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Post by olddave on Oct 21, 2018 6:52:32 GMT -5
My boomerang came the other day - very clever. Unfortunately, in my case, I'm planning on buying tickets only for the games I will actually go to. The last painful stretch of years resulted in my wife and I heading to Florida during the season; initially for one week and that has grown into the entire month of February. Prior to MB's last year, I would not schedule ANYTHING during the season UNTIL the Siena schedule (home and away) was set in stone! It took several not-so-much-fun years to alter my planning. Still a huge fan of whomever wears a Siena uni and very optimistic about the coaching change but I'm a walkup now. With the flushing of the bowl that may change. I think I'll send Siena a monkey wrench. Gave serious consideration into purchasing season tickets, but like you gone south of very year 3-4 weeks late January February. That’s not Siena’s fault, but they continue to have the smallalbany mind set. New coach seems to be bringing optimism back, hopefully the school will follow through and give him what he needs. While not here physically I do make a point to listen to all the games or watch in the tablet if broadcast. Should be an interesting year. |
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Post by greengold4ever on Oct 21, 2018 9:57:30 GMT -5
No, no, I totally get people being upset with regards to where they have to sit now. Whether they’re displaced or want upper deck center section vs lower bowl corners/end zone. Just like last 8 years when fans put down my favorite team, I tend to respond and defend. The put down now is Siena’s short sightedness, wrong decision, potentially turning away fans, etc.. I understand people may not be happy with this but I highly doubt Siena did this with the intention of pissing people off, that’s all. HG, can still make his last minute decision to attend or not based on weather; can call TU or look in-line for available seats and decide before he sets out in his journey to Albany if he wants those seats or not. If I was a hugh Siena fan and didn’t already have season tickets; I’d want to be inside the building regardless of where it was just for a chance to watch them live. Others may not find that enough for them and that’s ok. I’m just expressing my positive by like others. I know not everyone has my enthusiasm and that’s ok. But still nice we all have our opinions I’ll continue talking defend my favorite team. I prefer it when all Siena fans are united and only complain about other teams or use our negative energy towards the opponent rather than against our side - that’s all. Last 8 yrs, I don’t think you needed to defend the team.......not many on here or true fans were upset with the players overall.........it was you know who leading the program (hard to say his name anymore, much like Harry Potter best not to speak it) that was the issue, and in many ways those responsible for bringing that person on board as coach, that was NEVER a good idea with his track record and demeanor/antics.........I for one at least give them a pass for hiring Mitch, while on past history it didn’t appear to be good, everything else surrounding him was positive, and while I never would have made him my first choice, I certainly understand why he was chosen, it didn’t work out and the school moved on rather quickly but as you know they compounded that mistake by hiring an even bigger mistake.................. |
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Post by $cott on Oct 22, 2018 8:24:45 GMT -5
Goldsaint17, My particular situation is far from common in that I live 2 hours away from the TUC. Yes, often decisions are made more or less last minute as I am not about to commit to season tickets for that long a drive in the snowy northeast. To drive that far only to find that the only seats available are in the endzones is not an appealing prospect. Why does having fans sitting upstairs do Siena "no good"? I assure there is not a "whispering only" policy up there and and the fans are just as vocal as they would be sitting in the lower level. The place seems dead because of a dull "walk the ball up the court" style of play, followed by a lot of pointless passing and missed last second desperation shots. I like the idea of JC's concept of mayhem but fail to see how having fans in crappy seats helps that out. When Fran was here the place was pretty loud and exciting, yet he rarely put more than an "announced" 7,800 fannies in the seats, and the same "numbers games" were going on then as they are now and the upper level was open. Winning makes all the difference. Happy fans beget more happy fans who might not otherwise come. If you need a gimmick to make something seem like more than it really is, you are going nowhere. DREAM BIG! If I were in a position where I didn’t have season tickets {internal thought: stop right there because that’s be a lie in my case but in any case} and I had to drive 2 hours to the event; I wouldn’t leave home w/o first purchasing a ticket to the game in the seat/section I wanted and it’d be waiting for me at the will call counter - before I started my drive to the arena. Just saying what I’d do in that situation. I wouldn’t take my chances driving all the way there to then find out only crappy seats left. Just checked it out and the $27 tickets for the Lehigh game come to $41.30 if you buy them online instead of at the box office. That is a pretty steep price to pay just because the powers that be have determined they never want the arena to be more than half full. And it isn't like that money is going to help Siena, that is going straight to Ticketmaster. |
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Post by Papi on Oct 22, 2018 8:45:30 GMT -5
If I were in a position where I didn’t have season tickets {internal thought: stop right there because that’s be a lie in my case but in any case} and I had to drive 2 hours to the event; I wouldn’t leave home w/o first purchasing a ticket to the game in the seat/section I wanted and it’d be waiting for me at the will call counter - before I started my drive to the arena. Just saying what I’d do in that situation. I wouldn’t take my chances driving all the way there to then find out only crappy seats left. Just checked it out and the $27 tickets for the Lehigh game come to $41.30 if you buy them online instead of at the box office. That is a pretty steep price to pay just because the powers that be have determined they never want the arena to be more than half full. And it isn't like that money is going to help Siena, that is going straight to Ticketmaster. That's the price you pay for convenience and playing in an arena. Buy the $70 season ticket and sit wherever you want to. |
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Post by OneIndian on Oct 22, 2018 8:54:09 GMT -5
Just checked it out and the $27 tickets for the Lehigh game come to $41.30 if you buy them online instead of at the box office. That is a pretty steep price to pay just because the powers that be have determined they never want the arena to be more than half full. And it isn't like that money is going to help Siena, that is going straight to Ticketmaster. That's the price you pay for convenience and playing in an arena. Buy the $70 season ticket and sit wherever you want to. Can’t believe I’m agreeing with you 😉 |
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Post by $cott on Oct 22, 2018 9:18:35 GMT -5
Just checked it out and the $27 tickets for the Lehigh game come to $41.30 if you buy them online instead of at the box office. That is a pretty steep price to pay just because the powers that be have determined they never want the arena to be more than half full. And it isn't like that money is going to help Siena, that is going straight to Ticketmaster. That's the price you pay for convenience and playing in an arena. Buy the $70 season ticket and sit wherever you want to. That is what I do. I was referring to the poster that indicated he lives 2 hours away and decides whether to go on the day of the game. Indian Saint's solution of buying the ticket before he leaves would increase ticket prices by 50%. |
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Post by hockeyguy on Oct 22, 2018 11:20:29 GMT -5
(The Guy Who Lives 2 Hours Away - Me)
Scott, it really isn't so much the money, although when you factor in gas and the $4.99 EZPass charge each way, grabbing a "big bucks" coffee at a rest stop along the way, it does add up. I guess when you add it all up (never really thought about it) it costs me a lot to attend. Figure about 10 gallons of gas $2.80 per gallon in NJ, you come up with $41.30 + 28.00 + 9.98 = $79.28 (without the coffees) and you want me to go sit in a corner or an endzone?? You know what you can scratch. I have paid that many times, but I would like to see the game clearly for that amount of money. It won't happen again in the near future.
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Post by IndianSaint on Oct 22, 2018 11:26:08 GMT -5
That's the price you pay for convenience and playing in an arena. Buy the $70 season ticket and sit wherever you want to. That is what I do. I was referring to the poster that indicated he lives 2 hours away and decides whether to go on the day of the game. Indian Saint's solution of buying the ticket before he leaves would increase ticket prices by 50%. That was my original suggestion prior to people enlightening me as to the extra Ticketmaster charge. In that case I’d change my original suggestion to what Papi & Oneindian suggest; that is to purchase season tickets at the lower price to (1) ensure you have a ticket (2) get a seat you’re ok with (can live with) and (3) even it you only are able to atten a couple games you end up spending the same or less than the on-line game time decision ones from TM. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not disagreeing with people not liking the closing of the upper bowl, I’m just saying there’s still options for those who still want to attend. I’m not buying “all” the excuses. If you really want to watch it live you’ll sacrifice some minor discomfort until they open up the upper level again. Shouldn’t take too long if JC does what he was hired to do. |
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Post by SIENA1971 on Oct 22, 2018 11:39:41 GMT -5
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Post by hockeyguy on Oct 22, 2018 13:00:42 GMT -5
Seems like a pretty good deal, except you do know where sections 112 and 113 are right? That's where the Zamboni comes out. Grandstand seating at Saratoga goes all the way up to the final turn, so there is a chance that might not be so choice either. You can bet you can't clearly see the finish line from wherever it is though. To me, it would be a waste of $90 but that is just me. |
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Post by james on Oct 22, 2018 16:11:40 GMT -5
I believe the season pass at Saratoga will not include a seat in the grandstand!
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Post by IndianSaint on Oct 22, 2018 17:17:03 GMT -5
There’s at least 20+ seats still available in lower bowl center three (six both sides) sections.
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Post by greenblood on Oct 22, 2018 19:19:12 GMT -5
I believe the season pass at Saratoga will not include a seat in the grandstand! Correct. |
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