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BU 2013-2014: Ready to Quinn

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113 looks half full... 111,112,114 and 115 less than half... But people may have left.

I should have moved over earlier to get a gauge.
 
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BU1996 said:
So my first post here but I wanted to chime in on attendance and program. Bottom line is the building is too big. I get why they did it, and it's a nice arena, but there just are not enough BU fans to fill a 6,000 seat rink night in and night out, at the price points they ask for.

I went to BU in the "glory days" of the 90s…when the Final Four was commonplace. WBA was awesome, but midweek games were half empty and weekend games were popular but not impossible to get. The toughest ticket by far my time at BU was when (then ranked) UMASS and Duke came to WBA back to back in 91-92 for basketball.

While usually close to fill rarely was it an official sell out if BC/Maine/UNH were not in town. The difference is 3500 people in WBA were stuffed into aisles, the dreaded section N behind the goal and in nooks and crannies. At Agganis, 3500 people are spaced out and the atmosphere is terrible

They also need to realize that this is not the Red Sox or Yankees where fan bases are static. There is not one undergraduate on campus that has seen BU win a Beanpot, an NCAA tournament game or dominate Hockey East. The current on campus students know this hockey team for being above the rules, tarnished with sexual scandals , drop outs and apathy has set in. They have no desire to support this team.

The school needs to rebuild the relationship with the students, offer discounts to alumni to get them back, and stop behaving as if they are still the top team in the area…that distinction is up the Ave and will remain so until BU cleans this mess

The irony is my friends from BC feel the same way about their basketball/football direction now (never forgave them for leaving the Big East) so they throw their dollars behind the BC hockey team, which they never even cared about when they were at the school , when their football and basketball programs were picking off Notre Dame and North Carolina
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Remember that the initial plan was an 11,000 seat arena, and Parker said absolutely no way. With 6,300, the venue is big enough to host all those other events that it does. At $4,500, those don't happen, and the arena doesn't get built.

As had been said ad nauseum - the ticket pro ices are killing attendance. At $15 apiece, I would go to between 2 and 3 times as many games as I do.

HAving a better product would obviously help too, but even with the teams BU had in the '90s, there would be lots of empty seats for the games other than BC.
 
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Carmine Scarpaglia said:
3220. What does Brian gentry, hockey east attendance expert think of this number?
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The Alfond Arena up in Orono had a sparse crowd for both games this weekend too. Tonight's game hasn't announced their official attendance yet, but Friday's attendance was 3,182, and that's wicked low for Maine.
 
ericredaxe said:
If that is what BU is announcing, then I'm calling B.S. Anyone who saw the visual of the seats tonight would know the arena was less than half full.
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Maybe counted the teams, coaches, refs, concession workers, ticket takers, security, and Jim prior?
 
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Announced attendance at Alfond was 3106 last night and 3206 tonight. Student section hasn't been full for the last three games. BU's not alone.
 
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BU1996 said:
There is not one undergraduate on campus that has seen BU win a Beanpot, an NCAA tournament game or dominate Hockey East. The current on campus students know this hockey team for being above the rules, tarnished with sexual scandals , drop outs and apathy has set in. They have no desire to support this team.

The school needs to rebuild the relationship with the students, offer discounts to alumni to get them back, and stop behaving as if they are still the top team in the area…that distinction is up the Ave and will remain so until BU cleans this mess
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WELL SAID!!!! This program is unrecognizable to this alum and season ticket holder. The team stinks and the building is empty. Yet the prices still increase the the jumbotron still boasts. Maybe next year they should playing try S. New Hampshire and Bowdoin? They're the worst team in Hockey East, hands down.
 
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Jacques Joubert said:
This season ticket holder is hoping the game gets cancelled due to snow. Although Bentley doesn't have far to travel...

If it's not then BU will lose by a score of something in the 4-2 range in front of 800 fans.

I'm also glad to see that if I bring an unwrapped toy I get FOUR tickets to the game for $15.

Greaaat...I paid $42 for my TWO seats...but I got a coupon book for a free popcorn and BU Women's bbal tickets.

I"M ALL FOR CHARITY...but why do they continue to screw the season ticket holders?
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I was close on both counts. If anyone wants the remainder of my tickets for this year please PM me. I'll give them to you. I give up.
 
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My God! Say it ain't so. Now Bentley has switched to black uniforms. Everybody is going to end up looking like the NCHC, either maroon or black. Goodbye uniqueness, hello what everybody else is doing that wants an "intimidating" change. It won't help, the Whioux and St. Cloud still can't quite make it.
 
atanarjuat said:
My God! Say it ain't so. Now Bentley has switched to black uniforms. Everybody is going to end up looking like the NCHC, either maroon or black. Goodbye uniqueness, hello what everybody else is doing that wants an "intimidating" change. It won't help, the Whioux and St. Cloud still can't quite make it.
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They all copied PC!
 
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