Give me a break.  When tickets were sold the Monday before the game, they
sold a LOT of tickets.  I don't know the number but I'm sure that they could
come up with a limited number that they would be sure to sell for every
game.   Maybe it would only be a couple hundred, maybe only a hundred, but
at least those of us out here would at least have a chance.  When I called
the ticket office the only single game tickets for UNH, BU, BC etc. were
"rival pack" tickets.   I really don't want to spend the extra $ on a
basketball rival pack for a game that I'm not going to drive for 3 hours to
go to.



I agree that holding tickets till the night of the game is probably not the
best way to sell out the arena.  Sell a hundred the Monday before the game
and you'll sell them all.   Come on, work with me on this.





Maine/BU coming up in less than 2 hours!



GO MAINE!!!   BEAT BU!!!!!



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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:47 PM
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Subject: Re: season tickets vs. noise



This year, attendance is up by an average of 661 per game, primarily because
additional season ticket sales.   Assuming this trend continues, this will
mean an additional $200,000 for the Athletic Department budget, which is
very important for maintaining (1) the hockey program, and (2) the rest of
the athletic programs.

I would be more sympathetic about the plight of non-season-ticket holders if
single tickets weren't available.  However, even with the increased
attendance this year, 5 of the 10 games that have been played at the Alfond
so far have not been sold out.

Moreover, a quick check of the Ticket Office info on GoBlackBears.com
indicates that tickets are available for six of the remaining eight home
games, including both the Friday and Saturday night games against
Alabama-Huntsville, Providence, and Boston College.  If you can't make it to
the Alfond Arena ticket window during office hours (8:30 to 4 M-F, I
believe), you can order the tickets on-line.

At this point, at least, single-game tickets are available, even for the
series that could match Hockey East's top two teams on the last weekend of
the regular season.

As other posters have noted, one of the benefits of season-ticket sales to
the university is that once a season ticket is sold, the university gets the
revenue for all of the games, whether or not the season-ticket holder shows
up.  The same is true for single-game tickets that are sold in advance.  If
tickets aren't sold in advance, then the university is at the mercy of the
weather (some people won't go to a hockey game if it's too cold or snowy)
and subject to the whims of prospective fans (the BC series would be a
guaranteed sellout if the outcome determines the Hockey East title; if BC is
five points ahead going into the series, some fans might stay home).

To sum up: if you want to buy single-game tickets, they're available.  If
what you really want is for single-game tickets to be available for purchase
on the night of the game, that's a luxury that the university can't afford.

Dave Wollstadt