>What I don't understand is how they lose track of the
>numbers. I wish he would say we have x number of
>student tickets for those games, y number of season
>tickets etc.

The point is that Nero recognized too many tix were set aside and this
year we have 500 new season ticket holder seats!  The number of student
tickets seems to vary depending on perceived demand.

>But if he did that he would have to admit how many of
>these tickets are given away as inticements to
>supporting groups and individuals.

Having a bad day?  I'm not close to who gets what, but I have absolutely
no reason to believe the shop is anything but run in an excellent
manner.

>I just don't know how, with all the seats available,
>you end up with just 100 tickets to sell.
>
>Not that I would be able to attend this year with my
>son being young, but I wish the numbers added up.
>
>I do like, however, that he admits that
>miss-management caused some of the problem. I have
>noticed before that games that were "sold-out" had a
>lot of empty seats and I just couldn't imagine THAT
>many season ticket holders would miss the big games!

If you see an empty seat in the center of the arena, it is almost for
sure a season ticket holder no-show.  If you look at the upper rows of
sections FFF and MMM, you'll have a great gauge on how close to a "sell
out" the game is, for they sell those (restricted view) seats last.

I don't know of an admission mismanagement, but I do think Nero is
trying to put paying customers and students in the seats, while
generally requiring the administration and staff provide excellent
customer service.

And I sure hope Patrick Nero loves it here and decides to stay for more
than a while.  For like Walsh and Cosgrove, he will receive greater
monetary offers than UMaine can provide.

And we've got a pretty fair Men's Hockey team, too!  ;-)

cheers, wayne

Wayne T. Smith
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