In the past the corners of the lower bowl have been reserved for the teams.
Generally the bands are placed in the upper bowl right behind their fans. I
thought this was a pretty good arrangement. It will be interesting to see if
this holds true this year. My finals seats have looked like this the last few
years.
 
1992 Albany  corner lower bowl (school seats)
1993 Milwaukee corner lower bowl (school seats)
1994 St Paul  rafters center ice
1995 Providence  high center ice
1996 Cincinnati   high in the lower bowl endzone
1997 Milwaukee  upper bowl endzone
1998 Boston   high lower bowl endzone
1999 Anaheim ?
 
The only thing I can gather from this is that someone has always reserved the
center ice lower bowl sits, or 5 years in a row I've had bad luck.
 
Chuck Cliff
 
In a message dated 99-03-10 23:57:17 EST, [log in to unmask]
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<< After a moment to calm down, I have found out that the NC$$ (now I know
 why you all put the dollar signs in) only a week ago let the Pond
 officials know what tickets they could send out and how many they wanted
 reserved for the teams. The Pond ticket manager told me that basically the
 NC$$ took most of the very nice close seats for the four teams.  There
 were a handful of "commoners" granted tickets sprinkled in.  The rest of
 us commoners got stuck in the upper rafters for the same price.  To put it
 bluntly, this policy smells like cronyism. He said he had "hundreds" of irate
 callers just like me and he was willing to refund. I am considering. After
 anticipating for four years, this is truly a let down.
  >>
 
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