Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2024-2025

[Hockeybuckeye]

I can see both sides on the pros and cons and the biggest complaint I hear from people I know with outdoor games is seating is too far away and poor visibility.
Either you're into the outdoor experience or you're not.
I don't go to them because since cheno several years back I can't tolerate extreme cold.

[robertearle]

I can see both sides on the pros & cons and the biggest complaint I hear from people I know with outdoor games is seating is too far away and poor visibility.
Either you're into the outdoor experience or you're not.
I don't go to them because since cheno several years back I can't tolerate extreme cold.

The playing surface of a football field is more than three times the ice surface of a hockey rink.

But for these games, we're not talking about a football stadium; we're talking about a baseball stadium. Unless I'm doing something wrong, fair territory of a MLB field is almost twice as big as a football field. That is, six times the size of an ice rink. The two - baseball and football - are generally 'shaped' differently, so that *might* mean some seats will be a little closer to the ice in Wrigley than in Camp Randall or TCF. But many more will be even farther away.

(Ignoring the space taken up by football sidelines and baseball foul territory.)

And ain't nobody going to be pounding on the glass of the rink...

[BadgerPete]

I've been to three outdoor Wisconsin hockey games (Lambeau Field, Soldier Field, and Camp Randall) and two indoor football field hockey games (2010 Men's Frozen Four at Ford Field).

Lambeau was an amazing experience. That game and Ford Field were actually watchable in person because they wedged the rink up against one side of the field and built bleachers on the field. The action was relatively close if it felt weird with half of the stadium looming over the field bleachers.

Camp Randall and Soldier Field were awful in person. The rink was so far away as to be unwatchable and it was very cold both of those days. (With the wind at Soldier Field a lot of us abandoned our seats for the concourse for several spells.)

That said, players love these experiences since in many occasions they are literally once in a lifetime moments. They are fun as once every several years events, recruits want to be on teams that get these sorts of opportunities, and no one wants to be the program that has to tell their team that they said no to a game at Wrigley Field.

Lambeau had the best weather, 30 degrees during the day dropping to high teens by the end of the game with very little wind. I'm not planning to go, but if I look at the weather report and see a relatively mild day I might head down day of. When done well the atmosphere surrounding the game is pretty incredible.

[robertearle]

I've been to three outdoor Wisconsin hockey games (Lambeau Field, Soldier Field, and Camp Randall) and two indoor football field hockey games (2010 Men's Frozen Four at Ford Field).

Lambeau was an amazing experience. That game and Ford Field were actually watchable in person because they wedged the rink up against one side of the field and built bleachers on the field. The action was relatively close if it felt weird with half of the stadium looming over the field bleachers.

Camp Randall and Soldier Field were awful in person. The rink was so far away as to be unwatchable and it was very cold both of those days. (With the wind at Soldier Field a lot of us abandoned our seats for the concourse for several spells.)

That said, players love these experiences since in many occasions they are literally once in a lifetime moments. They are fun as once every several years events, recruits want to be on teams that get these sorts of opportunities, and no one wants to be the program that has to tell their team that they said no to a game at Wrigley Field.

Lambeau had the best weather, 30 degrees during the day dropping to high teens by the end of the game with very little wind. I'm not planning to go, but if I look at the weather report and see a relatively mild day I might head down day of. When done well the atmosphere surrounding the game is pretty incredible.

Cold isn't the only potential weather problem. There have been outdoor games disrupted by rain, and by 'too much sun' reflecting off the ice.

Averages for Chicago in early January are highs of 33-34 and lows of 21. The record high for Jan 4th in Chicago is 64 degrees.

[robertearle]

I've been trading emails with the WH reps in the athletic department today. A couple things:

- they said that the $120 price as was quoted last month was $8 per game times 15 games; that the $120 never did include two Ohio State games.

- I pointed out that if that was the calculation back in July, then they knew back in July there would only be one Ohio State game included; they just didn't bother to tell us that. One might think that was a deceptive business practice.

- and if this year's $120 was based on $8 per game, then the price increase this year was not $90 up to $120, a 33% increase; rather it was $5 per game last year up to $8 per game this year. That's a SIXTY percent increase.

[Timothy A]

I've been trading emails with the WH reps in the athletic department today. A couple things:

- they said that the $120 price as was quoted last month was $8 per game times 15 games; that the $120 never did include two Ohio State games.

- I pointed out that if that was the calculation back in July, then they knew back in July there would only be one Ohio State game included; they just didn't bother to tell us that. One might think that was a deceptive business practice.

- and if this year's $120 was based on $8 per game, then the price increase this year was not $90 up to $120, a 33% increase; rather it was $5 per game last year up to $8 per game this year. That's a SIXTY percent increase.

Keep fighting the good fight Robert. I've been pressing TDM to talk to Mark Johnson about how we got shafted with this Ohio State deal too. Of course we all know Mark Johnson won't say anything that's not whatever critical. Probably could go up the ladder to Jason King as well.

[Hockeybuckeye]

- and if this year's $120 was based on $8 per game, then the price increase this year was not $90 up to $120, a 33% increase; rather it was $5 per game last year up to $8 per game this year. That's a SIXTY percent increase.

You're kidding, right? You can't be seriously upset over a three dollar a game ticket increase. Ohio State had a three dollar increase this season too and it's still a bargain for the best hockey in town!

[robertearle]

You're kidding, right? You can't be seriously upset over a three dollar a game ticket increase. Ohio State had a three dollar increase this season too and it's still a bargain for the best hockey in town!

Do they not teach the concept of percentages at Ohio State?

[Hockeybuckeye]

Do they not teach the concept of percentages at Ohio State?

When the sixty percent only adds up to 300 pennies is it really worth mentioning?

[robertearle]

When the sixty percent only adds up to 300 pennies is it really worth mentioning?

I'll take that as a "no, they do not".

[Ditra]

- and if this year's $120 was based on $8 per game, then the price increase this year was not $90 up to $120, a 33% increase; rather it was $5 per game last year up to $8 per game this year. That's a SIXTY percent increase.

Seems like $8 a game is still a deal unless Wisconsin women's hockey is only worth $5.

[BadgerPete]

Seems like $8 a game is still a deal unless Wisconsin women's hockey is only worth $5.

Yup. Given the product they've provided on the ice for me, I've been ripping off the athletic department for 25 years at this point. (When I was in college there was a Red Card you could buy for $20 each year that got you into everything but football, men's basketball, and men's hockey and I would love to know how much in retail value I got out of that thing each year)

Tickets are going up across the board for the extremely successful women's sports at UW. Sucks to be good? They haven't gotten close to the place where I wouldn't renew for what they trot out in front of me each year.

[Timothy A]

Seems like $8 a game is still a deal unless Wisconsin women's hockey is only worth $5.

A family of 5 pays $40 instead of $25 to go to a single game. That's not chump change.

Plus all the unreasonable concession prices. $8 for a brat when I can buy a 5 pack of Johnsonville for $5.49 and 8 buns for $1.29.

[Timothy A]

It’s simple. The B18 is a corrupt institution. It, like the other member of the insidious sports duopoly, the SEC, and their corporate overlords at the NCAA, should be broken up on antitrust grounds. Just because we haven't done antitrust in this country since Woodrow Wilson doesn’t mean consumers must go along with every scam out there. I don’t buy Coke, Pepsi, Bud, or Miller, either.

This is very interesting to ponder. I appreciate your position.

[Ditra]

A family of 5 pays $40 instead of $25 to go to a single game. That's not chump change.

Plus all the unreasonable concession prices. $8 for a brat when I can buy a 5 pack of Johnsonville for $5.49 and 8 buns for $1.29.

Unfortunately if the market supports $8 tickets and brats then they will keep charging that and more until people don't see the value and stop buying. You can't go to a U.W. men's game nor an AHL game or even a USHL game for $8 as far as I know. The women's games still seem like a great value to see great hockey. `