Section C Diaspora

[Will]

Andy, by section L, I assume you really mean section M, the true center section on the north side of Lynah that is directly across from C.  (L is directly across from D.)  Then again...given that I was in M this past year and hope to be again in the year(s) to come...sure, go ahead, kick L out. ;-)

[andyw2100]

[quote Will]Andy, by section L, I assume you really mean section M, the true center section on the north side of Lynah that is directly across from C.  (L is directly across from D.)  Then again...given that I was in M this past year and hope to be again in the year(s) to come...sure, go ahead, kick L out. ;-)[/quote]

You're right, of course...I did mean M. (Somehow I kept forgetting about O when I was working backwards around from that end of the rink.)

I will edit my original post now, but wanted to post this so that Will, (who if I have my way will be sitting somewhere in F or G next year--sorry, buddy), doesn't look bad.
                          Andy W.

[Will]

[quote andyw2100]Will, (who if I have my way will be sitting somewhere in F or G next year--sorry, buddy)[/quote]

Being that I've spent a cumulative three years in sections F and G, I will say that while F wouldn't be too horrible, if I end up in G ever again, I will have to kill someone (probably you Andy--sorry, buddy :-D ).

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Chris '03][quote Trotsky]
I have no problem giving C to the students -- I've advocated it for years, and I was in C *as a student* back in the day.

I think they should give the evictees the choice of *any* seat in the house not currently occupied by a renewable season ticket holder.  If they choose in A-D, they'll have to stand.  If they choose anywhere else, they don't.

Is that too simple and fair to be adopted?[/quote]

Well then the current section C reselects section C and it's still not the student section whether they stand or sit.[/quote]

Except that lots of people in C won't pick a section where they have to stand.

[RichH]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Chris '03][quote Trotsky]
I have no problem giving C to the students -- I've advocated it for years, and I was in C *as a student* back in the day.

I think they should give the evictees the choice of *any* seat in the house not currently occupied by a renewable season ticket holder.  If they choose in A-D, they'll have to stand.  If they choose anywhere else, they don't.

Is that too simple and fair to be adopted?[/quote]

Well then the current section C reselects section C and it's still not the student section whether they stand or sit.[/quote]

Except that lots of people in C won't pick a section where they have to stand.[/quote]

But say Section C people send around a letter telling everyone in Section C to just take the same seats.  Everyone sits, students are closed out of the unification attempt, and you have the same situation we've had.  What, are the ushers going to enforce a standing rule now?  Highly doubtful.  "Hey you!  Let's go...off yer duff.  This is a standing section.  I don't care about your arthritic knee."

Oh, I have a LOT to say on this topic, but I don't have the time right now.  I'll wait until the initial dust cloud settles.

[Dpperk29]

Andy,
you will only get my section M tickets from my cold dead hands...

Just put up a fight... I am sure if you make enough of a stink, Gene will let you stay where you are

[French Rage]

[quote WillCMJr]I feel for the boosters who could potentially get 'booted' and I do believe there should be SOME options.  I also have a good family friend who could be affected by this.  He has great seats, and I will feel bad if he gets booted.

However, with that said, I think they're just fixing a mistake made years ago.  It was stupid to break up the student sections, it decreased the atmosphere and broke up the coordination of the different sections.  I think this is much better for the team and the Lynah atmosphere.  The old saying, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."[/quote]

"Who said that?"
"You did, in the Bible."

[jtwcornell91]

[quote RichH][quote jtwcornell91][quote Chris '03][quote Trotsky]
I have no problem giving C to the students -- I've advocated it for years, and I was in C *as a student* back in the day.

I think they should give the evictees the choice of *any* seat in the house not currently occupied by a renewable season ticket holder.  If they choose in A-D, they'll have to stand.  If they choose anywhere else, they don't.

Is that too simple and fair to be adopted?[/quote]

Well then the current section C reselects section C and it's still not the student section whether they stand or sit.[/quote]

Except that lots of people in C won't pick a section where they have to stand.[/quote]

But say Section C people send around a letter telling everyone in Section C to just take the same seats.  Everyone sits, students are closed out of the unification attempt, and you have the same situation we've had.  What, are the ushers going to enforce a standing rule now?  Highly doubtful.  "Hey you!  Let's go...off yer duff.  This is a standing section.  I don't care about your arthritic knee."[/quote]

Except that some of us with seats in C want to stand, and would do so, and if C were a designated standing section, it would be more like the ushers not enforcing a non-existent sitting rule.  Plus some of us would opt for seats in A or B, which would mean students would stand in our seats in C, and again anyone who had clung to their seats with the idea of sitting would have to deal.

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote KeithK][quote WillCMJr]...The old saying, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."[/quote]Are we really at the point where lines from Star Trek count as "old sayings"?[/quote]

Well if you consider the in story timeline of the show, this saying is infact very new.  So new that it has yet to be said...

[Mike Hedrick 01]

I have a question that is marginally enough related to this thread not to start a new one.  :-)

If an alum is moving back to the Central NY area, how would you go about getting non-student season tickets?   Is the waiting list period particularly long?  

Also, how does one go about joining the Cornell Hockey Association?  Thanks.  (I hope these aren't silly questions!)

[CKinsland]

To get non-student season tickets, you call (email, stop by, whatever) the tickets office and add your name to the waiting list.  Yes, the waiting list is long.  I'm unsure what the new seating will do to the waiting list length.  

We have two season tickets (that we have had for several years) but we have been on the list for two more (for the kids) for 4 years.  I checked my location on the list 2 years ago and I was at 125.  This year I was at 123.  Either they are slipping people ahead of me, making up numbers when I call, or the list has not moved particularly quickly in the past few years.  

Personally, I vote for the last option.  I know of several people with season tickets that have moved away, but kept their tickets.  They sell them to neighbors/buddies/whatnot.

I'm hoping that the new seats move me quickly up the list.  

CK

[Drew042]

On that note, last I talked to Gene about where I was on the list for season tickets, he said that at the current rate it would take me 125 years to get season tickets ::twitch::

[judy]

I added myself to that list in Jan of this year...there were about 300 people ahead of me :`(

[RichH]

I got on the list in 2001.  At that time, I was told I was #20.  Still waiting.  Word on the street while waiting to buy single-game tickets for '03-'04 was that nobody came off the list that year.

[Mike Nevin]

Tickets will surely become available then next time the Big Red has a period of truly lean years.  This was one of the few advantages of the period from 1992 to 1995 -- one could actually get seats, and improve them relatively easily.


I am sure that this cannot happen, but...

I have often thought that there should be an occasional Ticket Line for non-student seats.  Maybe the way to deal with the current section C issue is to go to a good old fashioned "first come, first served" line for the whole place next fall.  

I don't know why season tickets at Lynah should be renewable for a lifetime, even though I would love to keep my seats in section N forever.  Maybe they should have a term limit -- make them expire every 3 years, and then they have to compete for seats with everyone else again.

I think it would be pretty cool to have the whole place filled with those who want their tickets the most, instead of those who have been going forever.