Students Sections in the Rafters!!

mn man · Post by **mn man** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:11 pm

Why are the student sections for the AA state tourney up in the rafters of the X? This took away from the atmosphere at the games. I heard that the A session was much louder than the AA session. I think a big part of that is that for AA they stuck all of the students in a different area code and the lower bowl was reserved for "other" HS hockey fans that did not necessarily have a tie to a team. The student sections should be down near the band and near the ice, this is high school hockey after all. Can anyone tell me what the logic is here?

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:53 pm

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youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:14 pm

I said the same thing last year.

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:32 pm

One good thing about students not on the glass.... You don't have idiots turning around, facing the camera and waving every time the puck goes in the corner. I saw that last night. It's been like that forever, I remember seeing it at the old civic center. Very annoying when you're watching on TV.

I agree that they should make some room in the lower level for students. On the other hand, the season ticket holders that were sitting in those seats today were actually watching the game. They pay good money months in advance.

Mixed bag.

Charliedog · Post by **Charliedog** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:56 pm

We had this conversation last year. The most frustrating part of it is that they won't let the 2nd game students move to the vacated lower level seats of the students from the first game. The reason - according to ushers is that after the first game they "hold" those empty seats for any "dignitaries" who may be looking for a seat! Silly, but we have to live with it.

ozzie679 · Post by **ozzie679** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:09 pm

Not only are the students in the rafters...I think they've cut back on the number of tickets allotted to each school. I've been to both the X and the old Civic Center for the tourney. The X is a beautiful and luxurious arena. But the X and the MSHSL have absolutely destroyed the atmosphere of the tournament. It's an absolute travesty what has happened. For those of you who don't remember the pre-X tournament...the atmosphere is night and day.

SEMNHOCKEYFAN · Post by **SEMNHOCKEYFAN** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:01 pm

Dont some of the schools in AA with the smaller sections get to be in the bottem?

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:13 pm

Yes it's a bummer they're way up there. Don't seniors get glass privilages?

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:24 pm

Last year Hill was on the bottom for the championship game... do they move them down for later games?

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:41 pm

I think it depends on how many students there are. When you have a school like Edina, you're not going to be able to get all students down in lower level.

Zamman · Post by **Zamman** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:28 pm

Kids don't spend the money, the parents and the people who are not affiliated with most schools do. Plus there is less of a chance of the students taking seats that do not belong to them, then harassing the people who have the seats. But did you happen to see all the Edina students in the lower bowl? Again Money talks......

komada77 · Post by **komada77** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:48 pm

HockeyMN1 wrote:Last year Hill was on the bottom for the championship game... do they move them down for later games?

It all depends on the size of the student section. Some schools last year (Woodbury, Edina) brought more students to their first round games than schools like HM, BSM or Roseau have in their entire school. There just are not enough tickets in the lower deck to fit 1300+ students in the same section(s), so they move groups that big up top. It sucks, but I don't know what the solution is.

SEMNHOCKEYFAN · Post by **SEMNHOCKEYFAN** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:49 pm

I think the schools senior fans should get to be in the lower bowl....

deacon · Post by **deacon** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:52 pm

The Wall Street Journal had an article the other day about how a lot of seats in the lower level were going for 9x face value,, thought that was pretty interesting.

SEMNHOCKEYFAN · Post by **SEMNHOCKEYFAN** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:53 pm

deacon wrote:The Wall Street Journal had an article the other day about how a lot of seats in the lower level were going for 9x face value,, thought that was pretty interesting.

interesting....got a link to it id like to read it

sachishi4 · Post by **sachishi4** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:41 am

HockeyMN1 wrote:Last year Hill was on the bottom for the championship game... do they move them down for later games?

we took over from where the BSM fans were

the way tickets are given away is that all student tickets are supposed to be upper level. the adult tickets sold from the school are lower level. Most people find people leaving and ask for their stub or they switch tickets with their parents.

Post by **karl(east)** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:11 am

SEMNHOCKEYFAN wrote:Dont some of the schools in AA with the smaller sections get to be in the bottem?

Some schools' students band together to buy lower deck seats, which are more expensive for students. That's why there were students from some schools, but not others, in the lower bowl.