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temery said:
can you bring one of those portable chair backs that clamp onto the bleacher?
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Back in the Field House days, the people in front of us did that and man, it was not good for us.
 
Vancat said:
Back in the Field House days, the people in front of us did that and man, it was not good for us.
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I didn't realize they made those back then.
 
Stew Crew said:
Regarding the new seating, I heard from someone within the AD that after the renovation, there will be less lower bowl seats at Gampel but more lower bowl seats in Hartford. Other than that, they didn’t have any more details.
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Shocked there would be less lower bowl seats at Gampel. Compared to XL, those seats are pretty big (including leg room), I can see them adding more seats based on the overall size. The bleachers are brutal, if you count the seats per row compared to a comparable chair back row. Take the center court sections; 14 chair backs vs 18 bleachers.
 
mjmoney23 said:
Shocked there would be less lower bowl seats at Gampel. Compared to XL, those seats are pretty big (including leg room), I can see them adding more seats based on the overall size. The bleachers are brutal, if you count the seats per row compared to a comparable chair back row. Take the center court sections; 14 chair backs vs 18 bleachers.
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They are adding handrails. I'm sure the whole design changes. Been watching people trip up and down the current stairs for years now.
 
Vancat said:
Back in the Field House days, the people in front of us did that and man, it was not good for us.
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It makes no sense to me for them not to have actual chairs everywhere at Gampel. Sure, there would be fewer seats in the upper sections compared to bleachers. But the fatties who fill those former bleacher seats will easily make up for the lost money at the concession stand.
 
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gampelcrazies said:
They only did bleachers so they could sell/raise more with chairbacks. If they could do it over again I’m sure they would do full chairbacks with more premium seats
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I don't think that was the reason. Financing for Gampel was always an issue. At the time of approval, cost and meeting minimum requirement to host Big East games were the primary motivators. Availability of season tickets was not an issue. Fundraising was a fraction of what it is today and seats were reassigned every year based on priority points. You paid the same price, minus any donation to the UConn Fund, whether you were in the front row or in the last row.

You have to remember that when construction of Gampel was announced, UConn was the doormat of the Big East at literally the all-time low point of the program.
 
mjmoney23 said:
Shocked there would be less lower bowl seats at Gampel. Compared to XL, those seats are pretty big (including leg room), I can see them adding more seats based on the overall size. The bleachers are brutal, if you count the seats per row compared to a comparable chair back row. Take the center court sections; 14 chair backs vs 18 bleachers.
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They are adding luxury seating, whatever that means, that will command even higher prices/seat donations than today. I assume these seats will take up more room than the current seats. Seats in lower bowl are about the same width as XL, but the rows are definitely wider at Gampel.
 
As a Gampel bleacher dweller, I have come up with the perfect solution to this problem. First, as one poster recently said (I won't reveal their identity, but it rhymes with Shmee Shmemery), "Real fans stand for the entire game so why bother with seats?" Then, if you really want to sit, you just wait until there is about 8 minutes left in the game, and apparently 1/3 of the spectators leave. You're welcome ;)
 
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Stew Crew said:
They are adding luxury seating, whatever that means, that will command even higher prices/seat donations than today. I assume these seats will take up more room than the current seats. Seats in lower bowl are about the same width as XL, but the rows are definitely wider at Gampel.
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Gampel has really wide aisles. You don't see that at most venues. Not AFH, not the Dunk, not Boston Garden. It's very open, airy feeling as a result. That giant, wide walkway between the upper and lower levels is usually built behind them, not in front. It's really an odd design.

Bleachers suck. It is what it is. At AFH most of the bleacher fans just stand the whole game. They should have made Gampel bigger and used more chairbacks but the reality is no school cares about the comfort of the student fans. You don't see bleachers at an NBA arena because everyone is a paying customer.

If they ever move on from Gampel or do a major update, it needs to end up looking more like the Dunk/Amp. All chairbacks, 12,000, probably doesn't take up much more space than Gampel. Doing that and playing Hockey there would have been smarter than building a hockey arena.
 
Ressurrecting the Forever Seats thread. So how does everyone feel about it now? In a few weeks we'll be getting our "window" for new seat selection.

The last game at Gampel was a bit sad, as we had just been getting to know the people around us. Now, a new season, with new neighbors. We will be on the lookout for our old seat mates when we land wherever we land. We had joked that we should be doing shots or something to toast the last time we sat in our beloved not-so-forever seats. Good luck to us all for getting new seats that we like! Fingers crossed!
 
Vancat said:
Ressurrecting the Forever Seats thread. So how does everyone feel about it now? In a few weeks we'll be getting our "window" for new seat selection.

The last game at Gampel was a bit sad, as we had just been getting to know the people around us. Now, a new season, with new neighbors. We will be on the lookout for our old seat mates when we land wherever we land. We had joked that we should be doing shots or something to toast the last time we sat in our beloved not-so-forever seats. Good luck to us all for getting new seats that we like! Fingers crossed!
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we've had the same seats for ages, so it's definitely sad.
 
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For the last 2 seasons, I've had season tickets at Gampel in seats 3 and 4. There has never been a person that showed up for seats 1 and 2 so it's been super nice to have the extra bleacher space. Sad to think that's going away.....
 
Vancat said:
Ressurrecting the Forever Seats thread. So how does everyone feel about it now? In a few weeks we'll be getting our "window" for new seat selection.
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Well in November it was a ways off. Now it's getting real.

Michael Scott No GIF
 
6in25 said:
The seats are changing so that's their out on the "forever seats." At the same time, I don't know how you can say they're "forever" knowing that there will inevitably be changes to seating before we're all dead.

Ryan Reynolds Ugh GIF by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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“Forever”? I just found out that the T Mobile Magenta plan whose price I was “locked into” without ever price increases would be going up $10 a month.
 
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Yeah very interested to see what the permanent seat layout in the lower bowl looks like and they are allegedly adding cushions to them. Cannot believe there will still be bench seats in the non student sections! Also want to see how close I can get to the ones I had in Gampel. Not too worried about XL, I'm sure we will get very close to where we were previously.
 
Ports21 said:
I really like my XL seats, I'm in the best row possible for the price that I pay -- so fully prepared that I'm going to be getting screwed. How screwed will determine if I keep or not.
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we're in the same position, love our seat location, plus we have aisle seats which we consider an added bonus.
 
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Curious as to how many of you are donating for more priority points and to move up in selection process? I have.
 
We love our 4 seats(upper bowl) at Gampel and don’t want to lose them. You wonder where you need to be in selection process and how much to give to get there but no guarantee. It’s worrisome that’s for sure. I wish you got a slot for each venue but you get your slot and pick both venues. Don’t like that.
 
Based on my experience for Big East Tix, I'd say we're all in for most likely nasty surprise.... Moved up in donor category this year, Have lots and lots and lots of points and my Big East tix were worse this year than last...
 
John said:
we're in the same position, love our seat location, plus we have aisle seats which we consider an added bonus.
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Same here. I'm in the nosebleeds but like having the aisle.
GlastonTim said:
Curious as to how many of you are donating for more priority points and to move up in selection process? I have.
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I did as well
 
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