2014 Frozen Four Info Thread

[sterlippo1]

Please enlighten us as to this "government" you speak of.

Lolz

[bigblue_dl]

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VIDEO & AUDIO RECORDING
Video & audio recording equipment is not permitted in the Wells Fargo Center.
(from the WFC website). THis may cause problems if your DSLR records videos (most do).

Also, no smart phones will be allowed either.

[mookie1995]

Also, no smart phones will be allowed either.

Fortunately mine's a dummy ( operated)

[Scarlet]

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The ridiculously large slice of Lorenzo & Sons pizza I had at the Wells Fargo Center was quite possibly the best pizza I've ever had, especially in an arena. And the chocolate ice cream? Awesome. Almost makes up for the insane people traffic jam on the concourse after the first game. God forbid there was an emergency or something.

[hobeydog]

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We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves last night and are eagerly anticipating the festivities and game on Saturday night. Those were two of the most entertaining games I have seen in some time and college hockey fans are the greatest.

We drove in from Jersey(took the grandson out of school about an hour early) walked through the Fan Fest and were in the building for warmups. The weather was great and plenty of partying was going on at the XFINITY LIVE outdoor bars.

Next for us will be the public skate on Saturday afternoon.

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There weren't big swaths of empty seats, like in may previous FFs (except for the Minnesota section during the first game, shame on you Minnesota). Either the NCAA or somebody did a better job of allocating the seats to the corporate and NCAA bigwigs who often don't show up (or they actually did show up). Pretty sure they didn't sell out, because I got another email Thursday morning saying there were still tickets available. Upper tier in the ends were pretty empty, except for the bands, but otherwise the empty seats were dispersed, so the place looked reasonably full, and gradually the lower bowl seats filled in, probably by upper bowl folks who moved down. The ushers didn't do much to prevent it (sometimes even during play ).

Very nice facility. Scarlet's right about the pizza -- you need two plates and two hands. And either the traffic is very well planned or we were extraordinarily lucky. We back to our hotel near the airport 15 minutes from the end of the game.

[hobeydog]

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There weren't big swaths of empty seats, like in may previous FFs (except for the Minnesota section during the first game, shame on you Minnesota). Either the NCAA or somebody did a better job of allocating the seats to the corporate and NCAA bigwigs who often don't show up (or they actually did show up). Pretty sure they didn't sell out, because I got another email Thursday morning saying there were still tickets available. Upper tier in the ends were pretty empty, except for the bands, but otherwise the empty seats were dispersed, so the place looked reasonably full, and gradually the lower bowl seats filled in, probably by upper bowl folks who moved down. The ushers didn't do much to prevent it (sometimes even during play ).

Very nice facility. Scarlet's right about the pizza -- you need two plates and two hands. And either the traffic is very well planned or we were extraordinarily lucky. We back to our hotel near the airport 15 minutes from the end of the game.

The crowd was announced at the game, and is listed in the boxscore, at 17,311 which I believe is about right. A Flyer's game" packed house" will top 20,000 so my prediction was wrong, and it wasn't a sellout. I thought the the crowd was energized and the atmosphere good for a neutral site event.

[DLG]

Smallest crowd with relation to capacity I have ever seen. Top of balcony was empty in both ends. Center ice VIP seats also empty.. They need ton give priority seat holders better selection of seats. Best games in a number of years.

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Did anyone else catch the billboard still advertising ticket availability for the Frozen Four? Saw it as we were driving back to the hotel after last nights games.

[mookie1995]

Smallest crowd with relation to capacity I have ever seen. Top of balcony was empty in both ends. Center ice VIP seats also empty.. They need ton give priority seat holders better selection of seats. Best games in a number of years.

mookie is only a priority 6 and had decent lower bowl. not sure what else they can make available...

[UnionHockeyManiac]

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I thought Xfinity live was awesome too. Great pre-game spot. Union fans mostly stayed in their own area at Victory Beer Hall, but the overall atmosphere was perfect.

[Pucknut]

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Best Sign: Fighting Whouix...

[LTsatch]

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I had a great time with some Yale friends and about 300 Minnesota pals in the PBR bull riding bar at Xfinity live. If you have not seen the show there it is is worth checking out. I ended up paying an attendee $40 for a club level seat, about 15 minutes before the first game. If you can manage to get into that level, it is well worth the upgrade with a section bar and bartender, plus a waitress. $8 beers were not astronomical considering the prices at other northeast venues. Great hockey, great crowd and venue, what more could you ask for.

[Steve_MN]

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There weren't big swaths of empty seats, like in may previous FFs (except for the Minnesota section during the first game, shame on you Minnesota). Either the NCAA or somebody did a better job of allocating the seats to the corporate and NCAA bigwigs who often don't show up (or they actually did show up). Pretty sure they didn't sell out, because I got another email Thursday morning saying there were still tickets available. Upper tier in the ends were pretty empty, except for the bands, but otherwise the empty seats were dispersed, so the place looked reasonably full, and gradually the lower bowl seats filled in, probably by upper bowl folks who moved down. The ushers didn't do much to prevent it (sometimes even during play ).

Very nice facility. Scarlet's right about the pizza -- you need two plates and two hands. And either the traffic is very well planned or we were extraordinarily lucky. We back to our hotel near the airport 15 minutes from the end of the game.

Knowing a few people in the Gopher's section, a lot of them stuck at XFinity Live until the Gophers did their red-carpet entrance, then they came in to the game.

[dxmnkd316]

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The ridiculously large slice of Lorenzo & Sons pizza I had at the Wells Fargo Center was quite possibly the best pizza I've ever had, especially in an arena. And the chocolate ice cream? Awesome. Almost makes up for the insane people traffic jam on the concourse after the first game. God forbid there was an emergency or something.

I have to say, that pizza I had from L&Ss was not that great. Not sure if it was just the one I had or not. The sauce tasted like spaghetti-o's sauce, the crust was soggy, the cheese was Chuck-E-Cheese greasy. Yuck. The fries though at one of the stands were incredible.