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[Lawrinson14]

So...ahem...I think the Duke game is going to be...a...a...great atmosphere regardless of moving the court or not. ahem.

 

[4evaOrange]

So...ahem...I think the Duke game is going to be...a...a...great atmosphere regardless of moving the court or not. ahem.

Wait...there is a game?

 

[bballbeadle]

Seriously... The whining on this board is comical.

I - and lots of others in here - just returned from the Final 4 at the Georgia Dome - a tremendous stadium that dwarfs the Carrier Dome.

Although I had sideline seats in the 100 section, I was in Row UU - about 47 or so rows from the floor which was pretty damn far... Guess what, it was amazing.

Also, none of my friends in the 200 & 300 sections around the upper perimeter seemed to complain and some were 30+ yards further from the floor than ANYONE would be in the Carrier Dome if the floor were moved to the 50 yard line. In fact BostonOrange was in 200 section above me and according to what I heard, his seats were awesome.

Some of you complain as if you KNOW FOR SURE that it would suck.

But you don't know it'd suck and that's why you're a bunch of crybabies.

Okay, it is with great trepidation I respond to this thread (and post), but here goes. I am a season ticket holder and I don't want to move the court. I also went to the Final Four and had seats way up high, for which I paid $500. I was so high that the picture on the jumbotron exactly equaled what I could already see, which was not much at all. Now, I had a great time with the environment and all the hoopla, don't get me wrong. BUT I COULD NOT SEE. In fact, my inability to see helped me to detach from the game when it became clear to me that we were going to lose. Southerland's bucket did not excite me. I felt removed.

I didn't like that part of my experience. I don't want to feel detached and removed. I would rather feel the agony of defeat. I am a passionate fan and I want to FEEL it when we play Duke, win or lose. Being so far away from the action made it hard for me. I don't believe I would be the only one.

 

[EastCoast2]

Its not your fight and being nasty gets you no where if he wants pick the battle its his right, but your post is a joke. I was on this board YEARS before I realized who cto was while I was in the Newhouse school as a student. She doesn't PAT herself on the back and the one time she brought up her resume you kill her for patting herself on the back. When she didn't mention anything, but bring up facts.

I'm not on anyone's "side" I'm just saying I witnessed a moderator call out an average poster for no reason at all then highlight their own importance to the SU basketball program, indirectly calling average fans worthless.

 

[Alsacs]

I'm not on anyone's "side" I'm just saying I witnessed a moderator call out an average poster for no reason at all then highlight their own importance to the SU basketball program, indirectly calling average fans worthless.

Did you miss the post he called season ticket holders selfish and entitled? When said moderator is probably the LEAST selfish season ticket holder to Syracuse University. That is why I would stay out of it, or if you do get involved talk about the issue and don't go personal.

 

[EastCoast2]

Did you miss the post he called season ticket holders selfish and entitled? When said moderator is probably the LEAST selfish season ticket holder to Syracuse University. That is why I would stay out of it, or if you do get involved talk about the issue and don't go personal.

Yeah I haven't read all 180 responses so far but If that were me I'd just ignore someone who calls me a "baby" or "whiner"... I've been called much worse by better people to let people on an online forum get under my skin.

 

[Cuse'91]

NO more good news in this thread...
In the immortal words of Rodney King, "can't we all just get along? "

 

[cliftonparksufan]

NO more good news in this thread...
In the immortal words of Rodney King, "can't we all just get along? "

It's off season. Can't you tell. The funny thing is that this moving the court to the 50 yard line has probably been discussed 100 times on this forum but never with this much ferocity.

 

[anomander]

It's off season. Can't you tell. The funny thing is that this moving the court to the 50 yard line has probably been discussed 100 times on this forum but never with this much ferocity.

i just find it funny a 20 year old who doesn't have season tickets, and admittedly only attends 2 or 3 games a year because of work, family, gf, errands, etc (umm don't we all??) is leading the charge on moving the court to midfield.

 

[Cuseman78]

This thread is mind boggling to me.

MIND.

BOGGLING.

I was at the Georgia Dome...and it was freakin' amazing.

50,000+ for a once in a lifetime event putting two of the greatest coaches in the history of the game?!

Nahhh, you're all right, there's just no way of doing it. People might end up 30 feet further from the court than they usually sit. What a tragedy. Might as well punch them in the face when they enter the Dome, then go their house and kill their pets for good measure.

Well said. And I have season tix. Would be a tremendous event, great for recruiting etc etc. but people can't be inconvenienced to watch the game from a different angle for the benefit of the program one time a year.

 

[Bayside44]

If the message board was around in 1979 what would people be saying about moving from Manley to the Dome?

Yeah I don't have seasons, live far away, whatever, still think it would be a pretty cool one off experience that would be worth trying to get to.

 

[Trueblue25]

Guess what,,,, Many people who live much further from Syracuse than Buffalo (e.g., NYC, southern CT, Florida, Philadelphia) have season tickets. Many of them (including me) use those tickets three or four games a year. But they are always used ... because we give them to other fans when we cannot use them. Court side seats cost $10,000 per seat per year (plus the cost of the actual ticket and plus preferred parking). Multiply that by approximately 350 such seats, and you can see the degree to which these ticket-holders support the program. My math says $3.5 million. You'd have to sell 100,000 $35 seats to match that. Yes, I am very blessed to be able to afford such seats ... but I also worked harder for 40 years than you probably ever will... to be able to afford them. And I never whined about it. Some folks on this board should stop seeing season ticket holders as the enemy. We disproportionately support the program you say you love.

I appreciated your unmeasurable support of the program, I really do. I don't view season ticket holders as the "enemy". I just get offended when some, not you, try to insinuate that non season ticket holders, or people who can only come to 2 or 3 games a season are not devoted fans. That's ridiculous.

Do you honestly believe that season ticket holders and generous money donors such as yourself will be screwed out of the best seats possible?

I highly, highly doubt this.

Again, thanks for your contributions. Nice to see that someone with the means to make a difference actually is.

 

[Trueblue25]

You're entitled to your opinion of someone you don't know. I will simply say that for 40 years I had nothing but 24/7 jobs at which I worked a minimum of 60 hours a week -- seven-day-a-week general assignment reporter at an under-staffed newspaper group; press secretary/speechwriter for an ambitious NYC area congressman; head of Public Affairs at Con Edison during the 1970's (blackouts, rate protests, Three Mile Island, gas explosions, NYC bankruptcy, etc); and head of communications at GE and a direct report to Jack Welch (the human dynamo who never slept) during the 1980's and 1990's.

I don't recommend such a lifestyle for everyone (I wound up a divorced chain smoker and prime heart attack candidate), but it was what it was.

I respect how hard you've worked, as I've worked hard throughout my life too. I've been working since I was little, I've payed for my own tuition and car as a freshmen. I've been a baker, garbage man, park maintenance, park rec counselor, baseball coach, umpire, waiter, bus boy and Carrier Dome employee, never been fire..only layed off 1. I'm 20 years old. I'm sure in your 40 year span you've worked much harder than me, but it's a little much to say more than I ever will.

 

[RandygoCuse]

When people get riled up, it always seems to start with Duke

 

[4evaOrange]

When people get riled up, it always seems to start with Duke

O god dammit Randy!!! I knew this all somehow came down to you!

 

[rrlbees]

I appreciated your unmeasurable support of the program, I really do. I don't view season ticket holders as the "enemy". I just get offended when some, not you, try to insinuate that non season ticket holders, or people who can only come to 2 or 3 games a season are not devoted fans. That's ridiculous.

Do you honestly believe that season ticket holders and generous money donors such as yourself will be screwed out of the best seats possible?

I highly, highly doubt this.

Again, thanks for your contributions. Nice to see that someone with the means to make a difference actually is.

You might want to go back to the top of the thread. You and a few others made it personal with the shots at people who didn't like the idea.

Sent using my Commodore 64

 

[Trueblue25]

You might want to go back to the top of the thread. You and a few others made it personal with the shots at people who didn't like the idea.

Sent using my Commodore 64

I replied to one person saying how ridiculous it was to need binoculars in the dome. I told another to get off his high horse (which in context of my response was in a joking tone)...hardly making it personal.

Meanwhile I have people trying to insinuate that I'm a fair-weather, less deserving fan and whine for the readjustment because I live "far" away in Buffalo and don't have much money.

Hmph.

 

[cusetown1]

I replied to one person saying how ridiculous it was to need binoculars in the dome. I told another to get off his high horse (which in context of my response was in a joking tone)...hardly making it personal.

Meanwhile I have people trying to insinuate that I'm a fair-weather, less deserving fan and whine for the readjustment because I live "far" away in Buffalo and don't have much money.

Hmph.

That's impossible Ron,we all know you live in San Diego, have a dog named Baxter, and love scotch.

 

[Obie9]

This.

35,012 was not that exciting. 5,904 for Butler in 2002, however, was raucous (as anyone who was there would tell you).

Dopey gimmicks don't enhance the experience; they detract from it.

I've had season tickets since the dome opened. The Butler game during the NIT tournament ranks as one of the most memorable games in the dome. Could not believe the noise that was being produced with such few fans. I've been to all the home attendance record games through the years, and none of these games matched the intensity and electric atmosphere of the Butler game. Trueblue to bad you were not there. I think the tickets were only $10.

 

[Bayside44]

I've had season tickets since the dome opened. The Butler game during the NIT tournament ranks as one of the most memorable games in the dome. Could not believe the noise that was being produced with such few fans. I've been to all the home attendance record games through the years, and none of these games matched the intensity and electric atmosphere of the Butler game. Trueblue to bad you were not there. I think the tickets were only $10.

He was probably about 10 years old, were you going to drive him?

 

[Trueblue25]

I've had season tickets since the dome opened. The Butler game during the NIT tournament ranks as one of the most memorable games in the dome. Could not believe the noise that was being produced with such few fans. I've been to all the home attendance record games through the years, and none of these games matched the intensity and electric atmosphere of the Butler game. Trueblue to bad you were not there. I think the tickets were only $10.

I was 9 years old in 2002.

I really hope the last sentence of that comment wasn't a jab at me.

Loudest games I've attended: The overtime victory against Georgetown in 2009.

and

GMac's last home game versus #4 Villanova in ...I think 2006? Yes.

Those were by far the loudest games I've attended.

 

[Marsh01]

I've had season tickets since the dome opened. The Butler game during the NIT tournament ranks as one of the most memorable games in the dome. Could not believe the noise that was being produced with such few fans. I've been to all the home attendance record games through the years, and none of these games matched the intensity and electric atmosphere of the Butler game. Trueblue to bad you were not there. I think the tickets were only $10.

I was at the Butler game. It was great. Crowd was going ballistic and it was really bizarre t think that few people could make that much noise.

 

[Obie9]

I was 9 years old in 2002.

I really hope the last sentence of that comment wasn't a jab at me.

Loudest games I've attended: The overtime victory against Georgetown in 2009.

and

GMac's last home game versus #4 Villanova in ...I think 2006? Yes.

Those were by far the loudest games I've attended.

Not a jab, just stating a fact. I was at both the games you mentioned, and the atmosphere for those games did not compare to the Butler game. If I were a recruit who was considering a school to attend, the Butler game with 5,000 plus people would have been far more impressive from an atmosphere stand point then any of the recent record dome attendance games.

 

[rrlbees]

I was at the Butler game. It was great. Crowd was going ballistic and it was really bizarre t think that few people could make that much noise.

We had a group of 18 there. Front row side court. I remember igor, andysyr, I think tol22. We rode that small white pg relentlessly. Had him talking crap to us. We were in his head.

Sent using my Commodore 64

 

[thebigeast44]

I'll never forget the atmosphere at the Butler game - simply fantastic to be a part of. And while it was great to be at the Georgetown game this year, the crowd was nowhere near as enthusiastic as the Butler crowd. If you could fill the Dome with the type of fans at the Butler game that night, the Dome's roof would definitely blow off!

IMHO, there were literally thousands of fans at the Gtown game just there for the "event" - as you could tell by many of them sitting on their butts the whole game, texting away or whatever without real regard for what was happening on the court. Move the court to the center of the Dome and you'll just be adding more of those type of fans to the building. And it's likely that you'll simply be creating a "happening", that will detract from what many of us want to go to in the first place - a great basketball game with Duke.

I was open to the idea at first but I think I just convinced myself that we should keep the court as is while writing this Let's go Orange!