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New Loge Box at Gampel

87Xfer said:
is this true?
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The concessions that were located where these “loge boxes” are going in have to go somewhere so it’s plausible, but I guess we won’t know until opening night
 
AD DB Burner said:
The concessions that were located where these “loge boxes” are going in have to go somewhere so it’s plausible, but I guess we won’t know until opening night
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Well that would suck - things are hard enough for disabled people - to remove some of their seating to cater to those who want 'special seating' is wrong on many levels.
 
What a joke. Sit your rear end in a normal seat like a normal fan. I can’t imagine the fake fan sucker that buys this. I will be laughing in their face.
 
I can’t get over this. If you pay that price for those seats you probably have never been to a game before or you are an idiot. We should throw stuff at them.
 
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formerlurker said:
Lame attempt for sure but if we're being realistic, where are they getting the real estate for proper boxes? Should they hang platforms from the newly minted Patoni tiles? It's a huge flaw in the small dome design of the building from before we ever thought of winning 5 National Championships. We built to the minimum specs for a Big East arena at the time and unless we blow it up and start anew, this is what we get.
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WE DONT NEED BOXES AT GAMPEL Pack the joint as it is and let’s go nuts. Snobs can stay home.
 
XLCenterFan said:
WE DONT NEED BOXES AT GAMPEL Pack the joint as it is and let’s go nuts. Snobs can stay home.
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XLCenterFan said:
That’s a cool stub. Not sure why that was the response to my post though. Please explain.
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The first game in Gampel was in January, 1990 vs- St John's. We had already outgrown the building and there was no way every student could get tickets so there was a Willy Wonka like lottery on campus to win a Golden Ticket for free and early entry to home games for the 89-90 season. First couple of games were still in the fieldhouse.
 
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formerlurker said:
My man, you spent too much time on something I wasn't trying to compete with.
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Wasn’t sure what your picture meant. Im just saying we all go to all the games. We all love the team and the building. In my opinion there’s no need for those silly “boxes.” I think you agree with all of that. Would have loved that context with your pic. The people buying those boxes will be the fakest fans in the building and won’t be able to name 3 players on the team or an assistant coach. They should stay home like they’ve been for the past 10 years and we shouldn’t be catering to them.
 
Why is it called a “loge box” if it’s just some chairs on the concourse? Someone should send this thread to Dave.
 
formerlurker said:
The first game in Gampel was in January, 1990 vs- St John's. We had already outgrown the building and there was no way every student could get tickets so there was a Willy Wonka like lottery on campus to win a Golden Ticket for free and early entry to home games for the 89-90 season. First couple of games were still in the fieldhouse.
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The comment about the golden ticket isn’t completely accurate. I had a golden ticket for that season. There were two student season tickets, which you had to pay for. The golden ticket guaranteed access to the lower bowl. The blue ticket relegated you to the upper level of Gampel.
 
jdb50 said:
That price has to be per seat. So $35,000 for Providence and Nova.
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If that were true it would be the funniest thing ever. Imagine paying $35,000 for that
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
Bro, it's 6 bar chairs they got on Craigslist from a Applebee's located on a concrete concourse next to a guy selling popcorn.

You can say a lot about these "loge box" seats but I'm not sure it's for "snobs" lol.
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Did you see the price tag? $175 a head for Arkansas Pine Bluff? Mega causals with too much money to blow. Some crew of Vineyard Vines quarter zips will be in there asking about why Jordan Hawkins isn’t playing tonight.
 
That painted line on the floor is definitely going to keep people from cutting in front of the chairs, or brushing up against the back.

And who in their right mind pays a premium to have people stand in front of them.
 
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UConnJim said:
Can you imagine inviting people to a game in a "box" and then telling 4 of them they have to stand?
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Yes SRO in "boxes" is a thing. Now, telling people they have to stand on the concourse is a different thing.

For what it's worth, there exists a plan to build an external concourse for Gampel. I've always guessed that as a part of that they would utilize the internal concourse for additional seating. Putting in boxes at that level makes sense as a part of that plan. And the problem is Connecticut has said they don't have the money to do it. Maybe this is a feeler to gauge interest, as part of a halfway measure where they only build out one or more "corners". If so there would be a new external concourse just in those areas. Just a guess.

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(Rendering from 2015 master plan. It was scheduled to be completed by 2025.)
 
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formerlurker said:
The first game in Gampel was in January, 1990 vs- St John's. We had already outgrown the building and there was no way every student could get tickets so there was a Willy Wonka like lottery on campus to win a Golden Ticket for free and early entry to home games for the 89-90 season. First couple of games were still in the fieldhouse.
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I think that only happened after the Syracuse, Georgetown and St. John's games? I will admit I may be misremembering this, but here's how I remember the tickets for that year.

Remember, we were supposed to be trash. I went to the ticket office (literally I think it was someone's office) with a couple fellow freshmen to get season tickets just because we were college hoops fans. We got there as soon as they opened and there was no line or anything. I think they gave you tickets for HCC and that punch card for on campus (field house and Gampel). People mocked me about getting season tickets. I remember they charged students for tickets. It wasn't much, but it added up when you bought all games so people thought it was dumb since you could always get tickets right around the time of the game. Fast forward to beating back-to-back number 1s (EDIT: Syracuse was number 5. Georgetown was number 2 and slated to be number 1 that week) and then the ridiculously loud opening night at Gampel and tickets became a hot commodity. So, they started having those lotteries. I was happy to have gotten those season tickets. At least that's how I remember it.
 
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Cringy and Division II type of stuff. The reason I know that is my lowly DII school did the same thing except it was folding chairs roped off between two sets of rollaway bleachers. But at least no one had to stand.
 
XLCenterFan said:
Did you see the price tag? $175 a head for Arkansas Pine Bluff? Mega causals with too much money to blow. Some crew of Vineyard Vines quarter zips will be in there asking about why Jordan Hawkins isn’t playing tonight.
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Looking at what season tickets cost, sitting in the "loge" is basically the mid point of what season tickets cost per game.

So unless you want to tell the entire lower bowl to take a hike, the price (in a vacuum) it's that exorbitant compared to our other per game prices.

Now of course the idea is ridiculous, pea brained, and overpriced, but it's not as if a good portion of the arena isn't paying more.
 
XLCenterFan said:
The people buying those boxes will be the fakest fans in the building and won’t be able to name 3 players on the team or an assistant coach. They should stay home like they’ve been for the past 10 years and we shouldn’t be catering to them.
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That's silly. When you have a product people want to buy, you sell it.
 
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