> John Whelan wrote:
 
> > We'll see how the second Cornell-Colgate game at Nassau Coliseum
> > goes; if Cornell can't draw in the City, no one can.
 
Ralph Baer corrected me:
 
> I agree that Cornell is a better draw than any of the four teams that
> were going to MSG, however, please don't tell me that Nassau Coliseum
> is "in the City".  Last time that I looked, Nassau Coliseum was in the
> midst of suburban sprawl and a slightly superior facility to the old
> Capital Center (aka USAir Arena) near DC.  :-)
 
Well, there is that.  (And a little voice inside my head said "It's
not in the City, it's in Nassau," even as I was writing it.)  I've
never been, and according to the Coliseum web page
<http://www.516web.com/coliseum/ncdirect.htm> my assumption that it
must be easy to reach on the LIRR is not even right; you need to
transfer to a bus in Hempstead.
 
Perhaps this is why the first Cornell-Colgate game didn't draw better.
(Of course, there is no shortage of Cornellians on the Island
either...)
 
Now what we really need is an NCAA hockey tournament at the Eisstadion
Allemand in Bern! ;-)
                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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