Games @ Michigan State

[Josh '99]

Is anyone else interested in heading out to East Lansing in November?  I know it's very early to be planning roadtrips, but the reason I'm bringing it up this soon is because I'd like to buy tickets to see the Wisconsin @ Michigan State football game that's also that weekend, and I'd imagine those will sell out much further in advance than tickets to the hockey games (or airline tickets, for that matter).

And in case anyone was curious, no, I will not be taking any standardized tests on this trip to Michigan.   B-]

[Ben Rocky '04]

A few friends and I are tentatively planning on going.  Because of the odd schedule of games, we were looking for Saturday entertainment.  We were contemplating going to see some non-Big Red hockey by watching Notre Dame play W. Michigan in Kalamazoo Saturday night, and showing up in Cornell jerseys.  Anyone else have any good ideas for entertainment?

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Ben Rocky 04 Wrote:

 A few friends and I are tentatively planning on going.  Because of the odd schedule of games, we were looking for Saturday entertainment.  We were contemplating going to see some non-Big Red hockey by watching Notre Dame play W. Michigan in Kalamazoo Saturday night, and showing up in Cornell jerseys.  Anyone else have any good ideas for entertainment?[/q]

Going to Lawson sounds like fun to me; the WMU fans were cool.

[jtwcornell91]

Bumped for Robb's benefit.  I'm pretty interested in going, but has anyone looked into hotel rooms?

[Robb]

D'oh...

[jkahn]

[Q]has anyone looked into hotel rooms?[/Q]
I booked the Marriott Town Suites in East Lansing back in April for $71/night, but it doesn't seem to be available now.  Since we have friends in the area and I wasn't sure whether we'd be spending Sat. night closer to Detroit, I booked one room for two nights (which I'm using) and another for just Friday night, which I can make available to someone who wants it.  It turns out that my friend, an MSU grad, will be in NYC for a seminar that weekend, but the good news is, I'll be using his football tickets.

[ithacat]

But the bad news...did you see them play Rutgers last weekend? They might be as bad as Syracuse this year. Seriously, it'd be a blast to see a Big11 football game. Have fun.

[KeithK]

I'm considering it.  Seeing a "western" rink would be cool and we need to make sure there's some red among all of that green.  Getting there from CA might be a pain for me, at least if I want to be back at work on Monday.

From the MSU web site (http://www.msuspartans.com): tickets@msu.edu, 1-800-GO-STATE.  Nothing there about individual tickets.  Season ticket renewals were due Sep. 3, so maybe there will be additional info soon.  Their first game is Oct. 10.

I agree that WMU might be a fun Saturday activity.

Robb: you obviously need to waste more of Uncle LM's time reading the forum over the summer.

[jkahn]

Individual game football tickets went on sale Aug. 2. at $42 each.  See
http://msuspartans.collegesports.com/tickets/m-footbl-tickets.html

[calgARI '07]

I'm in if anyone wants to give me a ride.

[Liz \'05]

I'm interested in going, and am willing to drive other people from campus, but I might need a lot of help in figuring out logistics.  This would be my first big hockey road trip (I don't count RPI and Brown), so I'm a bit clueless.

[KeithK]

Just called the MSU ticket office.  Mens hockey tickets go on sale on Sep. 27 "based on availability".  I didn't ask for clarification on that last point - might mean they hope to sell the whole place out for season tickets.

No idea when the road team allocation goes on sale at Cornell.

[Jacob '06]

I'm also interested in going, but I would need a ride

[Josh '99]

I'm sure some of us who've done a bunch of these would be happy to help you out, Liz.  Fire away with any questions you might have.

I looked into hotel rooms about two weeks ago and the two sensible options I saw (depending on your priorities) were a Red Roof Inn about 2-3 miles from campus at $54 per night and a Marriott 1/4 mile from Spartan Stadium and Munn Arena at $179 per night.

I have to imagine there will be few enough Cornell folks making the trip that it won't be THAT hard to get tickets out of CU's allotment, but I've been wrong before (see: any time I go to Princeton).

While hotel rooms are tough, and while MSU's football team is bad (and by the way, how 'bout those Scarlet Knights?  :-D), it's still a Big Televen football game, and I still feel like getting tickets to that is the most time-critical thing if people are interested in that.

Speaking of which...  anyone interested in going in on that?

[ninian '72]

I wouldn't worry too much about picking up football tickets.  The stadium has over 70,000 seats, so the odds of something being available are very good. Even if it sells out - not likely -  you'll probably find someone on game day selling tickets outside.  Big 10 football is an entirely different beast.  By all means go, and enjoy!