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Just to show how out of touch this program is with my segment of the fanbase, alums of the past decade or so:
Whitt visitor tix are in the upper corner. Those are the ones we send to the visiting team's box office. If opposing fans purchase through T-master or the Whitt box office they can sit between the blue lines. There were quite a few UCONN fans in sweet seats for the HEA play in round a few weeks back. I've done the same at Tsongas and Matthews where some of the Husky fans were playfully(?) aggressive.
In the beginning, but I learned that as the opening of HAA got closer they started offering 3 year contracts as well. They also originally offered a seven year contract at a decent discount, but you had to be able and willing to pay for it upfront.
Renewals were offered for one, two or three years with better discounts the longer the contract. You could also ask for a 5 year contract, but still at the 3 year discount. Last year they offered premium seats at the original varsity level price of $1500 a seat, as long as you also donated $250 to FoH.
I agree that BU could block out the premium seats from the individual game ticket sales, but as long as anyone can sit anywhere after 10 minutes it really doesn't matter much. Last season (the season before?) BU was selling open premium seats as Scarlet Seats. For $100 you got the seat and a $25 voucher to use on concessions. You also received one parking pass and a gift with each group of tickets you bought.
The donation to FoH was never in the premium seat contract, but was an informal agreement between BU and Coach Parker that for each seat he would receive $250 at the end of the fiscal year. As mentioned, many premium seat holders stopped donating to FoH directly and it took a financial hit. The original premium seat contract also include a FoH banquet ticket for each seat, which also gave FoH a financial hit, and was dropped from subsequent contracts. BU also wanted to fold FoH into the Premium Seat program, but FoH fought back and in the end BU dropped the idea.They've done away with the FOH donation as part of the premium seat. They're also doing away with the buddy seat but what they mean by that is I, as a premium member can't bring in a guest to the Club Room, even if I pay for it. I can keep the regular season ticket or so I've been told and also keep my location. I love my seat location and my name is on the seats so I don't think anyone else should sit there while I still go.
They know now. I have also checked people's tickets that the ushers are supposed to do to make sure the people getting on the elevator are only the ones that are supposed to. Because I'm mean like that. 
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). Strike while hot! If BU alums can real are to anything about or school it's hockey (good and unfortunately bad). Have a real program then that works to include the alum and student community.
BTW I could hear y'all loud and clear from the upper corner of the Whitt this year. If not for our student section I would have had to come over there.
The block of tickets BU sends to a school for the visiting team allotment is totally different than a fan of an opposing team not knowing they can order tickets through their school and just walking up to the Agganis box office or going online to buy. That's what I meant that you can't tell who is purchasing. If they blocked those seats from general public ordering, that would great. I don't spend the money I spend to have a loudmouth BC superfan sit in the seat directly next to me because went online on his own to get a ticket.
And complimentary souvenirs? No, we get a gift. A nice one. This year it was the throwback jersey. They do provide the giveaways that you get when you come in as those of us that take the elevator from the garage don't get them at the turnstiles. I had to politely ask them to make sure we got them.