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HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
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FadeToBlack&Gold
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Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
It always amuses me how much Minnesotans get their panties in a bunch over this.
It always amuses me how much Minnesotans get their panties in a bunch over this.
IrishHockeyFan
Still outranks his daughter
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Why doesn't any other conference get this grief? According to the box there were only 13,000 people at the TD Garden Center, and it seats 18,000 for hockey. And Hockey East had their "traditional" team there. The games in Atlantic City were played before 8000 or so empty seats. And even though the 5 games in St Paul drew a total of around 73000, none were within a 1000 tickets of being sold out, and a couple of the games were 6000 short of selling out. The WCHA finals are obviously the premier event of this type in college hockey. I don't argue that at all. But had Michigan State managed to beat Miami last weekend, the Joe would have had 1000s more people in the place. Miami fans were few and far between. But it isn't as if every other conference tournament was an impossible ticket. In fact, none of them were.
If Joe Louis was smart they'd have reconsidered their pricing plans and just put everyone in the lower bowl. Tonight would have looked packed on TV if they had done that. I imagine it did look pretty empty.
Why doesn't any other conference get this grief? According to the box there were only 13,000 people at the TD Garden Center, and it seats 18,000 for hockey. And Hockey East had their "traditional" team there. The games in Atlantic City were played before 8000 or so empty seats. And even though the 5 games in St Paul drew a total of around 73000, none were within a 1000 tickets of being sold out, and a couple of the games were 6000 short of selling out. The WCHA finals are obviously the premier event of this type in college hockey. I don't argue that at all. But had Michigan State managed to beat Miami last weekend, the Joe would have had 1000s more people in the place. Miami fans were few and far between. But it isn't as if every other conference tournament was an impossible ticket. In fact, none of them were.
If Joe Louis was smart they'd have reconsidered their pricing plans and just put everyone in the lower bowl. Tonight would have looked packed on TV if they had done that. I imagine it did look pretty empty.
wolverine318
Dark Lord of the Sith-Yost Regiment
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
so are we ignoring the sell out Michigan and MSU had at the joe in January?
so are we ignoring the sell out Michigan and MSU had at the joe in January?
Caustic Undertow
Don't read this message. Really.
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Good point, the walk-up cheap seats are all up high. The Red Wings have this problem a bit, too.
The Joe did pretty much sell out for the Michigan-Michigan State game this year. The fans are around and they care, but some weekends just clunk. This was the worst I've seen, and it's not hard to see why, with Michigan being the only big attendance draw (that is, no Michigan State), the NCAA tournament pulling those fans away, and then today not looking promising after Michigan's long game against BG.
I don't think a new arena will change that much, other than to add to the luster of a Big Ten hockey tournament, which I suspect will sell like dynamite compared to the CCHAs.
Good point, the walk-up cheap seats are all up high. The Red Wings have this problem a bit, too.
The Joe did pretty much sell out for the Michigan-Michigan State game this year. The fans are around and they care, but some weekends just clunk. This was the worst I've seen, and it's not hard to see why, with Michigan being the only big attendance draw (that is, no Michigan State), the NCAA tournament pulling those fans away, and then today not looking promising after Michigan's long game against BG.
I don't think a new arena will change that much, other than to add to the luster of a Big Ten hockey tournament, which I suspect will sell like dynamite compared to the CCHAs.
WeAreNDHockey
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Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
It looked extremely empty, but it looked much worse last night. Last night was a pretty awful crowd.
It looked extremely empty, but it looked much worse last night. Last night was a pretty awful crowd.
giwan
Really??!!
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Nope didn't forget it, not ignoring it. Just tell me who's going to be there when neither of those teams are in the final?
Nope didn't forget it, not ignoring it. Just tell me who's going to be there when neither of those teams are in the final?
FredDavenport
Registered User
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Time to think about ending the college hockey season the last weekend of April/1st weekend of May and also NOT start the hockey season in the beginning/middle of the football season!
Time to think about ending the college hockey season the last weekend of April/1st weekend of May and also NOT start the hockey season in the beginning/middle of the football season!
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
I would also contend that the unseasonable warmth contributed a bit, but not much, to the lack of attendance. That and one of the two main draws has made that tournament every year during most students' lifetimes, that sort of takes away the novelty.
I would also contend that the unseasonable warmth contributed a bit, but not much, to the lack of attendance. That and one of the two main draws has made that tournament every year during most students' lifetimes, that sort of takes away the novelty.
wolverine318
Dark Lord of the Sith-Yost Regiment
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
nobody because there no college hockey fans in west michigan and ohio, which is not the metro Detroit area.
For some odd reason it was also East Lansing Day in Ann Arbor yesterday...I contend the drunken impersonation of MSU's campus in Ann Arbor also had a major effect on the attendance in Detroit.
nobody because there no college hockey fans in west michigan and ohio, which is not the metro Detroit area.
For some odd reason it was also East Lansing Day in Ann Arbor yesterday...I contend the drunken impersonation of MSU's campus in Ann Arbor also had a major effect on the attendance in Detroit.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Don't be trying to exclude your area. There are very few college hockey fans in Michigan, period. There are plenty of fans of individual schools, but there are very few of us who are going to a nearby regional that our school isn't at or are going to Detroit if our team isn't in the finals, and no one that goes stays for the games that our school isn't playing in. That's the difference between the WCHA and CCHA.
Hell, just look at the Tech fans. They go down to Minneapolis in a decent bunch every year, and they play on Thursday about once every five years in recent history. Our UP schools don't come down unless they're involved because they apparently view everything south of the bridge as a cesspool or some such nonsense and the event in Detroit is pretty GD lame in comparison.
Don't be trying to exclude your area. There are very few college hockey fans in Michigan, period. There are plenty of fans of individual schools, but there are very few of us who are going to a nearby regional that our school isn't at or are going to Detroit if our team isn't in the finals, and no one that goes stays for the games that our school isn't playing in. That's the difference between the WCHA and CCHA.
Hell, just look at the Tech fans. They go down to Minneapolis in a decent bunch every year, and they play on Thursday about once every five years in recent history. Our UP schools don't come down unless they're involved because they apparently view everything south of the bridge as a cesspool or some such nonsense and the event in Detroit is pretty GD lame in comparison.
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Happy
Registered User
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
We hate hockey players that wear funny helmets, so that rivalry will work out.
We hate hockey players that wear funny helmets, so that rivalry will work out.
aparch
Well-known member
They offered $15 all weekend tickets, $11 upper bowl tickets, $20 lower bowl tickets, and other deals for two months on their twitter. They had a groupon too (iirc). They marketed the **** out of the tournament tickets.
The only blame is how they sell the arena in quarters to contain the fan bases.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
They gave WMU a whopping 675 to sell through our own ticket office, too. A week before, I'd probably give each school at least 1500.
They gave WMU a whopping 675 to sell through our own ticket office, too. A week before, I'd probably give each school at least 1500.
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Watch a Wings game there; same thing (not counting the play-offs), except those mt seasts were paid for, and Mickey Redmond announces another 'sell-out.' Come on Mr. Illitch, figure out a way to put butts in seats for all the games, not just the Wings play-offs!!!!
Watch a Wings game there; same thing (not counting the play-offs), except those mt seasts were paid for, and Mickey Redmond announces another 'sell-out.' Come on Mr. Illitch, figure out a way to put butts in seats for all the games, not just the Wings play-offs!!!!
giwan
Really??!!
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Difference being many of those are season ticket holders and that's 82 games not one tournament.
Watch a Wings game there; same thing (not counting the play-offs), except those mt seasts were paid for, and Mickey Redmond announces another 'sell-out.' Come on Mr. Illitch, figure out a way to put butts in seats for all the games, not just the Wings play-offs!!!!
Difference being many of those are season ticket holders and that's 82 games not one tournament.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
That arena is frankly a craphole when it's near-sellout or higher. You have to leave your seat before the period ends, get in line to use the bathroom, and if you're lucky, you get back to your seat before the next period starts. There are continuous lines wrapping around the concourse during intermission.
That arena is frankly a craphole when it's near-sellout or higher. You have to leave your seat before the period ends, get in line to use the bathroom, and if you're lucky, you get back to your seat before the next period starts. There are continuous lines wrapping around the concourse during intermission.
go4hockeyaddict
Hockey...Is there anything else?
Re: HockeyTown? Ya gotta be kidding me
Just to clarify...Tech comes down to ST. PAUL!!!
I was at the UND/DU game last night and I believe announced attendance was just under 16,000 on a beautiful St. Patrick's Day.
Just to clarify...Tech comes down to ST. PAUL!!!
I was at the UND/DU game last night and I believe announced attendance was just under 16,000 on a beautiful St. Patrick's Day.