When I looked at the original seating plan I decided to go with the $120 tickets.  I wasn't sure 
there was enough pitch to the floor seats.  I don't like spending the game standing or peering 
around people.  I was guessing that the $120 seats meant I would be in a 100 section lower 
bowl seating, which had a better pitch.  That was confirmed when I was in D.C. when one of 
the reps at the Detroit FF table responded to my complaint about paying $120 for tickets that 
someone else was paying $40 for.  He said that was not the case.  The $40 tickets were in 
the upper bowl.

With the reconfiguration, I am now in the upper bowl.  I am in row three of a 200 section at an 
end line.  It may not be too bad, there are only eight or so rows in those sections.  It looks like 
there about 36-40 rows in the 100 sections.  It is hard to tell how many rows will be in the 
rinkside setions, maybe 15-20.  Anyway, I will see when I get there.  However, until then I 
have this nagging feeling I have paid more for less.

Doug Peterson

On 9 Dec 2009 at 23:20, Hampton, Nathan E. wrote:

Received a letter today from the NCAA which said my "request to purchase tickets for the 
2010 NCAA Men's Frozen Four at Ford Field in Detroit has been accepted." It also includes 
seat location as section "RS37" and that tickets ($189 each or $63 per game) will be 
distributed March 2010. Now my big question is what does RS stand for as the section? 
"Rickety Shit" or "Really Shaky" comes to mind first, but then possibly "rented section" would 
work but I suppose the politically correct interpretation would be "rink side" which is where the 
section is located. But they are on the blue line in the 8th row, so my next to highest priority 
number really pays off in Detroit. As hard as Detroit has been hit by the continuing decline in 
the auto industry (the recession is just a short run blimp in their long run problems), they 
should be giddy to have us there, but at the same time too poor to do anything about it. 
Where was the Frozen Four in the last recession (2001 maybe, and 1994/3!
  before that)?

Nathan Eric Hampton
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