Does anybody else

[Josh '99]

[quote krose][quote KeithK]Or how about escalators?[/quote]
I can come up with even more gruesome stuff for this.  ::yark:: [/quote]

"Escalators can't break, they can only become stairs."
-Steven Wright

[Josh '99]

[quote jtwcornell91]How about they slide down a firepole at the start of the period?  (Complete with annoying bush league fire-engine siren.)[/quote]Dude, admit it.  That would be AWESOME.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote jmh30][quote jtwcornell91]How about they slide down a firepole at the start of the period?  (Complete with annoying bush league fire-engine siren.)[/quote]Dude, admit it.  That would be AWESOME.[/quote]
I'd be too worried it'd turn into some sort of bizzare male stripper routine.
 ::uhoh::

[ugarte]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote jmh30][quote jtwcornell91]How about they slide down a firepole at the start of the period?  (Complete with annoying bush league fire-engine siren.)[/quote]Dude, admit it.  That would be AWESOME.[/quote]
I'd be too worried it'd turn into some sort of bizzare male stripper routine.
 ::uhoh::[/quote]Dude, admit it...

[ebilmes]

[quote jtwcornell91]
I'd be too worried it'd turn into some sort of bizzare male stripper routine.
 ::uhoh::[/quote]

Well, they're already putting out the team calendar (as we saw in FL)...maybe next year's edition could feature the firepole.

[DL]

To hell with renovations, for the money involved, why not outfit the rink with High Definition cameras in all the usual areas, start a course in media studies that would have students run a weekend sports program out of Lynah, set up lounges in key spots around the campus for viewing by those not fortunate enough to attend, then offer the feed for sale to the likes of CSTV, et al.?  
Seems to me this kills many birds with one stone: keeping the intimacy of the rink, promoting the school/program locally and nationally, increasing viewership without increasing traffic, and giving the vast population of students and alums who can't get tickets a chance to savor some of the excitement.  There's plenty more, to be sure (I'm lookin at you, All Access).
If this has already been mentioned and shot down for good reasons, then nevermind...

[Cactus12]

Duffield also makes a nice walk-through to Collegetown from Lynah on those really cold nights (like during last year's January games)...

The inside reminds me of a shopping mall... except there's no Sunglass Hut

[Beeeej]

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that you might need a local blackout rule for non-sellouts.  :-D

Beeeej

[daredevilcu]

When was the last time Lynah didn't sell out?  Can't have been that recent...

[Chris \'03]

[quote daredevilcu]When was the last time Lynah didn't sell out?  Can't have been that recent...[/quote]

UAH, November 2001.

[nr53]

[quote Cactus12]

The inside reminds me of a shopping mall... except there's no Sunglass Hut[/quote]

thats more or less the running joke I've heard. We're convinced that all the ditzy girls who randomly show up around lunch time and look really confused are just trying to find a banana republic:-}

[Beeeej]

[quote Chris '03][quote daredevilcu]When was the last time Lynah didn't sell out?  Can't have been that recent...[/quote]

UAH, November 2001.[/quote]

And even then, only missed by 36 people.

Beeeej

[Mike K]

Thats amazing, some schools the last time they sold out was 2001.

[Robb]

[quote Chris '03][quote daredevilcu]When was the last time Lynah didn't sell out?  Can't have been that recent...[/quote]

UAH, November 2001.[/quote]

I wonder how that ranks among current streaks.  Of course, sellout only says something about the ratio of the supply of tickets to the demand - OSU could out-draw us by 10,000 people per night and still not get credit for a sellout.

I know MSU just had a ridiculously long sellout streak snapped within the last few years.

[billhoward]

[quote Robb][quote Chris '03][quote daredevilcu]When was the last time Lynah didn't sell out?  Can't have been that recent...[/quote]

UAH, November 2001.[/quote]

I wonder how that ranks among current streaks.  Of course, sellout only says something about the ratio of the supply of tickets to the demand - OSU could out-draw us by 10,000 people per night and still not get credit for a sellout.

I know MSU just had a ridiculously long sellout streak snapped within the last few years.[/quote]
If you're talking Michigan State, they've had a string of non-sellouts recently snapped:

http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20052006/m/01/27/um-msu.php >>> Michigan State notched its first sellout since November 18, 2004 and provided a terrific atmosphere for hockey, including a 100-piece band and approximately 1000 students, not to mention a 50/50 raffle prize that tallied over $2100.

11/18/04 was the game just after the Cornell @ Michigan State series, also against Michigan. The story above was mostly about how MSU scored a clear goal this season against Michigan that everyone saw -- it apparently slipped through the netting and out the back -- that the CSTV cameras saw, but Yost has a replay cam directly atop the goal and it was inconclusive. It wound up as a 1-1 tie and had the goal counted, MSU would have likely won, increased its power rating, and Cornell would have benefitted also.

Maybe the 100-piece band helped fill the seats.