Hocky Tickets 2006/7

[BCrespi]

I can't believe this, well of course I can, and am almost glad it's my first year off the hill so I don't have to deal with it (not really of course).  I told a friend of mine about it and he suggested this, "I think that there should just be a fucking battle royale for them.  They open up the Ramin Room at a certain time.  The last person alive the next day wins all of the tickets and my distribute them as they please."  MUCH better system than this one.

[Will]

[quote BCrespi]I can't believe this, well of course I can, and am almost glad it's my first year off the hill so I don't have to deal with it (not really of course).  I told a friend of mine about it and he suggested this, "I think that there should just be a fucking battle royale for them.  They open up the Ramin Room at a certain time.  The last person alive the next day wins all of the tickets and my distribute them as they please."  MUCH better system than this one.[/quote]

Okay, but only if they play the Star Trek fight music at the same time.  That's really the only way to do it.

[jimmy]

Anybody know what's going on with seniors this year?  As a senior who has had tickets the last 3 years (and section B until last year's debacle) this is the part that really interests me.  If anybody knows anything...please post it.

[las224]

A lottery is absolutely ridiculous. Basically, this means the entire student body will be signing up for it just to see if they get tickets (why not? They don't have to expend any effort). And then 90% of people who win will be buying tickets and scalping them to true fans instead of attending any of the games.

Wow, athletic department, way to make sure that people who actually care about hockey and will be good fans don't get to attend.

[French Rage]

The one day camp out to weed people out is stupid.  No one's gonna drop out, that's the easy part, the hard part is the week before.  So let's see, first the tickets became a facetime thing, then the caping became a facetime thing.  What's next, is waiting for the ticket information gonna become the "in thing" to do?

From what I heard, they had a good method two years ago, they just completely screwed it up last year.  But, of course, given the injuries, they couldnt do that again.

[Free11Skier]

I heard it through the grapevine that our good friend Gene has come to the conclusion that a first come, first served sort of line will be a debacle no matter what system is used.   I guess he just threw up his hands and said screw it - lottery!

[Cactus12]

Two years ago was good... efficient, easy. Not perfect, but definitely good enough I thought.

Unforunately last year those lazy [insert obscenity of your choice]s at athletics decided to sit on their asses in Lynah, where half the students were just hanging around anyway. Apparently Cornell's campus isn't big enough for them. ::screwy::

[las224]

The problem wasn't that they picked Lynah; the problem was that they wouldn't let people in the building to form a line for about 20 minutes. That resulted in a big pileup outside the rink as people pushed to bang on the doors while cops and officials essentially just stared out at them and tried to keep them from breaking the glass. Had they started letting people actually go through the building and form a line immediately, it would have been no problem.

[canuck89]

It was still dumb to give them out at lynah.  Besides, that didn't result in the best fans getting the best tickets.  Over 2000 people were waiting in that area on central.  I still say an unannounced quiz on cornell hockey would reward the best fans with better numbers, and it is SAFE.

[French Rage]

[quote las224]The problem wasn't that they picked Lynah; the problem was that they wouldn't let people in the building to form a line for about 20 minutes. That resulted in a big pileup outside the rink as people pushed to bang on the doors while cops and officials essentially just stared out at them and tried to keep them from breaking the glass. Had they started letting people actually go through the building and form a line immediately, it would have been no problem.[/quote]

While by far the larger of the two problems was the waiting 20 minutes (which essentially negates the whole freaking point of suddenly announcing the line location), the central location didnt help, and would have made it more difficult had they actually started giving out the numbers when they said.  A location somewhat off the beaten path more or less ensures that everyone streams in bit by bit (well, as much as the demand for tickets will result in just a biy by bit stream) from one direction, which makes it easier to hand out pieces of paper to people as they come up.  In a central location, however, you get people swarming in from all directions, instead of a somewhat orderly line, and you get a much larger volume, since people are already all around you and not awhile away.

So while I agree the big problem was the wait time, Lynah was also a poorly thought out (and too damn obvious) location to chose.

[Will]

[quote French Rage]While by far the larger of the two problems was the waiting 20 minutes (which essentially negates the whole freaking point of suddenly announcing the line location), the central location didnt help, and would have made it more difficult had they actually started giving out the numbers when they said.  A location somewhat off the beaten path more or less ensures that everyone streams in bit by bit (well, as much as the demand for tickets will result in just a biy by bit stream) from one direction, which makes it easier to hand out pieces of paper to people as they come up.  In a central location, however, you get people swarming in from all directions, instead of a somewhat orderly line, and you get a much larger volume, since people are already all around you and not awhile away.

So while I agree the big problem was the wait time, Lynah was also a poorly thought out (and too damn obvious) location to chose.[/quote]

The line forms in Vladivostok.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote French Rage][quote las224]The problem wasn't that they picked Lynah; the problem was that they wouldn't let people in the building to form a line for about 20 minutes. That resulted in a big pileup outside the rink as people pushed to bang on the doors while cops and officials essentially just stared out at them and tried to keep them from breaking the glass. Had they started letting people actually go through the building and form a line immediately, it would have been no problem.[/quote]

While by far the larger of the two problems was the waiting 20 minutes (which essentially negates the whole freaking point of suddenly announcing the line location), the central location didnt help, and would have made it more difficult had they actually started giving out the numbers when they said.  A location somewhat off the beaten path more or less ensures that everyone streams in bit by bit (well, as much as the demand for tickets will result in just a biy by bit stream) from one direction, which makes it easier to hand out pieces of paper to people as they come up.  In a central location, however, you get people swarming in from all directions, instead of a somewhat orderly line, and you get a much larger volume, since people are already all around you and not awhile away.

So while I agree the big problem was the wait time, Lynah was also a poorly thought out (and too damn obvious) location to chose.[/quote]

Well, having it be effectively a race was the ultimate problem.  The right way to do a line is to say when tickets will be sold and let a line form, not say when you can start forming a line for a fixed amount of time.

[ftyuv]

I think they should just have a line, like in the good ol' days, and have it start a few days before school.  That way there's not the "we don't want you to miss classes" problem, and you can let people camp out in the line for however long they're willing to commit.

The frosh will already be there so it's not unfair to them, upperclassmen are usually there anyway so it won't be unfair for them, there's very little rush that goes on in the fall so the Greeks shouldn't be too upset... and frankly, if someone isn't willing to give up a night or two of drinking to get good seats, I don't think he should necessarily get them.  Don't get me wrong, I love the Beirut, it revs my engines.  But I would have been willing to give up a night or two of it for good tickets, and I think most of my friends would be too, and I think most of you would too.  That would be my humble opinion.



I'm thankfully gone, so I've already resigned to not seeing CU Hockey at Lynah, but if my friends don't get tickets I'll be pissed.  CU's already managed to piss me off enough that I wouldn't give money except to Athletics, and sometimes it seems that they're hell-bent on convincing me not to give money there, either.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote Will]The line forms in Vladivostok.[/quote]

Yeah, but where does the line for Russian visas form?   ::nut::  ::help::

[Ben Rocky '04]

Here's the word from the powers that be on the 'line':

http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/082806aaa.html