I wish they would try to promote the women's hockey
program. I hate Basketball but they at least have a
following. Many people don't even know we have a
women's team!
~Shawnee
--- Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree.
>
> FrankB wrote:
>
> >I think it is BS...
> >
> >Frank Brickelmaier '92
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:44 PM
> >Subject: Ticket explaination
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I lifted this from the Maine Athletics web site.
> It is a Q & A with
> >>Maine AD Patrick Nero. What do you think? -Deron
> >>
> >>---
> >>
> >>Candis Shehata from Winthrop asks:
> >>
> >>My husband and I are both alumni of UMaine. Two of
> our sons are now
> >>attending the University. When the University of
> Maine started a hockey
> >>program on campus my husband and I were attending
> there and had season
> >>tickets the first year they were available. We
> live in Winthrop, ME,
> >>now, and occasionally go to Orono to attend a
> hockey or football game.
> >>When I called a few weeks ago inquiring about
> hockey tickets for this
> >>season, I was told that several "rival" games
> would only be sold as
> >>part of a package deal with a basketball ticket. I
> like to go to a
> >>basketball game, occasionally, but was
> disappointed to find out that I
> >>would be forced into going if I wanted to see
> these hockey games.
> >>
> >>I know you've made some clever changes in the
> athletic program at
> >>UMaine since you've been there, but I don't
> understand this one, other
> >>than to get more revenue from the basketball
> program.
> >>
> >>Please explain to me the reasoning behind this
> move.
> >>
> >>
> >>Patrick's answer:
> >>
> >>Candis,
> >>
> >>Thank you for this question, it gives me an
> opportunity to provide some
> >>background on this issue.
> >>
> >>When I arrived in the spring, I was surprised to
> find that our hockey
> >>ticket sales and attendance had been declining
> over the past several
> >>years. This was in spite of the fact that our team
> continued to play at
> >>a very high level, including being National
> runners-up two years ago
> >>and in the top 5 most of last year.
> >>
> >>Upon reviewing our records, the problem seemed to
> stem from inventory
> >>control. For various reasons, we were holding back
> many tickets until
> >>just before game time. The result of this was most
> people thinking
> >>games were sold out, yet we would be left with
> hundreds of empty seats
> >>and unsold tickets.
> >>
> >>We made some internal adjustments and we were able
> to put over 500
> >>additional season tickets on sale. These newly
> available season tickets
> >>sold out last week as the season was set to begin.
> The selling of
> >>additional season tickets really limited our
> ability to sell single
> >>game tickets. As we were preparing information on
> single game sales, we
> >>tried to communicate to folks that due to the
> additional season ticket
> >>sales, single games tickets may not be available
> for all games.
> >>
> >>As the date for single ticket sales arrived, we
> took a look at our
> >>inventory. Part of this inventory are tickets that
> must be held for
> >>visiting teams as per Hockey East rules. Not all
> visitors take the full
> >>allotment, however, New Hampshire, BU and BC do
> usually take the full
> >>amount. We also had to take a look at student
> tickets, these three
> >>opponents also draw our biggest student crowds.
> >>
> >>At this time it became obvious that we were very
> low on individual
> >>tickets for the games against our rivals, around
> 100. We put on sale
> >>all the other games, so fans like yourself who do
> not wish to purchase
> >>season tickets could choose from the other 12
> games available. Since
> >>the tickets for the UNH, BC and BU games were so
> limited, we decided to
> >>package these games with some of our other sports.
> >>
> >>This was done to help generate interest in these
> other teams. Our hope
> >>is that fans such as yourself who enjoy the
> rivalry such as Maine-BU
> >>hockey, would also enjoy this rivalry in
> basketball.
> >>
> >>For those who did not wish to purchase the rival
> packs, season tickets
> >>were still available at the time single game
> tickets went on sale and
> >>also they could choose from the other 12 games.
> >>
> >>I hope that this gives you some of the background
> on this situation.
> >>The packages went on sale this week and the sales
> went very well. It
> >>looks like we will have a full house for all of
> these games and
> >>hopefully develop some new basketball fans at the
> same time.
> >>
> >>Go Black Bears!
> >>
> >>Patrick Nero
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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