Boston Cornell Alum here-

This isn't the first time that Harvard has done something similar.  A few
years ago they made student tickets free for Harvard students for the game,
thus holding back a block that wound up empty - even free seats couldn't
bring them in.

Although I don't like the idea of what they are doing, it doesn't bother me
for two reasons:

1) It's Harvard's rink and they should do whatever they can to help their
team.  If the situation were reversed I wouldn't want more Harvard fans and
a louder band in Lynah for one of our home games!

2) Cornell does the exact same *package* deal that Harvard does for the game
at Harvard.  Last year, if you wanted to get tickets through the Cornell
Club of Boston for the game you had to be a member of the club and pay over
the face value of the ticket. (my details might be a bit off but I clearly
remember this as a great fundraising idea for the club as the tickets went
very fast.)




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Subject: Re: Harvard's "new" ticket policy


On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 12:36  AM, Benjamin J. Flickinger
wrote:

> It's not price gouging if people are willing to pay.
>

Not that there aren't any other options (at this point) for getting
tickets to the Cornell @ Harvard game, but are you implying that a gas
station charging $10 a gallon during an emergency isn't price gauging
simply because people are willing to pay?