New Lynah Photo Slideshow

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The hallway behind the "premium box seats" reminds me of a hallway at Appleton.

[Liz '05]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote French Rage]Are they not done with premium seating yet, or does premium mean "a few boards piled on top of each other"?  And where on the new bridge is the premium seating supposed to fit?[/quote]

Read my mind and beat me by ~5 minutes.[/quote]

My mind too.  My initial reaction upon seeing the walkway was "That's awfully narrow."  It's about the width of the walkway that used to be around the whole rink.  I don't know if it would make sense to have made it a foot wider (there seems to be space, based on the picture with the PE students), but when you put a row of chairs in there, I think it will cause more traffic problems than it will solve.  Maybe as a standing room only walkway?

[French Rage]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote French Rage]Are they not done with premium seating yet, or does premium mean "a few boards piled on top of each other"?  And where on the new bridge is the premium seating supposed to fit?[/quote]

Read my mind and beat me by ~5 minutes.[/quote]

And regarding the non-bridge premium seating, what makes it premium?  Doesnt look like there's that much more room (though that depends on if there's 1 or 2 rows in those sections).

[Jacob '06]

[quote French Rage][quote DeltaOne81][quote French Rage]Are they not done with premium seating yet, or does premium mean "a few boards piled on top of each other"?  And where on the new bridge is the premium seating supposed to fit?[/quote]

Read my mind and beat me by ~5 minutes.[/quote]

And regarding the non-bridge premium seating, what makes it premium?  Doesnt look like there's that much more room (though that depends on if there's 1 or 2 rows in those sections).[/quote]

Probably involves actual seats with cushions and such.

[upperdeck]

where does arthur and crew sit now? i see a bump above the scoreboard? and if so how do they connect with the penalty box crew to make sure the correct things happen?

[KeithK]

[quote French Rage]And regarding the non-bridge premium seating, what makes it premium?[/quote]The price...

[peterg]

[quote billhoward]That can't be the final mesh that covers the west end gallery. I'm sure the photgrapher snapped the picture just as a workman passed in front of the camera carrying wire mesh reinforcing material for one of the concrete pours.[/quote]

No, that is the mesh that is up all along the west end walkway.  It is VERY distracting to look at the ice through it.  Maybe it will disappear when watching a game, but looking out through it now, it's a real distraction.

[peterg]

[quote Trotsky]It's also nice to see that the ridiculous plastic butt-printed seats in C have been taken up.  I'm very hopeful that this allows more seats per row in that section, which in turn will mean Anne's and my seats will still exist to the left of the vomitorium.  Otherwise, we've hovering in mid-air.  ::uhoh::[/quote]

The red plastic "seats" are, I believe, still there.  I don't know if the plan is to remove them, but they were there last week and are visible in the photos.

[peterg]

[quote upperdeck]where does arthur and crew sit now? i see a bump above the scoreboard? and if so how do they connect with the penalty box crew to make sure the correct things happen?[/quote]

I believe the scorer's table will be moved to the north side of the rink.  The old visitor's bench will remain as it was.  The p-box and scorer's area will be over near the red line, north side.

[peterg]

Walking through, I thought that the new walkways were considerably wider than the old ones.  Plus they will not be partially blocked up by standees holding their places on the rail.

It IS different inside.  The biggest change in atmosphere I sensed was that you now enter the building AND must then separately enter the arena.  You cannot see the ice as you walk around the building.  If you want to get concessions or visit the restroom during play, you're not going to be watching the action as you move around the building.

On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if the new walls made it even louder inside.  Nice.

[WillR]

[quote peterg][quote billhoward]That can't be the final mesh that covers the west end gallery. I'm sure the photgrapher snapped the picture just as a workman passed in front of the camera carrying wire mesh reinforcing material for one of the concrete pours.[/quote]

No, that is the mesh that is up all along the west end walkway.  It is VERY distracting to look at the ice through it.  Maybe it will disappear when watching a game, but looking out through it now, it's a real distraction.[/quote]

I wouldn't count on it disapearing, it doesn't. Ultimately, if you have a seat behind it, you accept it but you know you see much better without it.  I think the stuff they use at Lynah is woven with old belay ropes from the Lindseth Climbing Wall since they couldn't find anything thicker.

[David Harding]

It is very reassuring to see ice!  I hadn't grasped that the tunnel emptied into the Cornell bench.  Does that means the visitors use the old locker rooms at the west end?  If they haven't done anything to the old lockers yet, all the teams could keep using them until the new ones are ready.

I'd wager that the premium/box seating shown in the first photo consists of two rows of chairs.  Has anyone here been invited to buy premium setas or know anyone who has?

[peterg]

[quote David Harding]It is very reassuring to see ice!  I hadn't grasped that the tunnel emptied into the Cornell bench.  Does that means the visitors use the old locker rooms at the west end?  If they haven't done anything to the old lockers yet, all the teams could keep using them until the new ones are ready.

I'd wager that the premium/box seating shown in the first photo consists of two rows of chairs.  Has anyone here been invited to buy premium setas or know anyone who has?[/quote]

The new lockers will not be ready to open the season.  Cornell men and women will use their old lockers until the new ones are ready.  The old training room will be used as well.  The old vrsity locker rooms will eventually be the visitor locker rooms.

"Box seats" will be individual stadium style seats set up in two rows.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote peterg][quote upperdeck]where does arthur and crew sit now? i see a bump above the scoreboard? and if so how do they connect with the penalty box crew to make sure the correct things happen?[/quote]

I believe the scorer's table will be moved to the north side of the rink.  The old visitor's bench will remain as it was.  The p-box and scorer's area will be over near the red line, north side.[/quote]

Wait, wait... they're putting the p-box on the visitors side? Isn't half the point of separating the benches supposed to be to make *your* bench closer to the p-box so you can switch quicker when a guy comes out? Ala Bright.

I'm not fan of opposite side benches, but at least it was supposed to give us an advantage. If they actually make it a *disadvantage*, then I'll really be pissed :-P

[RichH]

[quote DeltaOne81]

Wait, wait... they're putting the p-box on the visitors side? Isn't half the point of separating the benches supposed to be to make *your* bench closer to the p-box so you can switch quicker when a guy comes out? Ala Bright.

I'm not fan of opposite side benches, but at least it was supposed to give us an advantage. If they actually make it a *disadvantage*, then I'll really be pissed :-P[/quote]

That was the first thing I thought when I read the accompanying article (link below).  Very un-Schafer-like to give the visitors any kind of advantage.

That walkway is PRIME heckle space, ala Meehan.  After having sat in Section H for several years, watching games through the netting is off-putting at first, but I was able to get used to it.  And the closer it is to you, the easier it should be to focus through it.  I wouldn't mind seeing that walkway become SRO room, since they took away all standing room in the rest of the rink.

http://edit.theithacajournal.gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060913/SPORTS/609130330/1006