In article <[log in to unmask]>, Deron Treadwell
<[log in to unmask]> says:
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>There were definately a shortage of students in attendence. This is
>partially due to a change in ticket distribution which many students didn't
>find out about till after the tickets all the way up untill this weekend
>were given out. What happens here is after the Tuesday distribution for
>tickets, they go on sale to the public Wednesday, and stay on sale till 30
>minutes before the game, then if there are any left students can get some.
>Student tickets for BU went on sale October 3rd. I'm sure many students
>didn't want to pay $12 a pop, and I'm sure many adults did to see such a
>game, so I'd imagine there were not many student tickets left, and with the
>bad weather who would want to wait outside for an hour or more to get
>tickets on a Tuesday night??
Actually, the old system had tickets made available to students the Monday
and Tuesday before the weekend's games (or a week before a Tuesday game).
Approximately 1,500 tickets are set aside for students. Tickets not claimed
by students were then put on sale to the public that Wednesday.
This year the system was changed, as deron pointed out. Tickets are given
out about three to four weeks before the games and include more than just
one series. Unclaimed tickets of the 1,500 are then put on sale the
Wednesday after distribution, giving the public about three to four weeks
to purchase tickets.
The change has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is students
can get tickets for more games at one time, rather than having to go to
many distributions. The disadvantage is students tend to take tickets for
games they know they won't attend because of breaks or whatever. The
other disadvantage is the University of Maine either "forgot" to tell
students about the policy change or deliberately didn't tell students, so
the university could leave out hundreds of students from the first half
dozen games and make money off unclaimed tickets. Students who picked up
their sports passes before October were the only ones who knew about the
change in distribution dates. Maine's football team is not very good, so
not many students picked up their sports passes.
However, students can show up at Alfond an hour before the game (not a
half hour) and get a ticket with their ID and sports pass. If they don't
have their sports pass yet, they can get it when they get their ticket.
>These are only speculations of course, I am always into the game. I have a
>hard time understanding how one could go to a game being from Maine,
>especially when they are playing the team that beat you in the national
>championship game and NOT be into it. Is it Maine fans? Is it the other
>teams? I think it's a lot of both.
I think complacency and apprehension are two of the reasons people aren't
excited about Maine hockey. We always make the playoffs, why show up?
It's a given, right? People may also be apprehensive because of the
ongoing "investigation" into the hockey team and the rest of the Maine
athletics department.
Just three years ago Alfond was selling out every night. There were
times when student tickets were given away before the Tuesday
distribution and all a student could get was standing-room only.
That's not the case anymore. There have been very few sellouts since
the first NCAA violations were uncovered. Last Saturday I didn't
show up until 10 minutes before the game and I was able to walk right
up to the ticket window and get a ticket without having to stand in
line. (I was a victim of the new ticket distribution policy.)
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