Regarding seats, I would disagree.  I got up at 3am and drove to Orono and
stood in line for 2 hours (before windows opened) to get tickets the first
day they went on sale and only got half the tickets I wanted, and despite
being in the first 10 people in my line I couldn't get tickets to UNH, and
could only get single tickets for BU games.

Maybe the university held out tickets and didn't sell them, but it was
extremely disappointing at the time, AND even more so when you see the
attendence figures.

Tickets keep going way up in price, you could also lower prices some too
with more seats, perhaps??


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Metzler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: New rink


> Ahh, but the atmosphere is what brought Howard here.  And others.  How
many times do you have to hear that the newer places are more lackluster in
terms of crowd noise.  The biggest complaint about the Alfond is the
training rooms and lockerrooms
> and if those are upgraded the way they say they are going to be, then that
side of things will be better off.  I don't know that more seating is
necessarily needed.  I don't think either games this past weekend were
sellouts, so that tells me that
> more seats (say 6500) are not needed.
>
> Not to mention there is no money around for such a facility to be built
any time soon.
>
> Sure the Balcony is cramped, and each seat doesn't have a cupholder, but
really, its not that bad.  It's no fenway.
>
> -Jake
>
> The Maine Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >Part of me would rather see a new rink built than a renovation of Alfond.
>