Aha, another [censored] survey. Well, here is a little information for
Cornell University:
> 1. team name and arena name and location.
The Cornell Big Red plays in James Lynah Rink, on the Cornell campus in
Ithaca, NY.
> 2. individual game ticket prices.
Individual game prices last year were $6 for Cornell students and $7
for the general public. Tickets for the Harvard game are always $2
extra (this, class, illustrates the Law of Supply and Demand). Ticket
information for the upcoming season will apparently not be released
until September. The tentative schedule for 1991-92 gives Cornell two
fewer home games than they had last year, so I would not be surprised
to see those prices go up a buck or so.
Note that all seats at Lynah are reserved; despite the sign over one of
the doors, there is no general admission seating, except for the Red-
White scrimmage.
> 3. season ticket prices.
The price for season tickets is just the total of all the individual
game prices -- you do not get a "break" for buying the tickets all at
once (guaranteed seats for the Harvard game is considered break
enough). With 12 home games next year, season tickets should go for
$74 for students and $86 for the general public, assuming there are no
price increases.
Sorry, folks -- Lynah Rink does not have luxury sky-boxes :-)
> 4. availability info (are some types of ticket always/often sold out?
Games at Lynah, which seats 3,822, are practically always sold out,
even the ones over winter break. For any particular game, some small
number of tickets is usually available at the visiting team's ticket
office, so that would be the place to start if you want to follow your
team to Ithaca. Get 'em early, because for whatever reason, Cornell
seems to be a pretty popular road trip, at least for other ECAC teams.
Tickets for a game generally do not go on sale at Cornell until the day
before that game is played.
Those interested in getting Cornell season hockey tickets should know
that there is no waiting list maintained. After the ticket sale for
Cornell students (in early September) and after season ticket holders
have had their chance to renew, there are a limited number left over
that go on sale a few days before the season starts. These are sold in
two separate blocks, one for Cornell faculty and staff and one for the
general public.
> 5. the ticket office telephone number.
You can reach the Cornell Athletic Ticket Office at (607) 255-7333, and
they are usually open between 9 AM and 5 PM.
> 6. any policies of interest to HOCKEY-L or potential attendees.
In addition to the lack of general admissions seating, there are no
standing-room tickets available. Standing-room sales were suspended a
few years ago while there was construction in and near Lynah, and
apparently the fire marshals would not allow Cornell to reinstate them
after the work was done.
The games generally start at 7:30 PM. On a few nights, there is both a
basketball game and a hockey game, and in that case, the hockey game
starts at 8:00 or 8:30 PM.
> 7. directions to arena or any other information you'd care to give.
Ithaca is not the easiest place in the world to find, but you should be
all right once you get to I-81. If you're coming from the North
(Syracuse and above), take I-81 South and get off at Exit 12. Turn
left onto Route 281 and go a few miles until you pick up Route 13 South
in Cortland. Stay on 13 for about 25 miles, until the junction with
Route 366, at the stoplight next to a large New York State Electric and
Gas plant. Turn left here, and follow 366 until the first stoplight,
which is at Cornell. Go straight, and the parking garage will be on
your right. When you walk out the back of the garage, Lynah Rink will
be a short distance to the right.
If you're coming from the South (Binghamton and below), take Exit 8 off
I-81. Take a right, follow this road until it ends, then turn left
onto Route 79. Stay on 79 for about 30 miles until you reach the
Ithaca city limits. Then, at the first stop sign, turn right onto
Route 366. Follow 366 (you will need to bear left at a "Y" intersec-
tion) to the second stoplight, at Cornell, and turn left. The parking
garage will be on your right.
These directions are from the Cornell media guide. If you are flying
in, Ithaca does have an airport, but the only major airline that goes
there is US Air. You might be better off flying into Syracuse and
coming down I-81.
Ithaca has plenty of lodging, including several hotel chains, other
smaller and cheaper motels and motor lodges, and a number of bed and
breakfasts. Or, send me E-mail, and I might be able to put you up
(this offer may be withdrawn without notice, as my future wife does not
know I am writing this :-)
--
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86
LET'S GO RED!!
Why garage sales continue to exist:
A Philadelphia man went to one recently and bought a picture for four
dollars because he wanted to use the frame. When he later tried to take the
picture out of the frame, the frame split. In looking to see if he could
repair it, he noticed a folded piece of paper between the picture and the
backing. The paper turned out to be an original copy of the Declaration of
Independence -- which he auctioned off for 2.42 million dollars!
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