In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Brian Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>It's such a bad idea that I'm convinced it will probably happen.  It makes as
>much sense as RPI sending its games out to a cable network (Empire or NESN)
>that no one in the Capital District receives.  Maybe that's why RPI raised
>the price on Engineer season tickets to (gulp) $131!  (Pre-season rantings of
>a frustrated fan.)
 
I think there were a few reasons that RPI raised its season ticket prices;
one was that they hadn't gone up in (I think) seven years. Another
reason is that they need money to fund the Ned Harkness Field - raising
prices was seen as getting money from an athletic source to go to another
athletic project. Third, I think that with the extra ECAC games, at least
one of the extra games is a home game - thus the need to pay for an
extra ticket. And I also think that RPI has one year wehere it plays
more home games than the next year - alternating year after year.
 
Of course, $131 is steep, but that's the non-student rate, and it
is the cheapest hockey _season_ in town.
 
Now if you really want a pre-season rant, how about the fact that
there's no alumni discount for the season tickets? And can you tell
that this is the first year I'll have to pay non-student rates?
 
Ralph
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