Ticket Procedure Released

[calgARI '07]

I just wish there was a procedure that would have the place full for warmups.  Then Lynah would be unquestionably the hardest place to play in college hockey and the atmosphere would be even better than it is now.

[Chris \'03]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 I just wish there was a procedure that would have the place full for warmups.  Then Lynah would be unquestionably the hardest place to play in college hockey and the atmosphere would be even better than it is now.



Edited 1 times. Last edit at 09/21/05 08:29PM by calgARI '07.[/q]

Make the student section general admission.

or

lie about start times.

[Canuck8]

Simply sell season tickets; however, at 7:00 (6:45, whatever), you sell all remaining tickets as general admission.  Those season ticket holders not there at the designated time, forfeit the ticket to that specific game.

[nr53]

i agree the system this year is going to get someone hurt but since we can't change that now i'm just hoping for a good distribution time. saturday night around 10:30 would probably cut down on a lot of people who really don't deserve it as much, especially since its a lot harder to run when you're drunk ::drunk::

[dsr11]

You know, back in the late 90s (or early 2000s, I can't remember), Dave Matthews played at Cornell.  Everyone knew tickets would be tough to get (he played at Bailey).  Some people with inside information got news from the Cornell Concert folks that tickets would go onsale at a given date and time and location for ticket sales (the fieldhouse, btw).  No lineup information, no hokey announcements, nothing.  Primarily word of mouth.  This information was spread around about 5 days before tickets went on sale.  Some people lined up immediately, bringing tents, camping gear, and food.  There was no stampede, things were orderly.  Police didn't kick people out of line.  Die hard fans spent 4-5 days in line, most people spent about 24-36 hours.  At a completely random time, I think about 12 hours before tickets actually went onsale, people from the concert commission came around and gave out line numbers and sent everyone home.  They told us when to come back and buy tickets based on line number, and everyone did.  There were no riots, no stampedes, and nobody got hurt.  And cornell outdoor ed made a crapload of money from people renting tents, sleeping bags, tarps, and just about everything else.

Now maybe hockey fans are more rabid than Dave fans (since many people in line were smokin a lot of pot over those 5 days), but the system worked.  

A similar event happened for Adam Sandler tickets, though the most people waited for him was about 36 hours.  But still, it works.