Home Court DISadvantage

[06panther10]

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I had to pick up my tickets at will-call for the Drake game last weekend and that was a joke as well. There was probably 3 or 4 hundred people that had to pick up their tickets as well and they had ONE person at the desk working on it. They had to print out everyones tickets when they finally got to the front of the line. The line had nowhere to go because of where they set up the table and eveyone was blocking the door. I got to the game about 35 minutes early and got to my seat about 2 minutes before the game started. Tickets here are a joke and will always be a joke with this pathetic system that have going now. We cannot even get people to go to the basketball games and they cant even handle the people that actually show up.

[Khan4Cats]

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There is nothing wrong with our ticketing system. Just ask VP Schellhart. It's working very well.

[jman2004]

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There is nothing wrong with our ticketing system.

If numerous people across the Cedar Valley are complaining about it and having difficulty with getting tickets, then something is not right.

[Khan4Cats]

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No, I'm sorry. There is nothing wrong with the ticketing system. What we need instead is an Athletic Director that is powerless to make any changes to it, lest it be changed to something that really doesn't work.

[run&blade]

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I'm not telling you to change run and blade...but when you have 5 (odd number when ordering tickets) it might be better to call and see. I've seen tons of people other than students sit in the bleachers. So I'm sure there would have been 5 together Saturday...but I understand how you can't risk it with kids. I'm just trying to offer solutions or other options.

I probably would have tried harder (meaning called) if UNI was winning. But I had my card out and was ready to buy them online. I was a bit surprised when I couldn't get any but figured UNI was getting nice crowds on weekends.

There ticketing system is obviously a joke.

When they build the McLeod Center they should have built on large/modern ticket office between it and the UNI dome. Enough windows to sell tickets/will call to any event in one spot. Everything is spread out and they don't have the money to hire the people to cover everything decent.

[jman2004]

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What we need instead is an Athletic Director that is powerless to make any changes to it, lest it be changed to something that really doesn't work.

I didn't understand any of this . . .

[dustin86]

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I dont get why they have the ticket office for the Mccloud center outside.

[BCPanther]

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From what I understand, they forgot to put a ticket office in the original design and panicked and had to put it somewhere...

Really pretty inexcusable!

[dustin86]

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thats a very weak excuse on there part

[dustin86]

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I was in the press room in the mcCloud center when they had boat and rv show in there. They had an ice fishing seminar and it was in there and i was not very impressed with the room at all. for being as new as the Mccloud center is it is very small and crowded area. Not impressed at all.

[06panther10]

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Well we generally dont have tons of world media at our basketball games so Im sure it is about right for what we need it for.

[BCPanther]

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The press area the McLeod Center is more than adaquate...

[06panther10]

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It's amazing how much less space you have when you have a room full of boats and RV's....

[SMK4UNI]

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I was in the press room in the mcCloud center when they had boat and rv show in there. They had an ice fishing seminar and it was in there and i was not very impressed with the room at all. for being as new as the McLeod center is it is very small and crowded area. Not impressed at all.

I dont get why they have the ticket office for the McLeod center outside.

Dustin, UNI plays in the McLeod Center. I have fixed your previous posts.

You are welcome.

[jman2004]

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But that's not going to happen for a long time, at least until we can win 80% of our home games for an extended period of time according to some fans.

You really need to get off it. It's no mystery that winning helps attendance. I don't know why you're making sarcastic comments about it. No one is saying we need to win 80% of our home games over a three year span to bring crowds in. But we do need to win ballgames.

We've lost to Iowa, Nevada, Bradley, Creighton, Drake, and UIC now at home. If I'm not mistaken, we're 8-6 at home (and I DON'T count Wartburg - that game is practice). We should've been able to beat AT LEAST 3 or 4 of those teams.

If we were fighting for a top spot in the conference, fans would come. If we beat Iowa at home and a few more of those games, fans will come. When we're 8-6 at home, and have an RPI near 140 (last I checked) yes, it's going to hurt attendance. Deal with it.

All you can do is go to the games and root them on the best you can do. It doesn't get anybody anywhere to consistently whine about it on here.