Lynah Rink Renovation Blog

nyc94 · March 16, 2006, 01:59:51 PM

[quote KeithK]I love the fact that the place is being torn apart, but the banners are still hanging in the rafters.[/quote]

If they wanted to take them down there would be a fight over which union's job it is. :-)

Trotsky · March 16, 2006, 02:09:28 PM

[quote KeithK]I love the fact that the place is being torn apart, but the banners are still hanging in the rafters.[/quote]

If they need a place to hang them temporarily, there's plenty of room in the rafters at Union, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Colgate...

http://www.tbrw.info/ecacHistory/ecacTournyChampsByTeam.htm

mjc · March 16, 2006, 05:51:07 PM

A bit OT but..does anyone know where floor hockey intermural games are going to be played?

Jacob '06 · March 17, 2006, 08:45:18 AM

[quote mjc]A bit OT but..does anyone know where floor hockey intermural games are going to be played?[/quote]

They aren't entirely sure yet, but what they were initally saying was the Ramin room. How you play floor hockey on turf I don't know. I suggested to them trying the tennis courts on north, I haven't heard what the final plan is yet.

billhoward · March 27, 2006, 08:43:13 AM

... so when does the icemaking get turned off? Not sure how you show a picture of ice melting, but, Age, if you can get one, we'll view it.

CowbellGuy · March 27, 2006, 10:31:13 AM

You can tell by the new stream coming out the zamboni door and the pile of red and blue ice. They're starting to do some more substantial excavation on the south side today. I'll get some photos at lunch.

DeltaOne81 · March 27, 2006, 11:24:38 PM

Hmmm? "New West End Platform Seating"? How did I miss this?

http://www.lynahrink.com/files/lynahdrawing.pdf

Rosey · March 27, 2006, 11:27:19 PM

[quote DeltaOne81]Hmmm? "New West End Platform Seating"? How did I miss this?[/quote]
I saw that. It's for wheelchairs, etc., right?

Kyle

A-ron · March 28, 2006, 11:33:09 AM

I noticed that the "new seating" is behind what is currently seating for students. As we all know, students don't sit during games. Since this new seating wraps all the way around, I'm assuming it's been planned to be at the same level. I hope the architects took into consideration the sight lines behind your average height student who stands...at Albany the standing sections left the back row empty so that the box seats could see better. Does anyone know if this has been thought about?

Rosey · March 28, 2006, 11:37:10 AM

[quote A-ron]I noticed that the "new seating" is behind what is currently seating for students. As we all know, students don't sit during games. Since this new seating wraps all the way around, I'm assuming it's been planned to be at the same level. I hope the architects took into consideration the sight lines behind your average height student who stands...at Albany the standing sections left the back row empty so that the box seats could see better. Does anyone know if this has been thought about?[/quote]
I strongly suspect the new seating on the south side is specifically for the students; hopefully this also means they're returning what remains of section C (above the new tunnel) to the students, as well. The new skyboxes are on the north side.

Kyle

Trotsky · March 28, 2006, 11:47:56 AM

[quote krose]hopefully this also means they're returning what remains of section C (above the new tunnel) to the students, as well. The new skyboxes are on the north side.[/quote]

Hopefully those of us who have had seats in C for a lengthy interval of the Miserable Annals of the Earth will be provided for appropriately. :-( :-( :-(

Trotsky · March 28, 2006, 11:57:39 AM

Has anyone seen an artist's rendering of the outside and the foyer? I've seen the floorplans, but I'd like to see what it will really look like.

ithacat · March 28, 2006, 01:52:19 PM

[quote Trotsky][quote krose]hopefully this also means they're returning what remains of section C (above the new tunnel) to the students, as well. The new skyboxes are on the north side.[/quote]

Hopefully those of us who have had seats in C for a lengthy interval of the Miserable Annals of the Earth will be provided for appropriately. :-( :-( :-([/quote]

I'm sure the Section-Cers will have first crack at the boxes. ::burnout::

I hope any (and every future) expansion offers a relative increase in student seating. If students represent approximately 40% of capacity & they're expanding by 450, offer 180 to students. I'd also like to see more more band participation, if possible. So work that into the mix.

Of course, that would leave 270 seats, of which 150 are in the boxes. If most of the boxes are sold to Corporate folks (non-season ticket holders?), it might only dent the season ticket wait list. If, however, all seats on the south side go to students (including Section C), and if all the boxes go Corporate, and if the platform is only for accessibility needs...let's see, Lynah would increase seating by around 12% and might not even touch the waiting list. Actually, I guess that would increase the list because someone would get bumped by those being relocated from Section C. Wouldn't that be something? Not saying that's going to happen, but wouldn't that be something. ;-)

KeithK · March 28, 2006, 02:25:36 PM

Somehow I doubt that the boxes on the south side will be student seating. I'd be surprised if they weren't sold at a premium. I hadn't thought about the sitting standing thing, but they damn well better have thought about it when designing the boxes or they're going to have a thousand pissed off students in a year or so.

How many seats were there in section C and how many will there be after the tunnel is dug and the press box relocated? Assuming those go to students then there will be an increase in the student section even if all of the boxes go townie or corporate.

Rosey · March 28, 2006, 02:41:50 PM

[quote KeithK]Somehow I doubt that the boxes on the south side will be student seating. I'd be surprised if they weren't sold at a premium. I hadn't thought about the sitting standing thing, but they damn well better have thought about it when designing the boxes or they're going to have a thousand pissed off students in a year or so.[/quote]
Look carefully at the drawing again:

http://www.lynahrink.com/files/lynahdrawing.pdf

The north side specifically says "New Box Seating". The south side says only "New Seating". This is why I suspect the boxes are on the north only.

If I had to guess, the new seats will either be bleachers above the existing south concourse, or will be seamless with the existing sections, only with access points and stairs.

Edit: furthermore, the ~400 capacity addition they're talking about would be impossible to achieve with anything short of bleachers, especially since they're already losing seats in C.

Kyle