Cornell at Princeton postgame thread 1/14/06

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote dave]i really think baker is a class act rink with a lot of character.[/quote]
I think the renovation they gave Baker many years back did a wonderful job of updating the rink while maintaining its character.  

In particular, the building of new walkways around the outside of the rink makes access much easier than before.  I wonder if something similar is in the plans for Lynah's redo--that is, add more seats where the existing walkway is on the south side while enclosing what is now the outside of the south side of the rink to provide access.

[KeithK]

[q]In particular, the building of new walkways around the outside of the rink makes access much easier than before. I wonder if something similar is in the plans for Lynah's redo--that is, add more seats where the existing walkway is on the south side while enclosing what is now the outside of the south side of the rink to provide access.[/q]I thought the idea was to build a new lobby on the south side of the rink, to provide a real entrance to the facility.  Assuming that is still the plan I think this would imply at least an outer walkway around the back of the rink, or perhaps just a wide lobby providing access to the seating at a number of places.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote dave]i really think baker is a class act rink with a lot of character.[/quote]
I think the renovation they gave Baker many years back did a wonderful job of updating the rink while maintaining its character.  

In particular, the building of new walkways around the outside of the rink makes access much easier than before.  I wonder if something similar is in the plans for Lynah's redo--that is, add more seats where the existing walkway is on the south side while enclosing what is now the outside of the south side of the rink to provide access.[/quote]Al, that was proposed a few years ago. St. Law also is like that. At Lynah they also proposed working on the west (open) end with new locker rooms and a CHA room overlooking the ice.

Outer aisles would allow concession stands there and more seating. I believe the CHA has money set aside for their room and have to assume that the renovations were too much since the whole rink could not be brought up to current building codes.

[ctenah]

Have we lost only on Saturdays so far?  Too lazy to check, but maybe this could be meaningful.

[Chris \'03]

[quote ctenah]Have we lost only on Saturdays so far?  Too lazy to check, but maybe this could be meaningful.[/quote]

Union was a Friday.

[nshapiro]

We happened to walk out of Baker rink with the "organist" - a Princeton undergrad - carrying his keyboard that he plugs in to the PA system.  He told us that this is something that they are trying out, and he was interested in what we thought.  Too bad I didn't think to tell him about elynah.  I told him it was definitely better than the recorded crap they used previously, but he had plenty of room for improvement.

[Josh '99]

[quote KeithK]Given the choice between "Jock Jams" and an organ I'll take organ music any day.[/quote]I'd take *good* organ music, but that?  That was NOT good organ music.

[billhoward]

Lots of old buildings get glass walkways around the outside to expand the facility or bridge two facilities that are in cold weather. A lot use cost-constrained construction and, for instance, the glass is really plexiglass or similar that discolors and scratches and it then looks like a failed attempt to bridge two eras. Baker avoided that.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote billhoward]Lots of old buildings get glass walkways around the outside to expand the facility or bridge two facilities that are in cold weather. A lot use cost-constrained construction and, for instance, the glass is really plexiglass or similar that discolors and scratches and it then looks like a failed attempt to bridge two eras. Baker avoided that.[/quote]
Agree fully.  Princeton has the endowment to do things first-class--and they usually do.

[RichS]

I believe that Baker Rink has a some sort of "protected status" so there may be some restrictions on what they can do to it...unlike Palmer Stadium.

Can anyone confirm?

Do we know that Princeton U paid for the renovations or perhaps alumni raised the funds ?

[ninian '72]

Almost sounds as if Gadowsky is taking a page from the Princeton style of basketball - lots of perimeter shooting, no offensive rebounding, and getting back on defense quickly.  Seems to be working better for the hockey team than their basketball team this year.