Ranking the rinks -- what a great idea.  In my opinion, I would have to
add that the PA at the Bright Center is awful (I'm hoping that a rich,
hockey-loving alum will one day come along and donate money to replace
it).  Maybe it has something to do with the acoustics of the building.  I
haven't been to many other ECAC sites, but the PA at BU's Walter Brown
Arena sounds much clearer than the one at Bright.  Just my $.02.
 
Tony
 
On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Jayson Moy wrote:
 
> I am sort of interested in seeing what people think of the rinks, arenas,
> fieldhouses, forums, and centers that Div I teams play in.  I am
> a little more interested in how people would rank these facilities within
> their conference.
>
> I have been to all the ECAC and most of the HE facilities, so I will offer
> my opinion on the ECAC sites.
>
> I am basing my rankings on a few things.
>
> 1)Appearance
> 2)Access
> 3)Sight Lines
> 4)Crowds
> 5)Atmosphere
> 6)Seating (size of seats, type and so on)
> 7)Food
>
> In the ECAC here goes:
>
> 1) Gutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
>         Mainly because of atmosphere, crowds, and sight lines
> 2) Cheel Arena, Clarkson
>         Excellent sight lines, atmosphere, and right in the student center
> 3) Thompson Arena, Dartmouth
>         Beautiful sight lines, beautifual arena, just no people
> 4) Appleton Arena, St. Lawrence
>         Rustic, and nice looking.  Crowd is very appreciative.
> 5) Bright Hockey Center, Harvard
>         Good sight lines, atmosphere is great.  Seating is a minus though.
> 6) RPI Fieldhouse, RPI
>         Not many bad seats, atmosphere tends to go with flow of game.
> 7) Lynah Rink, Cornell
>         Atmosphere is great. Pricing expensive. Seating needs work.
> 8) Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton
>         Lots of people say stone and steel. I love the atrium of the walkway.
> 9) Meehan Auditorium, Brown
>         Great sight lines.  Atmosphere is lacking.
> 10)Ingalls Rink, Yale
>         Intereting architecture.  Like being at sea.
> 11)Starr Rink, Colgate
>         Cold, damp, and dismal
> 12) Achilles Rink, Union
>         A firetrap. No where to walk, sound system is awful. Crowd is good.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
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