Bob Fitta wrote:

> Clay,
>
> You can be sure that next year it will be a part of the package and 
> simply added in.  I think the skills competition incorporated with 
> Hobey and Humanitarian is a nice idea.  HOWEVER, the thought of 
> charging people is a big loser, especially adding ticket thief charges 
> to the process.
>
> What they should have done this year is have it free to the public.  
> The Bradley picks up concessions revenue, the NCAA gets extra souvenir 
> revenue and the fans that go, some locals who may not have tickets to 
> the Frozen Four get a fun night out.  I know that Friday nights I have 
> typically planned non-hockey things if we are on the road, 
> Cooperstown, Niagara Falls, Mall of America etc.
>
> I think that charging will be a colossal flop, and if they continue 
> this next year it simply will cost an extra $10 to go to the frozen four!
>
> Bob Fitta
> UMaine '83
> On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Clay Satow wrote:
>
>> Well, you can put me down as one who wouldn't do a skills competition 
>> if it were free.
>>
>> I'd be interested to see how this came about.  Did they decide they 
>> wanted to charge for the
>> Humanitarian/Hobey ceremony, but didn't think they could get away 
>> with it?  Did they come up with
>> the idea for the skills competition, then decide to move the Hobey 
>> ceremony?
>>
>> I also don't understand the economics.  Say you get a thousand 
>> people.  That's $10,000 bucks, and
>> I doubt that it would be worth it.  Do they think they're going to 
>> fill the place up?  Far easier
>> to jack up everybody's ticket price and tell us that this year for 
>> the exorbitant increase in
>> ticket prices, we get the "added benefit" of admission to the skills 
>> competition.  I imagine this
>> idea didn't come up early enough, though. 
>
Fortuately, the Brewers are playing at home that weekend, so Friday 
night is taken care of.

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J. Michael Neal
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