Return of the Great Wait! - Student Season Tickets

[Jim Hyla]

This is unquestionably a Good Thing for cornell hockey. Reward commitment, build camaraderie and anticipation, and give the players and student fans a chance to meet up.

This will only truly happen when the Barton Hall sleepover is resurrected.

George, I can't believe you're promoting sleeping indoors.

Whatever happen to lining up outdoors, overnight?

Those were the good old days.

I don't recall ever lining up outdoors before 4 am.  I enjoyed the Barton Hall community.  Where else can you play frisbee at 6 am?  Yes, those were the days!

Did you get tickets for 66-67? It was either then or maybe the previous season where we just started our own line the night before. Nothing like Barton was organized at that time. I don't know when Cornell actually took over the process. When I'm talking about we had our own sign in sheet to keep line orderly.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

This is unquestionably a Good Thing for cornell hockey. Reward commitment, build camaraderie and anticipation, and give the players and student fans a chance to meet up.

This will only truly happen when the Barton Hall sleepover is resurrected.

George, I can't believe you're promoting sleeping indoors.

Whatever happen to lining up outdoors, overnight?

Those were the good old days.

I can tell you that in 79-80 we lined up outside Barton and overnighted.  I remember it flurrying.  I was a sophomore, but I held a place in line for two seniors from my fraternity who showed up in the morning. 

In 81-82, they moved the overnight into the baseball practice facility.  However, the line formed before the doors opened.  It was raining heavily.  If you got a spot under the eaves of the building you stayed mostly dry.  If not...

Good times, indeed.

[Dafatone]

(wtf was freshman or sophomore me doing)

Well if I'm doing the math right your freshman year was 03-04 so you probably got there, saw 2000 people were already in line, and said "fuck it".


So with this new process, if you're there on Saturday you basically get first priority, and then anything left over goes by class later in the week.  I mean, yeah, that makes sense.  That's more or less how it always used to be minus the online aspect I assume.

I just kinda... wasn't interested? Then I went to a game when a friend had tickets late in my sophomore year and immediately said "this is what I've been missing my whole life."

[Trotsky]

This is unquestionably a Good Thing for cornell hockey. Reward commitment, build camaraderie and anticipation, and give the players and student fans a chance to meet up.

This will only truly happen when the Barton Hall sleepover is resurrected.

George, I can't believe you're promoting sleeping indoors.

Whatever happen to lining up outdoors, overnight?

Those were the good old days.

I can tell you that in 79-80 we lined up outside Barton and overnighted.  I remember it flurrying.  I was a sophomore, but I held a place in line for two seniors from my fraternity who showed up in the morning. 

In 81-82, they moved the overnight into the baseball practice facility.  However, the line formed before the doors opened.  It was raining heavily.  If you got a spot under the eaves of the building you stayed mostly dry.  If not...

Good times, indeed.

We got so dirty.  Our introduction to Cornell hockey was like the Marne.

[stereax]

As per my email today, the event begins at 7 AM.

Doing my math, to get there at 7 on the dot I either need to spend the night somewhere on campus or walk it (1.2 miles uphill) from the Commons.

My usual bus route to get to Lynah, the 32, leaves at 8 AM, I'd get to Uris around 8:15, and stroll downhill.

Alternatively, I can catch the 30 at 7 AM, go up to Carpenter, and leg it up the slope that convinces me I have asthma.
OR go up to Milstein and walk from there. I think from Milstein it's mostly flat.

I dunno. Thoughts? (She says, as if her seat choice is high-demand enough that not being there at 7 on the dot is going to make her lose out.)

[stereax]

As per the email, btw:

The Return of the 'Great Wait': Sept. 19, starts at 7am, outside Cornell Athletics Ticket Office at Bartels Hall.
We're bringing back a new version of an old tradition; the "Great Wait" for Men's Ice Hockey season tickets. Students can enjoy food, giveaways and spirit-group performances before getting early access to season ticket sales at 9am.

I'll always take a free breakfast, man.

[Trotsky]

It's a start.  Hopefully TPTB will allow it to develop organically.  It's not like The Line started out as a 7-day camp out.

Nothing could be better for recharging our student fans than this developing into the same kind of joyful and authentic tradition that used to belong to them. The best thing we alums and the university can do is get out of their way and refrain from any inevitably cringe "assistance."  Let the little bastards alone.  Life finds a way.

[stereax]

It's a start.  Hopefully TPTB will allow it to develop organically.  It's not like The Line started out as a 7-day camp out.

Nothing could be better for recharging our student fans than this developing into the same kind of joyful and authentic tradition that used to belong to them. The best thing we alums and the university can do is get out of their way and refrain from any inevitably cringe "assistance."  Let the little bastards alone.  Life finds a way.

I don't think it'll ever get back to 7-day camp out levels (especially in the post-covid era), but even this should be a lot of fun. We'll see how it actually looks, though. Hopefully there'll be at least a decent turnout and I can make some friends.

I'm assuming breakfast/related morning snacks are part of it. Always nice. "Spirit group performances" so... cheerleading? Band? It will at least be entertaining, I suppose. Giveaways - probably hats or rally towels or other related paraphernalia, possibly with a print about like, "I survived the Great Wait" or some related line.

Would probably be nicer if they started it at like, 9, and the tickets began at lunch. But I also categorically don't have an issue with "forcing" "the little bastards" to wake up early. (Until, of course, that group includes me. Hiss.)

I think I'll do the Milstein route and get there around 7:30ish. Hm. Many thoughts.

[stereax]

The line is back.

Join us this Saturday, September 19, for The Return of the Great Wait—your opportunity to purchase Cornell Men's Ice Hockey student season tickets early and in person while experiencing one of Cornell Hockey's most iconic traditions.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, September 19
Outside the Athletics Ticket Office
103 Bartels Hall

7:00 a.m. – The line officially opens with music, breakfast, giveaways and activities
8:00 a.m. – Live performance and tradition teaching with the Cornell Marching Band and spirit groups
9:00 a.m. – Student season ticket sales begin
The first 200 students to purchase season tickets will receive an exclusive "I Did My Time in the Line" Cornell Hockey T-shirt. Additional food, beverages and giveaways will be available while supplies last.

WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU ARRIVE
Bring your valid Cornell student ID.
Student season ticket purchases are limited to two tickets per student.
Tickets will be sold in person at the Athletics Ticket Office beginning at 9:00 a.m.
No phone or computer is required to purchase your tickets.
Activities will take place outdoors, so dress for the weather.
Food, shirts and other giveaways are available in limited quantities and are not guaranteed.
Arriving early is strongly encouraged.
The Great Wait is about more than securing your seat at Lynah—it is a chance to meet fellow members of the Lynah Faithful, learn the cheers and traditions that make Cornell Hockey special and begin the season together.

...so I gotta be there at seven on the dot, huh?

[Trotsky]

It doesn't need to return to the way it was; it should develop the way students want now.  The mystery of the Faithful is a balance between tradition and novelty.

But the undergrads will always be the energy source.  Without them, nothing.  Assuming our students have not been rendered braindead and spiritless by the university's current corporate captivity, they'll find new ways to entertain themselves and drive a burning sharpened log into Day Hall's eye, as is proper.

[stereax]

Official article.

[RichH]

Official article.

I've never heard the hockey line referred to as "The Great Wait" and it's called that six times in this piece. If the retcon fix is in for this name, are 2 whole hours really that Great a Wait?

Why not just say "Big Red Freakout" and be done with it?

[617BigRed]

I had to sleep overnight in Barton as is proper...

[scoop85]

I had to sleep overnight in Barton as is proper...

I had to sleep overnight in Lynah, which was sort of insane

[underskill]

We had to sleep outside Lynah which was not fun but well worth it.