Cratter Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 This may have been posted somewhere, but the new WCHA notebook http://insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/N...5/wcha_0307.htm "While many were surprised to see Minnesota rout North Dakota 6-0 last Saturday in Grand Forks, even more may have been surprised by the attendance count during Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 This may have been posted somewhere, but the new WCHA notebook http://insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/N...5/wcha_0307.htm "While many were surprised to see Minnesota rout North Dakota 6-0 last Saturday in Grand Forks, even more may have been surprised by the attendance count during Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochsioux Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Ticketmaster showed the games as sold-out. However, on Saturday morning I was at REA at decided to check the box office and was amazed they were selling tickets. When I asked they said they had about 100 tickets that just became available. Not sure where they came from but it looked like most, if not all, were high up in section 315. Not sure about Friday but maybe the same thing happened, although there were a lot of people outside the arena looking for tickets on Friday, didn't see many on Sat. Could these tickets that became available be ones returned by Minnesota ? Or do they hold back tickets for other reasons (Sioux kids club?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCM Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I remember before the new REA was built, there were all sorts of dire predictions that there was no way a town the size of Grand Forks could consistently fill an 11,400-seat arena. Now that the REA's average attendance (10,870) is second to Wisconsin (11,701) and and ahead of Minnesota (10,088), we're still getting dinged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I care about INCH's prognostications about Sioux hockey, about as much as I care for Lucy's. Which is to say, I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagard Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Failing to sell 200 tickets to that series just tells me that the people in charge of selling the tickets were disorganized. Many people in the cities were looking for tickets, so if they were Gopher returns the "U" didn't try to hard to sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1siouxfan22 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 There were alot of people in north dakota that wanted those tickets too, i had to watch it on tv friday when there were 200 tickets open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I'm sure this is UND's fault also: GAME NOTES: Attendance at the Silvio Conte Forum was 6,856 (capacity 7,884). Yup, #4 UND at #2 BC gets over 1000 empty seats. Minnesota at North Dakota: 200 empty seats of 11406, arena 98.2% full. North Dakota at Boston College: 1000 empty seats of 7884, arena 87% full. Think INCH will pick that up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jloos Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I'm sure this is UND's fault also: Yup, #4 UND at #2 BC gets over 1000 empty seats. Minnesota at North Dakota: 200 empty seats of 11406, arena 98.2% full. North Dakota at Boston College: 1000 empty seats of 7884, arena 87% full. Think INCH will pick that up? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't they rip on UND last year when BC was in town because there were a few hundred empty seats? Let's see if they have a double standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handyman Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 It is pretty much par for the course at BC to have that many tickets available so I doubt INCH will make a comment cause they could every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoHawks! Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I know people who paid 100 dollars a seat for uppers because they were told by several sources that the games were sold out. If the tickets were made available, the game would have sold out. INCH needs to get their stories right. I usually don't use that site since it is far behind the quality of USCHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'm sure this is UND's fault also: Yup, #4 UND at #2 BC gets over 1000 empty seats. Minnesota at North Dakota: 200 empty seats of 11406, arena 98.2% full. North Dakota at Boston College: 1000 empty seats of 7884, arena 87% full. Think INCH will pick that up? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> While we Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmidtdoggydog Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 It is pretty much par for the course at BC to have that many tickets available so I doubt INCH will make a comment cause they could every week <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It is always good to see a Gopher fan make an incorrect statement. As for INCH, unlike many others, I like the site and find it humorous that they bag on UND for the empty seats, then later mention BC's empty seats, but attempt to offer justification - Red Sox, hunting . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprig Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 then later mention BC's empty seats, but attempt to offer justification - Red Sox, hunting . . . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The ultimate trip-hunting pheasants in Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 the pheasant hunting scenario is remarkably reminiscent of our own Rip Hak thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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