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Message: [QUOTE="DblCrossbar, post: 4455788, member: 12251"] If I actually have the opportunity to hold season tickets there - the fire pits, no brainer - I mean I only occupy one seat at a time, but yeah otherwise, the seats ;) and more opportunity to be in one. Also traffic to and from Storrs is a consideration as compared to a much more accessible XL Center. Actually I'll say this. I'll see a game at both the SHU and UConn hockey venues and compare notes from the perspective of an average fan, so I'll reserve judgment for now. I've enjoyed some games at the (freshly named) M&T Bank Arena at Quinnipiac, though find their policies surrounding beer to be understandable yet inconvenient (only served in the adjacent venue - basketball - away from the game. That facility is in between in size so a good middle of the road baseline. Also from a piece in USCHO... [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.uscho.com/2021/05/28/uconns-new-crown-jewel-of-an-arena-set-to-prove-that-bigger-isnt-always-better'][SIZE=4]UConn’s new crown jewel of an arena set to prove that bigger isn’t always better[/SIZE][/URL][/HEADING] [I]"Instead, this arena will feature a little more than 2,600 seats with a standing-room capacity that will push 3,000. "[/I] Standing room is a consideration - I mean that's exactly how Ingalls also boosts their crowds - IMHO in an awkward manner with the slope of the walkways. [/QUOTE]