Then bring 'em to Ohio State. The new Schottenstein Center seats about
17,500. The largest on-campus seating capacity for college hockey in the U.S.
 
The OSU-Michigan game on Sat 1/23/99 drew a crowd of about 17,200. An
announcement was made at the game that it was the largest ever crowd to
attend a college hockey game at on "on-campus site".
 
Lee Hubbard
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At 08:47 PM 1/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>It's ironic that two of RPI's faithful are debating this one.
>
>On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Mark Lewin wrote:
>
>> >Why do the fans deserve a reward?
>> Fans deserve a reward, because, whether you like it or not,
>> the NC$$ sees hockey as a business, and, as business people
>> have a tendency to want, they want to make a profit. Perhaps
>> there's not a lot of money to be made from admissions, but with
>> advertisers and TV contracts, there is a lot of money to be made.
>
>Sounds like an argument for first round regionals to me. There are only
>campus arenas that seat more than 10,000 (Mariucci and Kiel).  Virtually
>every neutral site venue is 10,000+.  If I'm a fan, I'd rather go to a
>nice big arena with all the amenities than some dingy campus barn.  How
>would you like to have to travel across the country to spend a weekend at
>Merrimack, for example?  (Only commenting on the quality of the building.)
>                    <stuff deleted>
 
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