State tournament tickets and parking at the X

East Side Pioneer Guy · Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:47 pm

GPGT: $25 a night!?! Score! Now that is a sweet deal. $3o for a cab minus $12-$15 for parking sounds like a good deal to me.

May what to see if the hotel has a free shuttle, even if it's only convenient one way. If I ran a Bloomington hotel I'd organize a tourney shuttle with a couple of other hotels every year.

The RiverCentre ramp is big, and I believe that the daily contract parkers(?) are not allowed to park there those days. There is a ramp down Kellogg, just east across the street (Minnesota St?) from the Crowne Plaza. I doubt that fills up, it's only a few block walk, and I think I paid $7 last year at the WCHA Final Five. the city runs it. It has a "Peoples Bank" Sign on it.

gitter · Post by **gitter** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:59 am

Karl

Alarys has a ramp down 7th - it isn't within walking distance (unless you really like to walk), but they run numerous shuttles for free (at least in years past), you may have to buy at least a beer inside to get a shuttle ticket now. They also used to validate your parking if you had a beverage inside - though I'm not sure if they still do that, as times are changing.

pioneers · Post by **pioneers** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:25 am

East Side Pioneer Guy wrote:I'm getting hungry.

One more thing: Don't be in a rush to get to your seats by 11:00 (or 6:00). The last couple of years they haven't dropped the puck until 19 minutes after the hour. We must pay homage to the gods of television, and defer to their every whim.

mshsl schedule for games

2013 TIME SEQUENCE AND PROCEDURES
FOR CONDUCT OF STATE BOYS’ HOCKEY TOURNAMENT GAMES

This memo and attachments should explain all procedures for the Boys’ State Hockey Tournament games. The schedule should enable the live TV and radio producers to plan their programming. Please review all overtime rules and policies.

It is expected that the Official Timer and Referees will do everything possible to maintain these time frames.

Xcel Energy Center
Date Time Pairings
Wednesday, March 6 11:00 a.m. Class A Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 6 1:00 p.m. Class A Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 6 6:00 p.m. Class A Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 6 8:00 p.m. Class A Quarterfinals

Thursday, March 7 11:00 a.m. Class AA Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7 1:00 p.m. Class AA Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7 6:00 p.m. Class AA Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7 8:00 p.m. Class AA Quarterfinals

Friday, March 8 11:00 a.m. Class A Semifinals
Friday, March 8 1:00 p.m. Class A Semifinals
Friday March 8 6:00 p.m. Class AA Semifinals
Friday, March 8 8:00 p.m. Class AA Semifinals

Saturday, March 9 9:00 a.m. Class A 3rd Place
Saturday, March 9 12:00 p.m. Class A Championship
Saturday, March 9 4:00 p.m. Class AA 3rd Place
Saturday, March 9 7:00 p.m. Class AA Championship

Consolation Series - Mariucci Arena
Date Time Pairings
Thursday, March 7 10:00 a.m. Class “A” Consolation Semifinals
Thursday, March 7 12:00 p.m. Class “A” Consolation Semifinals

Friday, March 8 10:00a.m. Class “AA” Consolation Semifinals
Friday, March 8 12:00 p.m. Class “AA” Consolation Semifinals

Saturday, March 9 10:00 a.m. Class “A” Consolation Championship
Saturday, March 9 12:00 p.m. Class “AA” Consolation Championship

Puck drops at Xcel: 19 minutes after the hour for the start of each session.

Puck drops at Mariucci: Each day on the hour for the start of each session.

Commercial Breaks: All televised games will have a 60 second break at or near the 14, 10 & 6-minute marks of
each period.

Intermission: Championship games 15 minutes
Consolation games 12 minutes

Post by **karl(east)** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:16 pm

gitter wrote:Karl

Alarys has a ramp down 7th - it isn't within walking distance (unless you really like to walk), but they run numerous shuttles for free (at least in years past), you may have to buy at least a beer inside to get a shuttle ticket now. They also used to validate your parking if you had a beverage inside - though I'm not sure if they still do that, as times are changing.

Free parking with as long as I get a drink, plus shuttle service? Life is rough.

Thanks for the parking info.

Also, to add to the discussion of start times, East is giving 11:19 as the official puck-drop for East-Moorhead.

GPGT · Post by **GPGT** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:32 pm

Gonna check out most of the suggestions on Here for food. But random question. Where is the best Chinese food down there??

Ogie · Post by **Ogie** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:56 pm

You just keep asking about Chinese food. You gotta let everybody know you're a tourist?

P.S..Little Szechuan is pretty good.

GPGT · Post by **GPGT** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:09 pm

Ogie wrote:

You just keep asking about Chinese food. You gotta let everybody know you're a tourist?

P.S..Little Szechuan is pretty good.

Ha, Yep.. Gotta enjoy this one, first vacay in over 3 yrs!!

East Side Pioneer Guy · Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:57 pm

I would not recommend Hunan Garden. After may years the Mrs. and I popped in there last year and it has not been kept up well and did not look like cleanliness is held in high regard.