Actually, that’s not a bad crowd for college hockey. The crowd at Amherst was about 1,500 more than Hartford. That’s why I can’t wait until UConn moves on campus. The new rink will be packed with mostly students and loud.
The crowd last night at Amherst was just over 4,900. The best we can do in the new "mini-rink" at Storrs will be 2,700 (maybe 3,000 SRO). It will be loud, but way undersized. I spent time at an Amherst pub before the game talking with a guy from Suffield who is a union carpenter working on our new arena. His take...............it's going to be beautiful, but..............instead of making it "gorgeous", for the cost it could have been "nice with 1,000 more seats".
The marquee games that will require more than 3,000 seats. benches or standing room will be held in Hartford so in the grand scheme of things it won't matter. Unfortunately the politicians believe it is UConn's duty to keep Hartford and the XL center afloat and restricted the size of the on campus facility.
Let's see how many tickets get reserved for our taxpayer-funded pols; Lamont, Murphy, "Da Nang Dickie" (Blumenthal for those who didn't serve "in" Vietnam), Larson, etc.
I’ve had season tickets for the last six years and if I can’t get them up there, I’m going to be mighty pissed off. And please don’t ask me for seat donations.
The formula is completely known. The NCAA might tell you that it's not, because PWR isn't "actually" the formula but it's an exact replica. I can't think of a single instance where the PWR didn't correctly predict the 16 teams who made it. It's all math and no subjectivity.
If memory serves, We beat UMass a couple years ago when they were #2... I could be wrong.
You are correct…forgot about that one.
You know the way this is going to work. You want seats in the new arena then be prepared to open you wallet. Donations will dictate where you sit ( or if you get in at all).
