Hello folks
    Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but I must say that I am
furious!  I called the Ticket Office this afternoon to confirm that tickets
will go on sale tomorrow AM, and was told that NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD TO
THE PUBLIC - DONOR OR NOT!  The Development Office confiscated (my term) the
tickets for "Friends of the University" - and when I called the Development
Office and spoke with Eric Sancrante - he told me the list of special people
took up the entire allotment of 400 (minus the 100 or so tickets reserved
for the team, coaches, etc. which I think is perfectly understandable - no
argument from me that they need tickets to see their kids play!)  So,
contrary to what the paper indicated and the Ticket Office told us over the
phone, there will be no tickets available for sale to us regular folk at
all...An injustice to the rank and file fans that follow this team on a
regular basis, both at the Alfond and at other arenas around New England.
 
I'll put in my pitch now - if anyone can help - I need 2 tickets for myself
and my daughter, and promised my boss - a Preferred Donor - to get 4 for
him - I know it's an impossiblity, but if anyone hears about 6 tickets that
need a home with really loud, energetic, supportive Maine fans - please
e-mail me directly at:  [log in to unmask]  Thanks for the help - sorry
for the bad news!  Pat
---Original Message-----
From: Wayne T. Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:24 PM
Subject: Frozen Four Tickets
 
 
>If I heard the announcement correctly, the Maine allotment of tix go on
>sale by the U Maine Athletic Ticket Office tomorrow (29 March).  I think
>they open at 8:30 ...
>
>   for U Maine donors and friends group members
>
>If you aren't a FoMH member ... shame.
>
>I missed the (later) dates for season ticket holders and (later) for
>general public (yea, right).
>
>Since I didn't heard all of the announcement, I wouldn't normally have
>posted, so hopefully any listening person in the know can provide better
>info.  A quick look at the hockey homepage http://maine.edu/me-hockey
>and the athletics department pages
>http://www.ume.maine.edu/~athletic/information.htm#Ticket and
>http://www.ume.maine.edu/~athletic/latestreleases/LatestReleases.html
>don't provide information on this topic.  Nor does Chris Sayles'
>Unofficial Maine Hockey homepage
>http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/5928/ nor game preview at
>http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/5928/9900/preview/0406.html
>
>For ticket information please call (207) 581-BEAR or 800-756-TEAM.
>
>cheers,
>
>Wayne T. Smith
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