FloridaCat
Cranky Old Guy
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Your arena has what appears to be a nice Club Level.
Your arena has what appears to be a nice Club Level.
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The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
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bigblue_dl
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Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Well, At Tech there is beer there, they just don't let the common folk drink it. It is only in the luxury suites, which are actually pretty nice.
The Blue Line Club has done it for select games
beaverhockeyfan
Well-known member
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Yeah, it is pretty nice. The only thing they should have done differently is make the seating a little steeper, but the same could be said about the seating in the whole arena.
The beer and mixed drinks are available arena wide, not just in the Club and Suite Level.
Yeah, it is pretty nice. The only thing they should have done differently is make the seating a little steeper, but the same could be said about the seating in the whole arena.
The beer and mixed drinks are available arena wide, not just in the Club and Suite Level.
CollegeHockeyRinkReport
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Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog.com/wcha/2013/9/5/4659960/the-wchas-top-5-hobey-candidates
Top 5 preseason Hobey favorites in WCHA
http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog.com/wcha/2013/9/5/4659960/the-wchas-top-5-hobey-candidates
Top 5 preseason Hobey favorites in WCHA
MavHockey14
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Would be cool to see Leitner at least make the top 10 finalists. We'll see.
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Bowling Green has beer in the Falcon Club Lounge which, unfortunately, is in another part of the building away from the action so we can drink before the games and between periods. Interestingly, they sell beer at the football games. I'm not sure whether that will eventually spread to the other sports or not.
Bowling Green has beer in the Falcon Club Lounge which, unfortunately, is in another part of the building away from the action so we can drink before the games and between periods. Interestingly, they sell beer at the football games. I'm not sure whether that will eventually spread to the other sports or not.
gfmorris
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Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Are there locations in the facility where it could be sold? Do those areas have room for 20-40% increased traffic? How would age verification be done? Who will staff that? The volume of people at a hockey game is sadly lower, so you can spread that cost over a larger number of transactions. We had a similar setup for alcohol until five or six years ago, and we're in a city arena (in the Bible Belt, though).
GFM
Are there locations in the facility where it could be sold? Do those areas have room for 20-40% increased traffic? How would age verification be done? Who will staff that? The volume of people at a hockey game is sadly lower, so you can spread that cost over a larger number of transactions. We had a similar setup for alcohol until five or six years ago, and we're in a city arena (in the Bible Belt, though).
GFM
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Yes, there are locations that could handle it with little problem, I believe. The basketball arena is new and has a Falcon Club area with a view of the action. That is currently the only place they sell beer there and it will likely stay that way as an enticement to join Falcon Club. There is an area in the ice arena that, with some major renovations, could be converted to a Falcon Club area if they want to go that route. It would cost a bit of $$$ though.
Yes, there are locations that could handle it with little problem, I believe. The basketball arena is new and has a Falcon Club area with a view of the action. That is currently the only place they sell beer there and it will likely stay that way as an enticement to join Falcon Club. There is an area in the ice arena that, with some major renovations, could be converted to a Falcon Club area if they want to go that route. It would cost a bit of $$$ though.
aparch
Acetaminamerican
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Okay, I know I haven't purchased the B2 Feed in a few years. (Okay, it's been a really long time, I searched my e-mail for the digital receipt and it was 2009).
But... Jesus Christ have prices jumped!
BGSU: $8/each - Select Home games only (20 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=283
NMU: $9/each - Select Home games only (8 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=17
UAH: $8/each (only BGSU's home games) http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=172
UAA: Not Listed
UAF: Not Listed
MTU: Not Listed
FSU: Not Listed
BSU: Not Listed
MSU: Not Listed
LSSU: Not Listed
Three weeks out from the start of the season...
Okay, I know I haven't purchased the B2 Feed in a few years. (Okay, it's been a really long time, I searched my e-mail for the digital receipt and it was 2009).
But... Jesus Christ have prices jumped!
BGSU: $8/each - Select Home games only (20 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=283
NMU: $9/each - Select Home games only (8 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=17
UAH: $8/each (only BGSU's home games) http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=172
UAA: Not Listed
UAF: Not Listed
MTU: Not Listed
FSU: Not Listed
BSU: Not Listed
MSU: Not Listed
LSSU: Not Listed
Three weeks out from the start of the season...
gfmorris
New member
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
The league was definitely caught flat-footed. It's a shame that the dominos have fallen as they have.
GFM
Okay, I know I haven't purchased the B2 Feed in a few years. (Okay, it's been a really long time, I searched my e-mail for the digital receipt and it was 2009).
But... Jesus Christ have prices jumped!
BGSU: $8/each - Select Home games only (20 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=283
NMU: $9/each - Select Home games only (8 games) - http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=17
UAH: $8/each (only BGSU's home games) http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?q=cs&value=26&id=172
UAA: Not Listed
UAF: Not Listed
MTU: Not Listed
FSU: Not Listed
BSU: Not Listed
MSU: Not Listed
LSSU: Not Listed
Three weeks out from the start of the season...
The league was definitely caught flat-footed. It's a shame that the dominos have fallen as they have.
GFM
fairbanks hockey puck
Registered User
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Would be interesting if the member schools could pull off something without FOX or America One...Seems that Fairbanks has a public TV and radio station on campus with plenty of technology. Sounds like Bemidji with HD too..Couldn't one of those or one the other eight schools, again with the technology, serve as the "headquarters" to get out all the games and the league and schools make the $$$$...
Would be interesting if the member schools could pull off something without FOX or America One...Seems that Fairbanks has a public TV and radio station on campus with plenty of technology. Sounds like Bemidji with HD too..Couldn't one of those or one the other eight schools, again with the technology, serve as the "headquarters" to get out all the games and the league and schools make the $$$$...
aparch
Acetaminamerican
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Absolutely GFM. It's very sad to see the league caught by this, but it seems they had bought all into FoxSportsGo without admitting it (even saying that nothing was in place, it was just "exploratory.")
If FoxSports is still pursuing this, I cannot see any of the WCHA schools spending the money needed to invest in streaming capacity especially if it's going to be replaced next year. An ideal backup setup would be a WCHA run site hosted by FoxSports to transition into their mobile/streaming product when it's ready.
Absolutely GFM. It's very sad to see the league caught by this, but it seems they had bought all into FoxSportsGo without admitting it (even saying that nothing was in place, it was just "exploratory.")
If FoxSports is still pursuing this, I cannot see any of the WCHA schools spending the money needed to invest in streaming capacity especially if it's going to be replaced next year. An ideal backup setup would be a WCHA run site hosted by FoxSports to transition into their mobile/streaming product when it's ready.
beaverhockeyfan
Well-known member
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
If the Northern Sun (northernsun.org) can pull this off for all D-II sports, then the WCHA should be talking with them. It was pretty nice this past weekend, since it was raining, being able to watch all the NSIC Football games through their FREE video feeds. Some are better than others, but something is better then nothing, and you can't beat FREE.
Heck, I was even able to go back and watch BSU's comeback win over Winona State last week for free through their On Demand Archives........
If the Northern Sun (northernsun.org) can pull this off for all D-II sports, then the WCHA should be talking with them. It was pretty nice this past weekend, since it was raining, being able to watch all the NSIC Football games through their FREE video feeds. Some are better than others, but something is better then nothing, and you can't beat FREE.
Heck, I was even able to go back and watch BSU's comeback win over Winona State last week for free through their On Demand Archives........
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
This is an instance where I can't really fault the league. I will give them credit for doing the work and having a deal ready to go in the first place. It was probably the best deal they could get considering the size of the target audience, so going all-in with Fox made sense compared to any alternatives. In the end, FoxSports is mostly to blame for trying to rush their mobile service to market without proper testing and debugging first.
This is an instance where I can't really fault the league. I will give them credit for doing the work and having a deal ready to go in the first place. It was probably the best deal they could get considering the size of the target audience, so going all-in with Fox made sense compared to any alternatives. In the end, FoxSports is mostly to blame for trying to rush their mobile service to market without proper testing and debugging first.
gfmorris
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manurespreader
Still upright
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
Does anyone know if USCHO has a beat writer for the WCHA as of yet. Maybe they ought to have two. One for East and one for west. At any rate they need a reporter.
Does anyone know if USCHO has a beat writer for the WCHA as of yet. Maybe they ought to have two. One for East and one for west. At any rate they need a reporter.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
The position is not listed on the Jobs @ USCHO page, but that might be out of date.
Historically, I think they hire someone from one of the local papers on a part-time basis.
The position is not listed on the Jobs @ USCHO page, but that might be out of date.
Historically, I think they hire someone from one of the local papers on a part-time basis.
Re: The New WCHA 3, Revenge of the Sieve (2013-14)
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