I wish they would try to promote the women's hockey program. I hate Basketball but they at least have a following. Many people don't even know we have a women's team! ~Shawnee --- Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I agree. > > FrankB wrote: > > >I think it is BS... > > > >Frank Brickelmaier '92 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:44 PM > >Subject: Ticket explaination > > > > > > > > > >>I lifted this from the Maine Athletics web site. > It is a Q & A with > >>Maine AD Patrick Nero. What do you think? -Deron > >> > >>--- > >> > >>Candis Shehata from Winthrop asks: > >> > >>My husband and I are both alumni of UMaine. Two of > our sons are now > >>attending the University. When the University of > Maine started a hockey > >>program on campus my husband and I were attending > there and had season > >>tickets the first year they were available. We > live in Winthrop, ME, > >>now, and occasionally go to Orono to attend a > hockey or football game. > >>When I called a few weeks ago inquiring about > hockey tickets for this > >>season, I was told that several "rival" games > would only be sold as > >>part of a package deal with a basketball ticket. I > like to go to a > >>basketball game, occasionally, but was > disappointed to find out that I > >>would be forced into going if I wanted to see > these hockey games. > >> > >>I know you've made some clever changes in the > athletic program at > >>UMaine since you've been there, but I don't > understand this one, other > >>than to get more revenue from the basketball > program. > >> > >>Please explain to me the reasoning behind this > move. > >> > >> > >>Patrick's answer: > >> > >>Candis, > >> > >>Thank you for this question, it gives me an > opportunity to provide some > >>background on this issue. > >> > >>When I arrived in the spring, I was surprised to > find that our hockey > >>ticket sales and attendance had been declining > over the past several > >>years. This was in spite of the fact that our team > continued to play at > >>a very high level, including being National > runners-up two years ago > >>and in the top 5 most of last year. > >> > >>Upon reviewing our records, the problem seemed to > stem from inventory > >>control. For various reasons, we were holding back > many tickets until > >>just before game time. The result of this was most > people thinking > >>games were sold out, yet we would be left with > hundreds of empty seats > >>and unsold tickets. > >> > >>We made some internal adjustments and we were able > to put over 500 > >>additional season tickets on sale. These newly > available season tickets > >>sold out last week as the season was set to begin. > The selling of > >>additional season tickets really limited our > ability to sell single > >>game tickets. As we were preparing information on > single game sales, we > >>tried to communicate to folks that due to the > additional season ticket > >>sales, single games tickets may not be available > for all games. > >> > >>As the date for single ticket sales arrived, we > took a look at our > >>inventory. Part of this inventory are tickets that > must be held for > >>visiting teams as per Hockey East rules. Not all > visitors take the full > >>allotment, however, New Hampshire, BU and BC do > usually take the full > >>amount. We also had to take a look at student > tickets, these three > >>opponents also draw our biggest student crowds. > >> > >>At this time it became obvious that we were very > low on individual > >>tickets for the games against our rivals, around > 100. We put on sale > >>all the other games, so fans like yourself who do > not wish to purchase > >>season tickets could choose from the other 12 > games available. Since > >>the tickets for the UNH, BC and BU games were so > limited, we decided to > >>package these games with some of our other sports. > >> > >>This was done to help generate interest in these > other teams. Our hope > >>is that fans such as yourself who enjoy the > rivalry such as Maine-BU > >>hockey, would also enjoy this rivalry in > basketball. > >> > >>For those who did not wish to purchase the rival > packs, season tickets > >>were still available at the time single game > tickets went on sale and > >>also they could choose from the other 12 games. > >> > >>I hope that this gives you some of the background > on this situation. > >>The packages went on sale this week and the sales > went very well. It > >>looks like we will have a full house for all of > these games and > >>hopefully develop some new basketball fans at the > same time. > >> > >>Go Black Bears! > >> > >>Patrick Nero > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/