Hocky Tickets 2006/7

[scannon]

I don't know if everyone has heard how they are distriuting the tickets this year but I couldn't find it on here so I thought I'd post it.


First we have to pre-register online to state our interest in buying tickets.

Second we report to the ticket office to re-state our interest and collect our Inactive line numbers.

An announcement will be made about which inactive line numbers will become active at halftime of the albany football game (Sept 30)

Those numbers which are then active become like the line numbers last year and we camp out in the ramin room in Oct. some time.


I got the information off some people at a hocky sign at PE sign up.

It looks like its a lottery this year.::screwy:::-(

There's also some stuff about 150 seniors getting seating priority but it doesn't affect me so I haven't really looked at it.

[KeithK]

H-O-C-K-E-Y

[ugarte]

[quote KeithK]H-O-C-K-E-Y[/quote]I knew that would be the first response. I had to fight sooooo hard not to write it myself; I thought that the interesting news was enough to give the guy a pass.

[WillR]

What a disapointing outcome if this has become a lottery.  I like the idea of making people go through as many steps as possible.  I would add even more steps just to try to weed out those who don't want them enough, but the list of things to do doesn't seem likely to disuade enough non-fans

Is there a limit to how many people can join the band? This might be the best way around a lottery.

-WillR

[Tub(a)]

So they take two systems (lottery and camp-out) and combine the most useless parts of them?

The indoors, entertainment and food provided "line" was already becoming a pointless farce, but this makes it official.

Unless they are being underhanded about it and making only the first few hundred line numbers "active," thus making it an unannounced camp out situation under the guise of a lottery. I'm pretty sure that's not it though

[KeithK]

[quote ugarte][quote KeithK]H-O-C-K-E-Y[/quote]I knew that would be the first response. I had to fight sooooo hard not to write it myself; I thought that the interesting news was enough to give the guy a pass.[/quote]I know.  I just couldn't help myself.

[redhair34]

After last year's debacle I can't say this would be all that surprising (assuming what scannon says is the case)--disapointing but not surprising.

[French Rage]

[quote WillR]What a disapointing outcome if this has become a lottery.  I like the idea of making people go through as many steps as possible.  I would add even more steps just to try to weed out those who don't want them enough, but the list of things to do doesn't seem likely to disuade enough non-fans

Is there a limit to how many people can join the band? This might be the best way around a lottery.

-WillR[/quote]

Yeah, somehow
- register online
- go to ticket office
- go to football game
- campout
doesnt exactly seem like it'll deter that many people.

Cornell Athletics: To Hell With Occam's Razor

Though I do like the idea of a 3000 person band.

[Will]

Every year, I think, "They couldn't possibly make it worse than last year."  And every year around this time, I am amazed...and I am not one that is easily amazed.  Kudos, Cornell Athletics.

[scannon]

My sincerest apologies.

I'll leave it unedited to preserve the joke.

[Rosey]

Please, PLEASE, just make the student section GA on a per-game basis.  The true fans will show up for the best seats at 5pm, and the facetimers will get bored of this after a game or two.

GAAAAAAA!

Kyle

[Dafatone]

Does going to the football game even matter?  Seems like you can just check afterwards whether you "won" the lottery or not.

Lame system.

[Josh '99]

[quote WillR]Is there a limit to how many people can join the band? This might be the best way around a lottery.[/quote]The band only gets a limited number of tickets (51? 41?) for each game.  To determine who gets them, there's a priority points system based on attendance at other events.  So no, anyone can JOIN the band (and there've been people who're substantially devoid of musical talent), but that doesn't mean you'll be able to go to hockey games with the band.

[canuck89]

I am in total agreement with Will...  :-(

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Will]and I am not one that is easily amazed.  Kudos, Cornell Athletics.[/quote]

Oh yes, and I'm not easily impressed... WOW! A BLUE CAR!