Lynah East 2005 - Single Tickets on Sale 9/20

[Nathan Chicowdy 92]

Based on my call to the Harvard (sucks) ticket office yesterday, the multi-game ticket package bullshit of 2003-04 is no more.  Single-game tickets for the Cornell game go on sale this Monday (9/20) with a 6-ticket/person limit.
Let the Red and the Faithful remind Donato just how much Harvard sucks.

[A-19]

are those tickets being sold to the general public or what?
and since i know alot of people have gotten tickets through harvard friends/connections in the past, does anyone know if there is any advantage to obtaining them with a harvard id? ie are they free/unlimited/etc?
i started grad school here in cambridge this year, and want to get as many tickets for my cornell friends as possible. am i better off purchasing them as a harvard student, or a random caller?

-mike '04

[Robb]

Based on my past experiences, you're WAY better off calling the Harvard ticket office with your Sucks ID number in hand.  A friend's grandmother who was a Harvard alum's widow was able to buy 7 tickets for us (a few years ago), but they wouldn't give random callers the time of day.  I don't know if Harvard-connected people (I know, redundant) can get truly unlimited tickets or not.  But if they can, can I place my order with you now?  :-D

[A-19]

i just called the harvard box office. it seems as if the only perk i get is getting 6 tickets guaranteed if i become a season ticket holder here, which carries with it a $100 price tag (and of course massive stigma). undergrads on the other hand get free tix (i am not sure if there is a limit). if i do not become a season ticket holder, for strategic purposes, i am supposedly in the same position as every member of the general public. that's not to say that going to the box office in person with a HUID won't help me get noticed over callers, but the ticket supervisor was steadfast regarding the 6 ticket limit, student or not. and now i have a req'd class when the box office opens monday morning. even at harvard, i get screwed for cornell tickets

-mike

[KeithK]

[q]...even at harvard, i get screwed for cornell tickets [/q]Hey, it's just karma.  You're the one who decided to go to Hahvahd... :-D

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:
undergrads on the other hand get free tix (i am not sure if there is a limit).[/q]
Do they need their ID to get in?

[A-19]

john,

i doubt anyone checks ids at the door if you have a printed ticket in hand. the more likely problem is whether a "ticket" for an undergrad is merely showing your id upon entrance, which would clearly be nonstransferable.

btw, when i spoke to the ticket office here today, i casually asked ab the cornell game and he said "we have problems with THAT particular ticket situation."

mike

[Robb]

The only "problem" they have with that particular situation is that their own fans suck.

From this, I would surmise that they are still scratching their heads and trying to figure out a new diabolical scheme to prevent Cornellians from buying up the tickets long enough that their otherwise pathetically slow demand results in a few tickets being sold to Harvard fans.  Whatever they come up with, I'm sure you're going to find it easier to get tickets to the Cornell game as a Harvard poser.  For full effect, present your Harvard ID, buy the tickets, and then remove your coat to reveal your Cornell hockey jersey...  Heh-heh-heh.

[A-19]

unfortunately, i bit the bullet and decided it was worth it to pay the $100 for harvard season tix so that i was guaranteed 7 (6 + the season ticket) for the lynah east game here [which is damn expensive, considering i have to pay for the tickets too]. before i bought the tix, i confirmed that i was able to get the 6 to a single game right away. the attendant asked which game i wanted, then asked if i went to cornell, and mentioned that they were allowed to exercise discretion in choosing who gets to be a season ticket holder. accordingly, i kept my mouth shut.

-mike

[TShen]

Just out of Curiosity, when can one purchase tickets to this game through Cornell?

[Sir]

Hey you bunch of slappies!  When you can get by Clarkson in the playoffs you can start hating ticket policies.  It's like you roll over and fold all the time, or better yet fall off in a gorge.  I find it hard to believe that as Ivy League faithful (most of you are probably wannabees), with your fantastic educations (some of you probably say you have a degree but don't), complain about the price of a hockey ticket.  Did you just not get into Harvard?  Is that it?  If Harvard did it right you'd be buying a season ticket to get extras.  The arena would be filled w/ students while you sit out in your "I want to be a hockey player" Big Red jerseys protesting like a bunch of chauncies.  There's more to life than hockey, or maybe there isn't in Ithaca.  But enjoy skating on your frozen ponds in BFE, Lynahp and accept the can of whoop ass opened up on you when you roll into Cambridge.  Cheers!  

Sir

[ben03]

one of the 7 harvard fans speaks ...  :-O

[Sir]

Check that Benny Boy - Speaks the truth! ::nut::

[KeithK]

If you're here to talk college hockey then welcome Sir.  Welcome to any Crimson fan who wants to chat.  If you're just here to talk smack, well the Hockey Gods are always listening...

[Robb]

[Q]Sir Wrote:

If Harvard did it right you'd be buying a season ticket to get extras.  The arena would be filled w/ students...  
[/q]

Your no-school-spirit, I'm-just-doing-time-here-while-waiting-to-get-a-job-at-daddy's-company, gimme-another-A-because-I-was-accepted, "students" don't show up to games now - and it's FREE.  Why exactly would they show up in droves to buy season tickets to get any extras?

edit: Cornell is 13-7-1 vs. Clarkson in the playoffs - I'll take that.

Good day to you, Sir!