Ticket Procedure Released

[calgARI '07]

http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/092005aab.html

[Ben Rocky '04]

Someone is gonna get run over this year, and it'll be Gene's fault.

[Beeeej]

So students will be able to pick up their line numbers - determining in what order they'll get to choose their seats - quickly and go home...

...yet once they've paid for their tickets, and everyone knows exactly in what order people will get to choose their pre-paid seats, then they're required to spend 24 hours in line?!

Beeeej

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

So now they have a line so you can stand in line?  That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.  

[Jordan 04]

Over/under on final post count in this thread?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'll take over 5  :-P

[Jordan 04]

It's amazing how many ways you can fuck up what should be a simple process.

[Jordan 04]

[Q]Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote:

 So now they have a line so you can stand in line?  That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.  [/q]

Ah, not only that, but you also have an announcement (today) announcing that an announcement will be announced.

Why can't today press release (or release this closer to October 1st) just say "Tickets will be sold starting at 6 PM on October 1st.  Two tickets per person maximum.  That is all."

Hand out line numbers as people arrive, whenever they damn well care to arrive.  One person per line number.  Tack on $5-10 to the cost of the season tickets to pay for line security.  Said security does a line check unannounced overnight.  No number, you're gone.  No excuses.  The end.

[jkahn]

I agree with Jordan.  You need to reward those that want it the most.  IMHO, there probably should've been someone in Minneapolis last year handing out 2005-2006 line numbers to anyone with a student I.D. who made that trip.  It would be a pity if those real fans get shafted by a procedure that obvious doesn't reward those who are most willing to sacrifice their time to support the team.

[Ben Rocky '04]

Students who were to Minneapolis.... I like that idea.

[KeithK]

IMO, the best solution is to announce the ticket sale far in advance and then let people line up whenever they want.  Use Jordan's suggestion of a security surcharge - explicitly called out, not just an increase in face value of tickets - to pay for security and line checks.

But of course, the school is still afriad of anything resembling the fiasco of 1991, so they want to keep as tight a rein on the process as possible.  The over night stay is a concession to the line "tradition" which serves no purpose.

[Townie]

[Q]Beeeej Wrote:

 So students will be able to pick up their line numbers - determining in what order they'll get to choose their seats - quickly and go home...

...yet once they've paid for their tickets, and everyone knows exactly in what order people will get to choose their pre-paid seats, then they're required to spend 24 hours in line?!

Beeeej[/q]

I'm not getting your point(s).  This is basically what's happened for years, except they're handing out numbers one night and postponing the wait until Friday night (although I guess they could hand out line numbers on Friday night).  This should minimize the impact on schoolwork, prelims (if any), etc..; no mid-week waiting like last year.

Seems to me paying in advance can only speed things up.  And if you pay and your number becomes invalid, I'm sure you can get a refund.

[French Rage]

So wait, you wait for the announced line, go there, get your number...and then return Friday for the Ramin Room (I would guess) line?  That's....sorta wierd.

And of course letting people camp out when they want to is obvious, but they've clearly shown theywould never do that.

[Townie]

Seems to me the most relevant change is one ticket per student.  This should make tickets available to a broader student base.  It will also double the processing!

[TCHL8842]

Well the processing is getting spread out over a long time from when the release the line numbers to that friday until 1.  I hate this ticket procedures here, I have never seen any other school have such a stupid process.  They should just release when the tickets are going on sale and then let a line form when it forms, even if it hurts the academics a little bit.  Is waiting around doing nothin every  night better then waiting around in a line for several days, I really dont see a difference except for the real fans get the tickets if you can line up whenever.