So are season ticket prices reduced given the two games in Portland?  If
they are not I would imagine that the proceeds from the ticket sales from
the CCCC will more than make up for the cost of travel from Orono to
Portland and back.

PS:  I knew I should have left the 'taxpayer' issue out of my previous
diatribe.
However there are almost certainly more Maine hockey fans within traveling
distance to the CCCC than there are season ticket holders.  Come on Nonni,
give us a break down here. You can still travel to Portland to see the
games.  Most of us can't go to games in Orono because the season ticket
holders have almost all of the seats tied up!  It's only two games!  Don't
be so selfish!


-----Original Message-----
From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Dan Doucette
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: never hurts to try

Let me see, Nonni...your central point in this thread seems to be that
Maine's "home" games should be played at Alfond on every occasion possible
because:

1.  game atmosphere is the most intense at Alfond, thereby imparting extra
advantage toward our players and winning results on the ice for each game
2.  travel to other venues is a significant burden on the total UMaine
athletic budget and should be avoided
3.  fewer paying fans attend the games held away from the Alfond Arena

Therefore, I ask again...why is it that Maine now plays in a holiday
tournament in FLORIDA each year ?

Maine for many years hosted a Dexter holiday tournament at the Alfond Arena,
Orono, Maine 04469...why did it stop ?



nonni daly wrote (clipped):

>Travel costs alone are an incredible part of the budget, since -- to quote
Jack Cosgrove -- "Orono isn't a place you go THROUGH, it's a place you go
TO!" It's also a place you go FROM and at the competitive levels at which
Maine now competes, it is very costly to cover all this travel.
>
>is Maine supposed to take teams away from that all important cash cow to
>play in a totally different venue where no such support is forthcoming,
>sometimes even simply in the form of ticket sales?