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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jul 14, 2005 20:36:56 GMT -5
I have not seen this discussed yet today, but it is a worthy topic. Check out the seating map for the Phone Booth next year: graphics.fansonly.com/schools/gu/graphics/HHCMap-web.jpgIf you look at this website, you can see where the student section will be next year. In all honesty, I think we can fill more space than what is apportioned, but this system will allow more students to attend the games. What is perhaps more interesting is that the HHC is looking to fill the lower bowl sections along both base lines with season ticketholders. That would be an excellent development! If you have not already, please call the Ticket Office and purchase your tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2005 20:43:30 GMT -5
Can anyone call up and pay $1500 for courtside seats? I'd love to do that.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jul 14, 2005 20:50:36 GMT -5
Go for it.
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Post by RBHoya on Jul 14, 2005 22:32:17 GMT -5
So it looks like the Student section is gonna be divided up in half again, like it was for the NIT game last year, correct?
Hopefully this works. It'll probably force us to think of some ways to improve coordination, but it could be effective.
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Post by kghoya on Jul 14, 2005 23:06:35 GMT -5
Can anyone call up and pay $1500 for courtside seats? I'd love to do that. yeah you buy your seat from the hhc...then you have to pay for the tickets to each game...although they are discounted a bit im more of a 150 guy myself...i might consider the move to the 250 seats since im working on year 3 here
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Post by JimmyHoya on Jul 14, 2005 23:13:16 GMT -5
Section 100 $250 seats are the very best ones in the house unless you've got an obsession with touching famous people.
...but I'd encourage people to buy the $1000 green seats so the program gets a lil more cash and the seats aren't wasted on the Admissions Office's freebie evening gatherings at the MCI Center.
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Post by rkerby15 on Jul 14, 2005 23:44:36 GMT -5
Yes, the seating does appear to be exactly how it was for the NIT game last year versus BU, but this arrangement still sucks. For most games one of those sides will be empty as was the case for the BU game. And, another thing is that the student section should not be behind the hoop, if you look at all the college basketball programs with great fan support, the student seating is at center court. Our student section should be at center court, because behind the hoop you are always missing half of the game.
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Post by RBHoya on Jul 15, 2005 0:19:38 GMT -5
^^^ I dont really mind being behind the hoop too much, because I think you can still see the other end pretty well.
But obviously center court is better, and I agree that would be ideal for the student section. It gives the best view of the game, and gives those people who are most excited for the game a central location in the arena. Its especially good if we can sit on the opposite side of the television cameras, because that would make everything look more exciting for the cameras... I personally am not a media floozy (or whatever that term we were using was) but there is no doubt that cameras have some sort of strange effect on 18-22 year olds, causing them to freak out, yell, and generally act crazy (perfect student section behavior). Thus having students on the tv camera all game long would probably make everyone quite a bit more rowdy, as opposed to having us behind the baskets where we're basically never on camera...... I imagine, though, that the reason we don't get the centercourt section of seats is because its more profitable to sell those tickets to non-student fans. If only we had our own on campus arena....
My main concern with this arrangement-- the one from the BU game that will carry over--is coordination. I dont think both sections will be empty... They were both partially empty for BU, but that was a non-televised NIT game on a weeknight against a weak opponent. More students will turn out if the game is televised, if its on a weekend, if its a big name opponent (including conference foes) and if we're still in the NCAA hunt (sadly a lot of people jump off the bandwagon when it turns out we won't be national champs). I do think that splitting our loudest contigent of fans could be dangerous though. It's hard enough as it is to get everyone cheering and cheering the same thing, never mind having everyone on opposite sides of the arena. We discussed having yell leaders this season, and its gonna make their job a hell of a lot tougher. The cheerleaders are arguably useless as it is, so I don't expect them to help anything... Basically, I just think its gonna be tough to get EVERYONE up and cheering when we're halved.
But hopefully, we can make it work.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 15, 2005 0:48:32 GMT -5
Can anyone call up and pay $1500 for courtside seats? I'd love to do that. I just bought a baker's dozen.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 15, 2005 0:51:59 GMT -5
^^^ I dont really mind being behind the hoop too much, because I think you can still see the other end pretty well. But obviously center court is better, and I agree that would be ideal for the student section. It gives the best view of the game, and gives those people who are most excited for the game a central location in the arena. Its especially good if we can sit on the opposite side of the television cameras, because that would make everything look more exciting for the cameras... I personally am not a media floozy (or whatever that term we were using was) but there is no doubt that cameras have some sort of strange effect on 18-22 year olds, causing them to freak out, yell, and generally act crazy (perfect student section behavior). Thus having students on the tv camera all game long would probably make everyone quite a bit more rowdy, as opposed to having us behind the baskets where we're basically never on camera...... I imagine, though, that the reason we don't get the centercourt section of seats is because its more profitable to sell those tickets to non-student fans. If only we had our own on campus arena.... My main concern with this arrangement-- the one from the BU game that will carry over--is coordination. I dont think both sections will be empty... They were both partially empty for BU, but that was a non-televised NIT game on a weeknight against a weak opponent. More students will turn out if the game is televised, if its on a weekend, if its a big name opponent (including conference foes) and if we're still in the NCAA hunt (sadly a lot of people jump off the bandwagon when it turns out we won't be national champs). I do think that splitting our loudest contigent of fans could be dangerous though. It's hard enough as it is to get everyone cheering and cheering the same thing, never mind having everyone on opposite sides of the arena. We discussed having yell leaders this season, and its gonna make their job a hell of a lot tougher. The cheerleaders are arguably useless as it is, so I don't expect them to help anything... Basically, I just think its gonna be tough to get EVERYONE up and cheering when we're halved. But hopefully, we can make it work. Off the top I have to admit I was not at the BU game and did not see highlights of it posted on GUHoyas.com that really showed the students sections themselves. However, I believe that the potential lack of coordination that this may present is a lemon that can easily be made into lemonade. Fore example, if there were Hoya Blue yell leaders with walkie-talkies leading call and response cheers I'm thinking that we could do a lot with stuff like "We are ... Georgetown", "Hoya ... Saxa", etc.
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Post by RBHoya on Jul 15, 2005 1:10:17 GMT -5
Actually we did get a lot of that last year, but we had determined before the game that East end would do "Hoya" and "We are" while the west end did "Saxa" and "Georgetown". It turned out ok. But I do think some sort of communication device is needed, a walkie talkie or a cell phone maybe, in order to make sure things stay on the same page. Otherwise I think we fall out of sync.
The other thing, though, is that to me, a student section should be about one thing above all else-- UNITY! And by dividing the students in two, you sort of detract from that concept. I think that having the casual fans sitting a few yards away from Kurt's face painted, wig-wearin' crazies is for the best, because hopefully some of that enthusiasm rubs off. I get the feeling that some of that will be lost when the student section splits. Who knows, I may be wrong. It just always seems that the very front of the student section is always very pumped up, while the enthusiasm in the rear of the student section is not so hot. If we split into two, we may end up with one moderately loud end of the arena and one quiet end, or 2 moderately loud ends... I personally would prefer one, big, EXTREMELY loud section, preferably near midcourt and wrapping around... but perhaps thats a real longshot.
We'll see.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 15, 2005 1:39:12 GMT -5
I don't think there will ever be a student section at mid-court for economic reasons - those seats will always sell for more money if offered for season tickets or to the general public. The seats that are the worst from an economic standpoint are those behind the baskets because they have an obstructed view.
I believe that HB has some things up its sleeve to promote student section unity - big things.
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Post by Bahstin on Jul 15, 2005 6:15:26 GMT -5
In my time on the hill, we had 1 or 2 years of students at both ends and 2-3 just on one side. The one side DEFINATELY was better as it concentrated the cheering. Plus, I love the "Sea of Gray" and now we may have two "Ponds of Gray." Hopefully, there is enough turnout to pull it off, but I just think it is more intimidating to have all the students together.
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Post by FLHoya on Jul 15, 2005 7:46:19 GMT -5
So for all the students, now that the student section is split, which side would you most want to sit on:
a. the side by the opponent's bench
b. the side by the Hoyas' bench
c. the side that looks more full when you get to MCI
d. the side that looks less full when you get to MCI
e. doesn't matter
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jul 15, 2005 9:41:46 GMT -5
Twice as many front row seats, guys. And this whole "division" thing really isn't an issue if the students show.
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Post by FromTheBeginning on Jul 15, 2005 9:57:22 GMT -5
I think those prices quoted are the per seat Hoop Club donation levels required to buy seats in those sections - if not - the price of my tickets just tripled.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2005 10:44:52 GMT -5
Not sure, FTB. I remember looking into this last year on a full season ticket basis, and the numbers look about right - a grand or so for a seat for the entire home season in the front row is about right. That on top of whatever you donate.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Jul 15, 2005 10:53:05 GMT -5
FTB is right -- those are the donation levels. The season tickets are still in the $250-300 range per seat (except for the ones that are courtside), and I'm not sure, but with one donation, you can buy up to (4? 6? 8?) seats.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2005 11:08:02 GMT -5
Really? So all I have to do to get courtside seats is (a) donate $1500 to the HHC and (b) pay a few hundred for the seasons ticket?
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Post by doublehoya on Jul 15, 2005 11:21:48 GMT -5
The Section 111 $250.00 seats are INCREDIBLE-- except for the fact that there is an old, Trotsky look-alike that always gets mad at us when we cheer, stand up, or do anything other than complain about life (which seems to be his favorite hobby). His cantankerousness is pretty funny, actually -- our group has 5 or 6 seats in a row, and then 2 in the row behind that. The 5 or 6 in his row are pretty much in the middle of the row, so when you get up, it is a dealer's choice as to whether you exit left or right. God forbid you go his way -- he'll grumble and give you a serious frowning, while mumbling "why to they have to come this way?" to his wife.
The last home game last year (I think it was the BU NIT game), at the end of the game he decided to leave through our seats (before the game was over) -- immature little turd that I am, I proceeded to do my best imitation of his grumbling complaining self -- "Bah! Why do they have to come this way?? Can't they see we're sitting here? Bah!!" I was amused.
It's fans like that guy that give the center sections a bad name!
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