Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

[huskyfan]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

televised! w00t t00t!!

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

televised! w00t t00t!!

wedding?

[huskyfan]

wedding?

ha! no, this weekends games.

Fox College Sports Central channel 160 in Houghton. 668 DirecTV,
436 Dish.

[UpNorthHockey]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

I was just looking at home attendance figures for this year in the WCHA. They break down like this: % of capacity and the team's number of home dates.............

If the early season Lake State game is any indication, the nWCHA will be good for Tech's attendance. I think the games with NMU, LSSU and FSU will all be well attended, as will the non-conf home game with UM/MSU. However, having a team that wins at least half the time and plays an exciting style will also put fans in the stands, and I'd bet Tech will be a perrenial top tier team in the nWCHA. It's a safe prediction that MTU hockey attendance is going to increase. That's why I think we shouldn't build more skyboxes on the east side, but instead plan to knock the wall out and add seating in a few years. There's no reason we couldn't build attendance to 5000, particularly if the students start coming.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

If the early season Lake State game is any indication, the nWCHA will be good for Tech's attendance. I think the games with NMU, LSSU and FSU will all be well attended, as will the non-conf home game with UM/MSU. However, having a team that wins at least half the time and plays an exciting style will also put fans in the stands, and I'd bet Tech will be a perrenial top tier team in the nWCHA. It's a safe prediction that MTU hockey attendance is going to increase. That's why I think we shouldn't build more skyboxes on the east side, but instead plan to knock the wall out and add seating in a few years. There's no reason we couldn't build attendance to 5000, particularly if the students start coming.

I don't think there is anything wrong with suites, suites make more $$...if we need more seats, they can be added under the current suites by actually putting in real seats from the ice up to the concourse and even connecting up with the bottom of the suites...remember one thing though when we talk about all this capacity stuff...MacInnes Ice Arena does not have 4200 seats so when comparing it with other schools, our % of capacity is even better in reality. I'd rather wait for us to consistently "sellout" before we worry about expanding.

[Thecalkid]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

I wish the Mac was like magness at the ends😇

[stuckinwi]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

I wish the Mac was like magness at the ends��

Empty? Nothing is good about Magness.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

I wouldn't mind having seating on the ends like Magness/World Arena, but I absolutely hate the corners of Magness and World Arena..it creates such a closed environment. If they just installed seating that went from the ice up to the concourse or suites and left the corners open with handicap seating at the ice, I think that would be the place to expand seating...could even make that a club seating area with access to alcohol, etc. Who knows what really is in the works beyond the scoreboard. That is something THG wants to find out but they have been pretty tight lipped about everything including the scoreboard.

[huskyfan]

I wish the Mac was like magness at the ends😇

you are making that up!

[Thecalkid]

you are making that up!

Welllllll..........

[Wi.Huskies Fan]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

I don't think there is anything wrong with suites, suites make more $$...if we need more seats, they can be added under the current suites by actually putting in real seats from the ice up to the concourse and even connecting up with the bottom of the suites...remember one thing though when we talk about all this capacity stuff...MacInnes Ice Arena does not have 4200 seats so when comparing it with other schools, our % of capacity is even better in reality. I'd rather wait for us to consistently "sellout" before we worry about expanding.

Your ideas make sense Shirtless.Have suites on the other end to balance out the feel of the arena. Then do something about the concourses on the main seating sides of the arena. As of now, they are too cramped before gametime and during intermission. I'm not sure if there is room to do it on the student side though.
It would be a big project, but I would move consessions to the outside walls from where they are now. Then once that is all done and we sellout what we have, look at adding more seats below the suites. That would probably **** off the rail-birds though. (Just my 2 cents worth).

[The Rube]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

televised! w00t t00t!!

It's a UND home game. FCS always shows those on tv.

[manurespreader]

Your ideas make sense Shirtless.Have suites on the other end to balance out the feel of the arena. Then do something about the concourses on the main seating sides of the arena. As of now, they are too cramped before gametime and during intermission. I'm not sure if there is room to do it on the student side though.
It would be a big project, but I would move consessions to the outside walls from where they are now. Then once that is all done and we sellout what we have, look at adding more seats below the suites. That would probably **** off the rail-birds though. (Just my 2 cents worth).

We have to vastly improve the concessions and I'm all for about 600 more seats and some suites as well
If you ask me the need for it is 2 to 3 years away

[The Troll mtu86]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

GO Huskies!

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech 2012-13 Season II - Beware of Huskies in the Spoiler Role...

We have to vastly improve the concessions and I'm all for about 600 more seats and some suites as well
If you ask me the need for it is 2 to 3 years away

There is nothing wrong with waiting for demand, those who can't attend will pay to watch or increase the number that listen. Creating that demand will make the students that get tickets more likely show up, etc. I'd rather have tickets harder to get and a sense among locals that you need to get tickets before the night of the game if you want to get a seat. Then we can worry about expanding if that happens.