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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