Thanks for the corrrection Larry.
 
I should've checked.
 
18000 seems a bit large for the regionals to me.  I hope that there aren't
too many empty seats for the regionals.
 
Clay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Haag, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
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> Subject:      Re: 16 team tournament
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> Clay_Satow wrote:
>
> >I also think that we've seen the last of the package deals that Wendy
> >complains about.  Rinks like Albany and Providence are just too small for
> >the Frozen Four, and if the NCAA realized that they could fill an 18000?
> >seat arena in California and sell out Providence a year in advance, they
> >never would have put finals in Albany or Providence.  Sites that work
> well
> >for the Regionals are just too small for the Finals, and sites that are
> big
> >enough for the finals are just too big for the Regionals.
>
> The arena in Albany >DOES< have 18000+ seats.  I attended the FF there
> back in
> 1992, and it was a pretty nice place.
>
> As it was explained to me just the other day, the NCAA gets most of the
> "good
> seats" in the lower deck for the FF, possibly everything between the blue
> lines, plus the corners for the 4 teams.  What's left is used for the
> lottery
> and other packages.  This is probably the main reason that the Albany
> package
> did not give you the same seats for both the regionals and the FF.
>
> It is also my understanding that the Albany package is not an "NCAA"
> package,
> but something offered by the ECAC and Pepsi Arena.  Thus the tickets
> available
> would be outside of the NCAA "zone".
>
>
> Larry
 
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