New Arena for Cornell

[hIKE]

Looking at the beautiful new facility BU erected for their hockey team, I can't help but think if/when with all the money the university has, when they are going to think about a new facility.  Espescially with last year's Frozen 4 appearance.

[Greg Berge]

We should have the equivalent of the USCHO Newbie Guide, with a section of threads that have been started so many times that they should never be started again.

(Note: Hike, this is not a knock on you at all.  This just happens to be a thread that seems to start up about every few months, as soon as it falls off the bottom of the screen, somehwat like "When will Harvard join Hockey East?" on USCHO.)

[Will]

Thanks for volunteering, Greg. :-p

[Al DeFlorio]

hIKE Wrote:
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> Looking at the beautiful new facility BU erected
> for their hockey team, I can't help but think
> if/when with all the money the university has,
> when they are going to think about a new facility.
>  Espescially with last year's Frozen 4 appearance.

Interesting how much the interior of Agganis looks like Lynah--rafters and all:

http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/03/03_008101.php

[Greg Berge]

Why I oughta...

[jy3]

comeon guys we dont have to act like people as uscho and criticize people for starting topics. it has been a while since we talked about this

i had thought that they were expanding to add more seats over the locker rooms and building out into the parking lot??

[Hike]

In all seriousness, I wasnt kidding when I said this.  Lynah is freakin' old and I think the fans, students, and program deserves a better building to play in.

[Ben Doyle 03]

there is a middle ground in this debate ... wish icould find (but i am too lazy to look) some of the old threads where this was beaten to death in the past.

[calgARI \'07]

At short glance, it looks exactly like the arena the Florida Everblades play in.  Great design, IMO.  Small and intimate, but still luxurious.  
That being said, I'm against a new arena.  I have heard rumours that Lynah will be renovated as early as this coming summer.

[dsr11]

A real college hockey arena HAS to have bench seating.  I've been to Tsongas Arena (where UMass Lowell plays) and Merrimack College's home rink (and Lynah of course), and there is something weird about big comfy seats for college hockey.  Tsongas has seats, it's a relatively new rink, while the rink at Merrimack, at least time I was there, had character and benches like Lynah (though nowhere near the atmosphere).  

Keep the bench seating at Lynah!

[Will]

If I were to guess, I'd say that if the seats were to be renovated, they'd probably end up looking a lot like Lynah East's seats, with straight benches but each individual seat having its own back.

Then again, what do I know about this sort of thing?

[Rob NH]

[Q]dsr11 Wrote:
while the rink at Merrimack, at least time I was there, had character and benches like Lynah (though nowhere near the atmosphere).[/Q]
Merrimack's Lawler Rink (was dedicated this year, the building is still known as the Vople Complex) has wooden bleachers (think high school gym), and the only atmosphere comes from visiting fans who invade the place, Merrimack has a very low local draw and relies mostly on the visiting teams fans. The students only had "Lets go Merrimack!" until this year when a student brought in a cowbell, which they now follow along to a slow clap right before the drop of the puck at the beginning of a period, that's it, no cowbell cadences or other cheers, just "lets go merrimack" and the slow clap... Not even a sieve chant, sad.

Lawler rink is usually looked down upon as the bastard child of Hockey East, with many newer arenas such as UNH's Whittemore Center, U-Mass Lowell's Tsongas Arena, and U-Mass's (Amherst) Mullins Center. It holds just about 3.5k, if I remember right, with bleachers on the sides and no seating behind the nets. The bleachers are only 10 rows high so no matter where you sit you have a close to the ice feeling. The scoreboards (behind each goal) look like they were put in when the arena was originally built. If I can find my digital camera hook up I will post some photos, rough stuff.

[Rob NH]

EDIT: See previous post, thanks Age.

[CowbellGuy]

Sorry. Editing works now (if you're logged in). I also fixed the quoting and your first post.

[rhovorka]

Before I post, it's interesting to note that the email address entered by this thread's starter matches the one used by someone who is at least connected to our least-favorite fellow poster (see link).  This smacks along the lines of "Schafer Should Resign" and "Pep Band Should Not Travel."

Note emails of several offensive posters in this thread: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,35598

Anyway, I'll now comment as if this were a serious discussion.  Remember that SLU's Appleton Arena has been renovated several years ago, and those renovations didn't effect the atmosphere there at all.  Cornell has already invested money in the past 5 years in upgrading the ice equipment, the boards, the glass, and the locker rooms.  I don't see how all of a sudden they would think a whole new facility is needed.  Adding on to the facilities available to the student-athletes and coaches for training and conditioning?  I'm all for it.

Read one post-game recap after another this season and you'll be amazed at how many visiting coaches and players comment about what a treat it is for them to come play at Lynah.  A huge majority of fans, players, and coaches love Lynah, and I wouldn't change a thing.