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RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

Wicked Slappaahs said:
That's a whole other ball of wax..... you actually want a technology-centric university to employ....technology in its athletics ticekting ?? HA HA Good god man, we'll be lucky if they can make and keep ice !!
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At least it's better than the first time I went to Fenway Park back in the early 70s. The ticket office rep had a giant bank of little cubbies behind him representing each game and each class of seating. He'd walk back and pull a stack of tickets that he'd rifle through to respond to a request for "4 loge box on third base side at least 5 rows above the aisle." It was a major advance a few years later when I could go to the Field House box office and not only get individually printed hockey tickets but also Ticketmaster tix for Yankee Stadium, Broadway, etc. We finally took a step forward in recent years with purchasing tickets online, but for anything that goes through the box office we're essentially using similar 1970s technology (minus the Yankee Stadium and Broadway part).
 
rpi82 said:
Why are they printing thousands of physical tickets? Most places have gone to e-tickets as the standard distribution method with physical tickets only being used for in-person purchases or on request. UConn made that switch with my football season tickets about 5 years ago. I know our ticketing system supports e-tickets - that's how I distributed our group block of Freakout tickets last year. Why is a school of advanced technologies using the finest in 1970s ticket distribution methods?
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I really don't know, but, possibly because it costs a chunk money to modernize. If it does, why do it for a facility that is no longer a local entertainment mecca. These days ticketed events of any substance consists of up to a dozen and a half men's hockey games (with an average attendance of only 2,181) with a few other events a year requiring ticketing. Total annual events requiring ticketing numbers less than two dozen.

Maybe go tech if the facility was still the "Madison Square Garden of Upstate New York" but it isn't. Back when it was and a couple times a month or so hosted the likes of Frankie Avalon with Connie Francis, Dick Clark's Winter Caravan, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane (before they went to Starfleet Academy and became a Starship), Peter and Gordon with Manfred Mann, Peter Paul and Mary, Alice Cooper, Meatloaf, a Frozen Four (1958) and an entire week of Ice Capades annually then maybe you could have used technology.

There is also a local legend of sorts that in the later mid 1970's the Fieldhouse was trying to become a stop on a Northeast tour Elvis was going to make in the fall of 1978. Fact or wives tale, what is indisputable fact is that Elvis was already booked for a show at the Utica War Memorial that fall. Of course, Elvis had an accident in 1977 and was no longer touring by 1978. If the Fieldhouse was still relevant enough to possibly be in the running for shows like that, then you would need technology.

There were many many more luminaries who performed at the Fieldhouse but it was all a long long time ago. Today, nobody who is anybody is going to perform there so do you really need possibly expensive high tech that is basically just going to gather dust for most of the year???
 
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RPI Athletics on Instagram: "A familiar face can be found at center ice of Houston Field House this season, and Puckman wants to see YOU at Hockey Hype on Wednesday, September 17 !! Come meet (and skate!) with the RPI men's, women's, and club ice ho

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tony/troy said:
I really don't know, but, possibly because it costs a chunk money to modernize. If it does, why do it for a facility that is no longer a local entertainment mecca. These days ticketed events of any substance consists of up to a dozen and a half men's hockey games (with an average attendance of only 2,181) with a few other events a year requiring ticketing. Total annual events requiring ticketing numbers less than two dozen.

Maybe go tech if the facility was still the "Madison Square Garden of Upstate New York" but it isn't. Back when it was and a couple times a month or so hosted the likes of Frankie Avalon with Connie Francis, Dick Clark's Winter Caravan, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane (before they went to Starfleet Academy and became a Starship), Peter and Gordon with Manfred Mann, Peter Paul and Mary, Alice Cooper, Meatloaf, a Frozen Four (1958) and an entire week of Ice Capades annually then maybe you could have used technology.

There is also a local legend of sorts that in the later mid 1970's the Fieldhouse was trying to become a stop on a Northeast tour Elvis was going to make in the fall of 1978. Fact or wives tale, what is indisputable fact is that Elvis was already booked for a show at the Utica War Memorial that fall. Of course, Elvis had an accident in 1977 and was no longer touring by 1978. If the Fieldhouse was still relevant enough to possibly be in the running for shows like that, then you would need technology.

There were many many more luminaries who performed at the Fieldhouse but it was all a long long time ago. Today, nobody who is anybody is going to perform there so do you really need possibly expensive high tech that is basically just going to gather dust for most of the year???
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Not to mention a heavyweight fight featuring (very early in his career) Mike Tyson!
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
That's a whole other ball of wax..... you actually want a technology-centric university to employ....technology in its athletics ticekting ?? HA HA Good god man, we'll be lucky if they can make and keep ice !
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Look at the bright side--the off the shelf e-ticket platform that a lot of colleges use leads to a lot of spam email. While I appreciated the the seamless ticketing experience for hockey at places like Dartmouth, I don't need emails about upcoming squash matches.
 
tony/troy said:
I really don't know, but, possibly because it costs a chunk money to modernize. If it does, why do it for a facility that is no longer a local entertainment mecca. These days ticketed events of any substance consists of up to a dozen and a half men's hockey games (with an average attendance of only 2,181) with a few other events a year requiring ticketing. Total annual events requiring ticketing numbers less than two dozen.
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I agree, Tony, and I am guessing the school probably sees it the same way. The low need for assigned seating makes diverting resources to upgrades a low priority.
 
tony/troy said:
Actually two Tyson fights in the Fieldhouse both in 1986 and yes the Frozen Four at the Fieldhouse was indeed 1959 and not 1958.
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I went to the second Tyson fight. He knocked out Jesse Ferguson in the 6th round. There was close to 4500 in HFH that afternoon, IIRC.
 
If anyone has a current student at RPI, or knows one, that wants to try their hand at broadcasting let me know.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
I agree, Tony, and I am guessing the school probably sees it the same way. The low need for assigned seating makes diverting resources to upgrades a low priority.
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I don't think that's the case. I looked at the product they are using and it has the necessary features. It's a cloud-based offering that supports etickets and subscription based packages as well as individual game ticketing for both the general public and students. It wouldn't be possible to sell a college ticketing system these days without those functions. It's really a matter of updating the athletic department's business practices, not technology.
 
In honor of Molly Hamilton, today is 6 September 2025. There are 29 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2025 for the start of next season.
 
tony/troy said:
Actually two Tyson fights in the Fieldhouse both in 1986 and yes the Frozen Four at the Fieldhouse was indeed 1959 and not 1958.
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Jen and i were at the first one. Not so much to see Tyson but to meet one o f his managers Jimmy Jacobs. i knew him from his handball days playing in Brooklyn. In the 1950' and 1960's he and another fellow, Vic Hershkowitz were virtually unbeatable in 4 wall handball. I got to play against both of them against a single wall once at an exhibition they were at. Jacobs played an 11 point game against me using his left hand. I think I was able to hit one ball back!! Both these fellows not only hit incredibly hard with either hand, but the spin they were able to put onto the ball made it almost impossible to return. As I recall Jacobs was a great athlete in several sports. had he not succumbed to Leukemia I suspect the Tyson career might have proceeded much differently than it ended up with Don King in control.
 
RPI football off to a winning start, beating WPI this evening, 26-9. The Engineers scored on their opening drive, opened up leads of 16-0 and 26-3, and were never seriously threatened. Kayden White scored three touchdowns, two rushing and one receiving.

RPI fans should be pleased with the result, as long as they didn't bet on RPI and give 21.5 points, WPI scored on the last play of the game to beat the spread.
 
In honor of Chloe Obser, today is 7 September 2025. There are 28 days (4 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2025 for the start of next season.
 
Waite21 said:
RPI football off to a winning start, beating WPI this evening, 26-9. The Engineers scored on their opening drive, opened up leads of 16-0 and 26-3, and were never seriously threatened. Kayden White scored three touchdowns, two rushing and one receiving.

RPI fans should be pleased with the result, as long as they didn't bet on RPI and give 21.5 points, WPI scored on the last play of the game to beat the spread.
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I was pleased with everything except one missed extra point try. I thought they would beat the point spread but as you mentioned, never seriously threatened and we keep the Transit Trophy! Next week they travel to Utica which will be a little more challenging.
I expect us to be a slight underdog next week with Utica having home field advantage.
 
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In honor of Cole Gordon and Brianna Livingstone, today is 8 September 2025. There are 27 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2025 for the start of next season.
 
In honor of Juliana Goffredo, today is 9 September 2025. There are 26 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2025 for the start of next season.
 
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