Michigan Hockey Student Section now Officially First Come, First Serve
Student ticket holders just got this email:
Welcome back to campus, we hope you had a great summer! Thanks for signing up for your Hockey Student Season Tickets and making the student section at Yost Ice Arena the best in college hockey! The season will be here before you know it, the first game is Tuesday, October 9 vs. Windsor at 7:35 p.m. and with that in mind, we wanted to share with you some important news, dates and updates to your season tickets for this season:New and most importantly this year is the fact that your Michigan Hockey Tickets will be on your MCards. Similar to the basketball student ticketing process, all hockey Student Tickets will be first come, first serve seating in the student sections (no pre-reserved seating or printed season tickets will be used). This change was made to make it more convenient for you, and to create an early exciting atmosphere at Yost. Just show up to the games where you will swipe your MCard and ticket takers will give you a ticket voucher for a student section seat. Make sure to get there early to get the best seats!With the tickets on your MCard, you can now easily and electronically transfer your tickets to someone else if you're unable to make a game. Use of the ticket is free for other UM students (MCard student ID must be presented with ticket at game), and if you transfer your ticket to a non-student they must pay a $20 validation fee at Yost to gain admittance. Transferred tickets will be emailed to the recipient as a pdf Print at Home ticket. Transfer instructions will be sent to you in late September.Yost Ice Arena has been renovated! The new changes include:New bench seating on the east, west and south sides of the arenaReplacing the historic Yost windows to allow natural light into the facilityImprovements in the audio capabilities within Yost through cutting edge technologyUpgraded concession stands and concourseWe hope to open up Yost before October 9th for you to see these changes for yourself and once we have solidified a date, we will let you know.We will update you on when and where you can pick up your FREE student section t-shirt.If you have any questions regarding your tickets, call us at 734.764.0247 or email [email protected]. Be sure to include your student ID number.Look for some more updates over the next few weeks but until then, thanks again for being a season ticket holder and Go Blue!
August 31st, 2012 at 6:38 PM ^
That should be interesting. I just hope we don't have kids camping out for games, I've never liked the image it sends
Also, I kind of like paper tickets, they're a nice memento
August 31st, 2012 at 6:40 PM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 6:45 PM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 6:36 PM ^
So for people who recently graduated and want tickets in the student section and have a valid MCard, what does this mean?
August 31st, 2012 at 6:39 PM ^
You would have to find someone with a valid student ticket account, buy tickets through them, and do the ticket voucher thing for every game. You still have to buy the student tickets through MGoBlue.
August 31st, 2012 at 6:45 PM ^
I didn't mean like buying season tickets, but rather on an individual basis. If I have an MCard to transfer somebody's tickets to, how would they know I'm not a student anymore?
August 31st, 2012 at 6:49 PM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
But he's not talking about buying tickets himself, he's talking about using somebody else's tickets. According to the statement, to use somebody else's tickets, you just have to print off the pdf ticket e-mailed to you and then /show/ your M-Card, it doesn't say you have to /scan/ it.
August 31st, 2012 at 6:49 PM ^
No idea if that will work, but it's worth a try.
August 31st, 2012 at 6:40 PM ^
Alright nevermind, beaten to the punch
August 31st, 2012 at 6:41 PM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 6:47 PM ^
I love first come first serve. I hate no paper tickets. Transfering tickets seems like such a hassle.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:10 PM ^
One year I had row 1 seats with some of my friends which included one of their sisters and her friend. They would always always show up to the game in the 2nd period and make the people move from their seats who had inevitabely moved down into them. Then the girls would leave midway through the 3rd. This is correct.
Although it will suck for me (an alum) trying to get student section tickets now.
September 1st, 2012 at 1:32 AM ^
Doesn't matter much re: Yost, because, as has been noted, it's basically open season in the student section anyhow. I do hope that this is a dry run for doing the same thing at the Big House, though. It's always bothered me that seating priority goes by credit hours (!), and not by any measure that has to do with passion or love of the team. The kids in the first row should be the most hardcore fans, not random seniors who bought tickets for the first time ever just because they know they'll get good seats. Folks who show up in the second quarter deserve to sit in row 90.
September 1st, 2012 at 1:59 AM ^
lancers vs wolverines, pretty epic for me! We don't field the best hockey team in the province, should be an easy win.
September 1st, 2012 at 3:04 AM ^
This is how it's always been, even better.
As an Alum, I don't like the prospect of not being able to sit in the student section now, though. :(
September 1st, 2012 at 3:57 AM ^
If the experiment ends up working for hockey, perhaps apply it to football.
It might be a good way to deal with the issue of an empty student section at kickoff.