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Post by robtearle on May 30, 2024 12:39:51 GMT -5
But I'm not sure how or even if that also increases seating capacity for basketball. When they switch the KC over from hockey to basketball, there are rows of seats that collapse under the permanent hockey stands that get pulled out and folding chairs (?) are set up. So wouldn't the reconfiguration be simply replacing some of those pull-out rows with permanent rows? Is it just an excuse to 'renumber' the rows, and jack prices for essentially the same space under a different row number? I don't have regular tickets to anything at the KC, so I haven't seen details. I got wind of this a couple weeks ago, but they’re actually reducing the number of seats and making the first few rows into premium seating. Not everything I heard has come to fruition yet, so take this with a grain of salt: seat donations for these rows were said to be in the multi-thousands of dollars, per year. The Atheltic Department knows to never let a good crisis go to waste. Attendance at men's hockey hasn't been good the last couple years; even last year when they were better on the ice, the crowds weren't great. But there are people ready to pay multi-thousands to sit three rows closer than they can buy game-by-game for, I dunno, $30? I started to type "I hope McIntosh knows what he's doing", but is that something I really hope? :-)
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Post by eyeroll2021 on May 30, 2024 15:37:39 GMT -5
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Post by savannahbadger on May 30, 2024 15:45:54 GMT -5
Attendance at men's hockey hasn't been good the last couple years; even last year when they were better on the ice, the crowds weren't great. But there are people ready to pay multi-thousands to sit three rows closer than they can buy game-by-game for, I dunno, $30? This is purely about basketball.
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Post by dbro1970 on May 30, 2024 16:21:17 GMT -5
So it is the Munciana coaching tree vs. the Nebraska coaching tree.
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Post by clambinator on May 30, 2024 16:35:38 GMT -5
WOAHHHHH BIG NEWS. Kelly Sheffield is on an ESPN Madison radio broadcast and said that we will be playing Louisville at the YUM center to open up the season. That is that “week 0” matchup
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Post by choopachoops on May 30, 2024 17:06:47 GMT -5
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Post by badgerbreath on May 30, 2024 17:14:33 GMT -5
I was expecting the week 0 matchups to involve those 4 teams somehow. Just hadn't guessed where they'd be.
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Post by robtearle on May 30, 2024 17:19:30 GMT -5
Attendance at men's hockey hasn't been good the last couple years; even last year when they were better on the ice, the crowds weren't great. But there are people ready to pay multi-thousands to sit three rows closer than they can buy game-by-game for, I dunno, $30? This is purely about basketball. On-court results haven't been all that great there, either.
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Post by bborr on May 30, 2024 17:46:43 GMT -5
I was expecting the week 0 matchups to involve those 4 teams somehow. Just hadn't guessed where they'd be. good chance that 4 months later 3 of those 4 teams will be returning to the Yum Center.
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Post by swaggyp on May 30, 2024 18:10:06 GMT -5
This is purely about basketball. On-court results haven't been all that great there, either. This is correct, but I don't think the results of the last (say) 5 years of either sport are involved in this decision whatsoever. I agree with savannahbadger, McIntosh isn't going to miss an opportunity to gouge his wealthiest customers.
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on May 30, 2024 23:17:49 GMT -5
Off topic and unrelated but our very own Anna Smrek and Dana Rettke have been modelling on Grandeur Models which is a modelling agency for tall athletic women founded and run by former Collegiate All American Basketballer Victoria McIntyre. Anna Smrek: grandeur-models.com/collections/anna-smrekDana Rettke: grandeur-models.com/collections/dana-rettkeWould've been great if Anna and Dana had photos together on those free collection they put out but they may have shot at a different day or you may have to subscribe to see them two modelling in the same photo (I didn't subscribe so I wouldn't know). Other volleyball names of note are. - Laurin Stivrins (Nebraska) - Tristin Savage (UCLA) - Sami Francis (Stanford) - Juliana Dalton (Wash/Pitt/Houston) - Delaney McSweeney (Iowa) - Emily McDaniel (San Diego) Folks rate Anna highly as the hottest tall girl on Grandeur Models Instagram and there was a hottest tall girl contest hosted on Deviantart by a tall girl fan account (the account who was hosting it has been taken down for unknown reasons and I know for sure Dana wasn't in that tournament but was planned to be in the next edition of it) which is a 32 tournament format of the hottest tall girls. Folks on Deviantart overwhelmingly voted for Anna on all her battles and she won without any of her opponents getting past 20% of the vote. I vividly remember she was up against Merete Lutz in the semi final which she won 90-10 and against Zehra Gunes in the grand final which Anna won 87-13. Makes sense this was hosted by "Deviantart". I personally find that you posted this here repulsive.
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Post by savannahbadger on May 31, 2024 10:04:15 GMT -5
Makes sense this was hosted by "Deviantart". I personally find that you posted this here repulsive. I have to agree. There was no need for this post, IMHO.
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Post by badgercard on May 31, 2024 10:40:03 GMT -5
Hmmm. I understand that tall women have to fight social headwinds regarding sexist gender norms for beauty, and I enthusiastically support a fashion line that caters to tall women, but I'm not sure adapting one of the worst manifestations of the culture responsible for the norms is the way to go about promoting it. it would have been a nice post if the last part wasn't added... the fetishization is nasty
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Post by 25or624 on May 31, 2024 11:00:29 GMT -5
If Sheff would trot out a BINGO, we could leave tickets and deviance behind.
Sheff, Badger Nation turns its lonely eyes to you ...
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on May 31, 2024 13:05:41 GMT -5
She's here and will be training hard for the next 3 months in Madison.... Welcome to Badger VB Charlie! Also in Madison, Maile and Morgan. Lola will be shortly. Trinity after she finishes up some track stuff, and Tosia 30 days before school starts (so she would be 8/5.)
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