Did you not watch/attend last year? 50% of the center ice seats were empty mousy of the weekend... Those were the club seats, so lots of corporate sponsors that didn't bother to show up, I'm sure at least in part because there was only one school there that most of the country even knows exist (outside of the political polls from QU)
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2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
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HockeyMan2000
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Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
In the last two weeks I've received a phone call from an NCAA rep as well as a virtual handful of emails announcing tickets are still available. Is it safe to say this FF has the lowest demand of any in recent memory? I can't ever remember these kinds of blasts just over a month away from the event being held.
The NCAA rep wanted to know -- because of our priority -- why we didn't attend the last couple of years. I told him the seating locations this year stank and when dealing with added expense, the two combined put us off from attending (and, yes, we weren't that excited with going to Philly either -- he laughed and said he had heard that before). He also said it was a "recurring theme" among people he talked to about seating locations. He gave me his number for the future "in case we changed our minds" or if there was something "he could do for us" next year.
Either way they've got to be extremely desperate to move seats.
Like you I used to go to the Eastern regional for years -- when they split the format into 4 sites I stopped and haven't been back. Couldn't justify the price when I was no longer seeing half the field playing to get into a Frozen Four.
I've been on the "2 regionals" deal for years. They need to go back to it. There's not enough demand for the 4-site model with the ridiculously high ticket prices. Make it a pair of "Super Regionals" and/or throw in an earlier round of NCAA games at campus sites (or something) beforehand to make the Regional event something worth attending again. It hasn't been for years and the meager attendance bears that out. I also told the NCAA guy that as well FWIW.
In the last two weeks I've received a phone call from an NCAA rep as well as a virtual handful of emails announcing tickets are still available. Is it safe to say this FF has the lowest demand of any in recent memory? I can't ever remember these kinds of blasts just over a month away from the event being held.
The NCAA rep wanted to know -- because of our priority -- why we didn't attend the last couple of years. I told him the seating locations this year stank and when dealing with added expense, the two combined put us off from attending (and, yes, we weren't that excited with going to Philly either -- he laughed and said he had heard that before). He also said it was a "recurring theme" among people he talked to about seating locations. He gave me his number for the future "in case we changed our minds" or if there was something "he could do for us" next year.
Either way they've got to be extremely desperate to move seats.
Like you I used to go to the Eastern regional for years -- when they split the format into 4 sites I stopped and haven't been back. Couldn't justify the price when I was no longer seeing half the field playing to get into a Frozen Four.
I've been on the "2 regionals" deal for years. They need to go back to it. There's not enough demand for the 4-site model with the ridiculously high ticket prices. Make it a pair of "Super Regionals" and/or throw in an earlier round of NCAA games at campus sites (or something) beforehand to make the Regional event something worth attending again. It hasn't been for years and the meager attendance bears that out. I also told the NCAA guy that as well FWIW.
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BostonSoccerDad
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Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
Interestingly, I just got an email from the NCAA that today tickets are now on sale for either Thursday or Saturday by themselves. I can't remember ever seeing this before. Especially in early March.
edit - just for reference, $110 for semis, $99 for finals. Upper level only.
Interestingly, I just got an email from the NCAA that today tickets are now on sale for either Thursday or Saturday by themselves. I can't remember ever seeing this before. Especially in early March.
edit - just for reference, $110 for semis, $99 for finals. Upper level only.
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theprofromdover
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Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
Yup. They came by UPS and were left lying on my porch.
Yup. They came by UPS and were left lying on my porch.
Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
I hope the NCAA gives me a call regarding what I don't like about the FF. Last year after the student body of Quinnipiac decided they wanted to stand during play we complained to the ushers then told they had a right to stand. I wonder if that would have happened at a Penguin's game? I doubt it. We insisted we have our good seats changed and ended up in the top row of the arena behind the goal after missing the better part of a period. Should that happen again this year it will be the last time for our family who have attended FF's since the early 90's.
I hope the NCAA gives me a call regarding what I don't like about the FF. Last year after the student body of Quinnipiac decided they wanted to stand during play we complained to the ushers then told they had a right to stand. I wonder if that would have happened at a Penguin's game? I doubt it. We insisted we have our good seats changed and ended up in the top row of the arena behind the goal after missing the better part of a period. Should that happen again this year it will be the last time for our family who have attended FF's since the early 90's.
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I really never understood these complainers. Stay home if you want to sit on your *** for three hours!
Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
I checked my mail room last night and mine were there. Whew! Not sure how long they had been there as I've been out of town. Glad no one took them
I checked my mail room last night and mine were there. Whew! Not sure how long they had been there as I've been out of town. Glad no one took them
theprofromdover
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Nick Papagiorgio
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claver2010
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Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
The sections behind the goal should reserved for those who wish to stand. Since that won't happen, why don't you go to a sports bar if you chose to stand. It is totally inconsiderate to stand or lean forward in your seat while the puck is in play, it's called hockey etiquette. All NHL arenas including Pittsburgh do not allow fans to move down the aisles while the game is in progress. Visit a NHL arena in Canada and see what standing during the game gets ya.
The sections behind the goal should reserved for those who wish to stand. Since that won't happen, why don't you go to a sports bar if you chose to stand. It is totally inconsiderate to stand or lean forward in your seat while the puck is in play, it's called hockey etiquette. All NHL arenas including Pittsburgh do not allow fans to move down the aisles while the game is in progress. Visit a NHL arena in Canada and see what standing during the game gets ya.
I don't know about that. Most Hockey East refs seem to be pretty good at it...
RaceBoarder
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Re: 2014 Frozen Four Info Thread
See, here's the thing:
YOU ARE NOT AT A NHL GAME!
Do the students of your school stand at their home venue? Why should they change when their team has made it all the way to the NCAA Semifinal/Final? Don't fault the students for being into the game... You had a chance to pick your seats... It's your problem that you chose to sit behind a student section...
The sections behind the goal should reserved for those who wish to stand. Since that won't happen, why don't you go to a sports bar if you chose to stand. It is totally inconsiderate to stand or lean forward in your seat while the puck is in play, it's called hockey etiquette. All NHL arenas including Pittsburgh do not allow fans to move down the aisles while the game is in progress. Visit a NHL arena in Canada and see what standing during the game gets ya.
See, here's the thing:
YOU ARE NOT AT A NHL GAME!
Do the students of your school stand at their home venue? Why should they change when their team has made it all the way to the NCAA Semifinal/Final? Don't fault the students for being into the game... You had a chance to pick your seats... It's your problem that you chose to sit behind a student section...