K+ attendance in Baltimore or Philadelphia, the quarterfinal sites often drew 10,000-plus). Semifinal attendance at Hofstra was announced as 5814 (Shuart Stadium capacity is 11,929 and in previous year, pre-Covid, mid-teens, it was close to sold out), at Columbus 3684 (Ohio Stadium capacty is 104,944).

Oh, yeah, the lower cost seats are $26. Plus $13 handling fees. Where's an attorney general when you need them?

I just went onto the ticket sales page and there are still a crap-load of seats in the upper deck. Plenty of seats behind the goals, too.  Monday looks similar.

I'm driving up Saturday morning and staying with family in suburban Boston for the weekend.  If we win Saturday, I'll buy a Monday ticket then, and go to Monday's game on the way home.

I figured out what's going on with ticket availability, I think. The site seems to be showing very different availability depending on which link you click to get to it. This link shows almost no seats available. This one shows many. There must be something going on in the parameters of the first URL that is filtering out available seats for some reason. There are also tons of tickets available on the usual resale sites, so I'm curious to see what the actual attendance is. (According to the Cornell ticket site, the official Cornell section is 102.)

I just bought a couple of seats in Section 202 in the deck above the Cornell section. Section 202 is close to sold out, but the adjacent sections have plenty of seats.

I'm in 203.

But from what I remember about these things, because there are four teams playing, the stadium will have plenty of seats available for people who won't show up until the second game.  So I may try to sit in the lower bowl for our game.

[scoop85]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

Info lacking on which side of the field or which sections are Cornell for Saturday. Also which is the parking area for the Cornell-sponsored (BYO food) tailgate.

Rentschler buy-tickets landing page suggests majority of sections have limited or no availability. Hard to believe it's close to sellout. In the years of 40K+ attendance in Baltimore or Philadelphia, the quarterfinal sites often drew 10,000-plus). Semifinal attendance at Hofstra was announced as 5814 (Shuart Stadium capacity is 11,929 and in previous year, pre-Covid, mid-teens, it was close to sold out), at Columbus 3684 (Ohio Stadium capacty is 104,944).

Oh, yeah, the lower cost seats are $26. Plus $13 handling fees. Where's an attorney general when you need them?

I just went onto the ticket sales page and there are still a crap-load of seats in the upper deck. Plenty of seats behind the goals, too.  Monday looks similar.

I'm driving up Saturday morning and staying with family in suburban Boston for the weekend.  If we win Saturday, I'll buy a Monday ticket then, and go to Monday's game on the way home.

I figured out what's going on with ticket availability, I think. The site seems to be showing very different availability depending on which link you click to get to it. This link shows almost no seats available. This one shows many. There must be something going on in the parameters of the first URL that is filtering out available seats for some reason. There are also tons of tickets available on the usual resale sites, so I'm curious to see what the actual attendance is. (According to the Cornell ticket site, the official Cornell section is 102.)

I just bought a couple of seats in Section 202 in the deck above the Cornell section. Section 202 is close to sold out, but the adjacent sections have plenty of seats.

I'm in 203.

But from what I remember about these things, because there are four teams playing, the stadium will have plenty of seats available for people who won't show up until the second game.  So I may try to sit in the lower bowl for our game.

For sports like lacrosse and football, I actually prefer sitting higher, as I get a better view of the entire field.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

Info lacking on which side of the field or which sections are Cornell for Saturday. Also which is the parking area for the Cornell-sponsored (BYO food) tailgate.

Rentschler buy-tickets landing page suggests majority of sections have limited or no availability. Hard to believe it's close to sellout. In the years of 40K+ attendance in Baltimore or Philadelphia, the quarterfinal sites often drew 10,000-plus). Semifinal attendance at Hofstra was announced as 5814 (Shuart Stadium capacity is 11,929 and in previous year, pre-Covid, mid-teens, it was close to sold out), at Columbus 3684 (Ohio Stadium capacty is 104,944).

Oh, yeah, the lower cost seats are $26. Plus $13 handling fees. Where's an attorney general when you need them?

I just went onto the ticket sales page and there are still a crap-load of seats in the upper deck. Plenty of seats behind the goals, too.  Monday looks similar.

I'm driving up Saturday morning and staying with family in suburban Boston for the weekend.  If we win Saturday, I'll buy a Monday ticket then, and go to Monday's game on the way home.

I figured out what's going on with ticket availability, I think. The site seems to be showing very different availability depending on which link you click to get to it. This link shows almost no seats available. This one shows many. There must be something going on in the parameters of the first URL that is filtering out available seats for some reason. There are also tons of tickets available on the usual resale sites, so I'm curious to see what the actual attendance is. (According to the Cornell ticket site, the official Cornell section is 102.)

I just bought a couple of seats in Section 202 in the deck above the Cornell section. Section 202 is close to sold out, but the adjacent sections have plenty of seats.

I'm in 203.

But from what I remember about these things, because there are four teams playing, the stadium will have plenty of seats available for people who won't show up until the second game.  So I may try to sit in the lower bowl for our game.

For sports like lacrosse and football, I actually prefer sitting higher, as I get a better view of the entire field.

I agree with that for football.  Sometimes I even like the upper deck for hockey - upper deck behind the net is a great spot to sit.

I've only watched one lax game from the upper deck.  I don't remember much of the game.  I just remember frying.

[Al DeFlorio]

Rentschler background info says "grass field."

Info lacking on which side of the field or which sections are Cornell for Saturday. Also which is the parking area for the Cornell-sponsored (BYO food) tailgate.

Rentschler buy-tickets landing page suggests majority of sections have limited or no availability. Hard to believe it's close to sellout. In the years of 40K+ attendance in Baltimore or Philadelphia, the quarterfinal sites often drew 10,000-plus). Semifinal attendance at Hofstra was announced as 5814 (Shuart Stadium capacity is 11,929 and in previous year, pre-Covid, mid-teens, it was close to sold out), at Columbus 3684 (Ohio Stadium capacty is 104,944).

Oh, yeah, the lower cost seats are $26. Plus $13 handling fees. Where's an attorney general when you need them?

I just went onto the ticket sales page and there are still a crap-load of seats in the upper deck. Plenty of seats behind the goals, too.  Monday looks similar.

I'm driving up Saturday morning and staying with family in suburban Boston for the weekend.  If we win Saturday, I'll buy a Monday ticket then, and go to Monday's game on the way home.

I figured out what's going on with ticket availability, I think. The site seems to be showing very different availability depending on which link you click to get to it. This link shows almost no seats available. This one shows many. There must be something going on in the parameters of the first URL that is filtering out available seats for some reason. There are also tons of tickets available on the usual resale sites, so I'm curious to see what the actual attendance is. (According to the Cornell ticket site, the official Cornell section is 102.)

I just bought a couple of seats in Section 202 in the deck above the Cornell section. Section 202 is close to sold out, but the adjacent sections have plenty of seats.

I'm in 203.

But from what I remember about these things, because there are four teams playing, the stadium will have plenty of seats available for people who won't show up until the second game.  So I may try to sit in the lower bowl for our game.

For sports like lacrosse and football, I actually prefer sitting higher, as I get a better view of the entire field.

At one of the first round NCAA hockey tournaments in Worcester or Springfield, I sat high in the stands over one of the corners of the rink.  Behind me was one of the great Meagher brothers from BU, scouting for an NHL team.  He said it was the best place from which to see the game.  Enjoyed some useful commentary on the game, too.

[MattShaf]

Lacrosse seats are in many ways similar to football. If you like to watch a play develop and understand the importance of all ball movement a seat in the second tier is a great perspective. Unlike hockey sitting behind the net in lacrosse is not a great vantage point (IMO) as you are typically too far from the field to appreciate the play on the near side of the field.

[Chris H82]

I'm about to start a flight that doesn't appear to support streaming (thanks United). What's a good website to keep up with scores as the game progresses? Fanlax or something like that? Or here?

[semsox]

I'm sure there will be some running commentary on fanlax and here. To keep up to date on the score, the inside lacrosse scoreboard page usually has a pretty barebones box score page that should be reasonably in sync with the game.

[French Rage]

Hard to tell who has the most fans there since the colors are damn close.

[Trotsky]

Another milestone.  I've reached the point where the players' moms are too young for me.