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Ford Field Rink Installation

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STATEdude3 said:
I am 99% certain the ice will be perfect come game time. Even in NHL arenas weather plays a factor at this time of year. Joe Louis Arena is widely considered as having the best ice in the league, but even they bring in extra air conditioning units and battle the elements starting in April. Everything will work out just fine come game time. We're talking about a controlled environment being operated by the best ice people in the business.
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A "controlled environment" being a football field is a lot different than a hockey rink.

Either way, looks like you were wrong about that. George Gwozdecky was just on and already admitted his concern over how "chewed up" the ice is going to be towards the end of the 1st game and especially the 2nd. Admittedly, it's still early but even midway through the 1st period of Wisconsin-RIT the ice looks terrible and the game play seems to be slowing down.

I find this just inexcusable. How terrific you get to the national Semi-Finals and BC and Miami have to worry about playing on bad ice all because of the NCAA's little "experiment" of playing in a football arena. :mad:

With all the empty seats and tight camera angles they're using (people tuning in wouldn't even know where the game is being played), what WAS the point of all this exactly?
 
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Wow this is embarrassing. Empty seats everywhere. Great idea NCAA! :mad:

The ice looks real professional looking with ****ing lines running across the ice. No seamless glass. Bush league.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Wow this is embarrassing. Empty seats everywhere. Great idea NCAA! :mad:

The ice looks real professional looking with ****ing lines running across the ice. No seamless glass. Bush league.
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I am at Ford Field so I don't have the luxury of replays, but the lines in the ice look very minimal from here. The ice looks fine at this point...I'm curious what it will look like after the first game, or even later in this game. I'm still on the fence. I want to see how things play out for a bit before making any judgment on the product.
 
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I am at Ford Field so I don't have the luxury of replays, but the lines in the ice look very minimal from here.
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They're not minimal on TV. In fact I've never seen another hockey rink look like it! :o
 
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HockeyMan2000 said:
They're not minimal on TV. In fact I've never seen another hockey rink look like it! :o
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I'm pretty sure the ice surface did the same thing during the outdoor game at Fenway. I remember there being the same lines on the ice like that (just not as pronounced).
 
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I'm at Ford Field and I want my money back. This sucks. I can't see the far end. I'm 20 rows off the ice on the field seats. Not to mention Bunyan and Benedetto as refs. Big time sucks.
 
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The Freds said:
I'm at Ford Field and I want my money back. This sucks. I can't see the far end. I'm 20 rows off the ice on the field seats. Not to mention Bunyan and Benedetto as refs. Big time sucks.
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Sorry Freds. On the other hand I'm glad I got what I could for these tickets to maintain my priority and sit this one out.

We knew this was going to suck, and...well...sounds like it does. :o
 
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Doesn't look great on TV. Definitely a fail. Looking forward to real hockey atmosphere in St. Paul next year.
 
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The overwhelming consensus from the people here in the building is that the risers are garbage. The people in regular seats seem to be having a normal hockey experience. Cant say I'm not surprised...
 
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STATEdude3 said:
The overwhelming consensus from the people here in the building is that the risers are garbage. The people in regular seats seem to be having a normal hockey experience. Cant say I'm not surprised...
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Look at the bright side, you're successfully avoiding Barry Melrose. :)
 
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I'm back at the hotel. Sightlines are terrific on the HD TV. Even with Barry Melrose, it is better than Ford Field.

I sure hope they do not do this again.
 
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HockeyMan2000 said:
what WAS the point of all this exactly?
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The point was, pre 2008 financial crisis, that Michigan MSU or Notre Dame would have put 60,000 people in the house and made this into a spectacle to put some new visual images around the college hockey experience..

It didn't work out that way.

I admire some risk taking. If they get 30 or 35,000 in there on Saturday night, nobidy remembers the empty semifinal.
 
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Puck Swami said:
The point was, pre 2008 financial crisis, that Michigan MSU or Notre Dame would have put 60,000 people in the house and made this into a spectacle to put some new visual images around the college hockey experience..

It didn't work out that way.

I admire some risk taking. If they get 30 or 35,000 in there on Saturday night, nobidy remembers the empty semifinal.
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Unless you're one of the 30,000 people there, then you wouldn't have even been able to see the game unless you watch the video screen.

AND MELROSE TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I think you Lions fans should get down here and watch 2 wins, something you have never seen in this building before."

Thank you Barry Melrose.
 
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Puck Swami said:
I admire some risk taking. If they get 30 or 35,000 in there on Saturday night, nobidy remembers the empty semifinal.
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Risk taking for what though? You think if they get 30,000 or 35,000 in there for the Saturday game that people are, suddenly, going to go "wow, that college hockey, I'm going to start paying attention to that!"?

People who don't care still won't care.

Playing it in a football stadium won't change anything, unless the amount of tickets sold is so high that it becomes a semi-regular occurrence just for revenue...which, honestly, would be a very, very bad idea for the fans in attendance. But who cares about them, right?
 
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HockeyMan2000 said:
Risk taking for what though? You think if they get 30,000 or 35,000 in there for the Saturday game that people are, suddenly, going to go "wow, that college hockey, I'm going to start paying attention to that!"?

People who don't care still won't care.

Playing it in a football stadium won't change anything, unless the amount of tickets sold is so high that it becomes a semi-regular occurrence just for revenue...which, honestly, would be a very, very bad idea for the fans in attendance. But who cares about them, right?
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Your whining is getting a bit annoying.
 
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slurpees said:
Your whining is getting a bit annoying.
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He's right though.

This is a stupid idea and I can't for the life of me understand why some of you are so concerned with "growing the game."

Like he said, people who don't care, still won't care. What's wrong with 18-20 thousand at our national championship game every year?

A lot of uninitiated people are surprised that the Badgers play in an NHL sized rink, but it still doesn't grow the game or make non-hockey people want to come to a game.

I've done the football stadium hockey game thing and it's okay, ONCE. To have the most important games of our season be turned into a spectacle with obviously crappy ice and what looks like no atmosphere down close to the boards is a shame.

This will not grow the game and wouldn't even if there were 80k there.
 
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Puck Swami said:
The point was, pre 2008 financial crisis, that Michigan MSU or Notre Dame would have put 60,000 people in the house and made this into a spectacle to put some new visual images around the college hockey experience..
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First off, do you really think that Notre Dame has more hockey fans than Wisconsin?

So you're saying that when they booked this, they assumed that Michigan, MSU and Notre Dame were going to be in it? It's not even a good assumption that ONE of those would be there in any given year.

Even if they were, those programs play in the CCHA finals at JLA every season and there are 1000's of empty seats, every year. I've seen this in good economies and bad.

You can't defend the thinking behind this for a FF.
 
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