Carver Seat Selection Process

[SPGroth]

Got this email from the ticket office today. Don't have basketball tickets, but have wrestling. For Basketball, does anyone know where the student section is going to be placed? With the "premium seating", I am guessing that the student will not encircle the lower bowl of Carver.

Here is the email:

We wanted to provide you a quick update on the reseating process for Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

We are nearing completion of the web site that fans of the Hawkeyes like you will use when making your seat selection. This site is similar to the one we used for the seat selection process a few years ago when we were reseating historic Kinnick Stadium. It is our expectation that this work will be completed in the next week.

When the web site is completed, we will send a letter to you and other fans of the Hawkeyes that will indicate the day and time you will make your seat selection. We expect these letters to be in the mail within the next two weeks.

The order of selection will be as follows:

· Men’s Basketball – Premium seating

· Men’s Basketball – Seating in the main bowl

· Women’s Basketball

· Wrestling

We expect the reseating process for all three sports will be completed by late April.

As always, thank you for your support of the UI Athletics Department and your purchase of season tickets to the home events of the Hawkeyes. It is greatly appreciated.



Go Hawks!

 

[sthoma14]

Here is a link the diagram. Scroll down to the bottom The student section is in purple.

University of Iowa Official Athletic Site Tickets

As a season ticket holder for football, basketball, and wrestling, I find it rather amusing that for the last 5-6 years we have had trouble filling up one complete section for students. now were giving them 7 entire sections! How this is all going to work is completely beyond me.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Here is a link the diagram. Scroll down to the bottom The student section is in purple.

University of Iowa Official Athletic Site Tickets

As a season ticket holder for football, basketball, and wrestling, I find it rather amusing that for the last 5-6 years we have had trouble filling up one complete section for students. now were giving them 7 entire sections! How this is all going to work is completely beyond me.

When will the Iowa marketing folks get a clue? This student seating is beyond a joke. It is pathetic if they ever hope to return CHA to a hostile environment. Has Iowa learned nothing from some of the worst arenas for opponents to play -- Duke, North Carolina, Indiana, MSU, Michigan, tOSU, to name a few?

Take a risk, man. Put the students in the 7-8 rows behind the team benches and scorers table and extend them to behind the baskets. Let's see yellow-clad Hawkeye fans screaming and jumping around on every TV shot. This has been discussed ad infinitum.

What's the definition of insanity?

 

[GravyJones]

Has Iowa learned nothing from some of the worst arenas for opponents to play -- Duke, North Carolina, Indiana, MSU, Michigan, tOSU, to name a few?

I don't know what to tell you if you think the location of student sections is why those are tough places to play.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I don't know what to tell you if you think the location of student sections is why those are tough places to play.

Admittedly, the level of talent has something to do with it. But do you disagree that having a loud, intimidating home environment contributes to winning and program success, thus making it easier to attract better talent?

Chicken, meet egg.

 

[GravyJones]

Admittedly, the level of talent has something to do with it. But do you disagree that having a loud, intimidating home environment contributes to winning and program success, thus making it easier to attract better talent?

Chicken, meet egg.

This isn't even close to a chicken/egg scenario. Their fan bases are as strong as they are because of the tradition of the programs. Student sections getting crazy loud and trying to outdo each other are relatively young in the history of college basketball.

 

[iahawk20]

I don't know what to tell you if you think the location of student sections is why those are tough places to play.

It certainly does not hurt....i would love nothing more than to see students surrounding the lower part of Carver. It would look awesome on tv and if Fran continues to turn the program it would be something that would add to a home court advantage.

I was there in 2001 when the students were awesome...and the seats were basically the same. Had they had everyone around the lower part of the court it would have been a huge benefit and looked unreal on tv.

I am with tweeter....it would add some value, clearly.

 

[tweeterhawk]

This isn't even close to a chicken/egg scenario. Their fan bases are as strong as they are because of the tradition of the programs. Student sections getting crazy loud and trying to outdo each other are relatively young in the history of college basketball.

Iowa used to have that tradition. Lost some of it when games moved from the Field House to Carver-Hawkeye in 1983 and fat cats were moved to the lower sections, dampening the noise levels and crowd hostility somewhat. Further decline under Alford and died completely under Lick. No way would Illinois students have been able to invade CHA during the Olson/Raveling/Davis years like they did a year ago.

The fact is if Fran wants Carver-Hawkeye to be a more intimidating place to play, Iowa students have to be closer to the floor and spread out in more lower sections.

 

[GravyJones]

Iowa used to have that tradition. Lost some of it when games moved from the Fieldhouse to Carver-Hawkeye in 1983 and fat cats moved to the lower sections, dampening the noise levels and crowd hostility somewhat. Further decline under Alford and died completely under Lick. No way would Illinois students have been able to invade CHA during the Olson/Raveling/Davis years like they did a year ago.

The fact is if Fran wants Carver-Hawkeye to be a more intimidating place to play, Iowa students have to be closer to the floor and spread out in more lower sections.

Iowa has never had any sort of tradition that can remotely compare to those other schools. The students will show up with better results. You can't build a winner based solely on the number of students that show, but you can build the student section based on the on-court results. Until they can start winning consistently, it doesn't make sense to have a ton of empty seats next to the court.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Iowa has never had any sort of tradition that can remotely compare to those other schools. The students will show up with better results. You can't build a winner based solely on the number of students that show, but you can build the student section based on the on-court results. Until they can start winning consistently, it doesn't make sense to have a ton of empty seats next to the court.

I'm going to disagree that Iowa has never had a winning tradition. A ticket to the Field House or Carver-Hawkeye was damned hard to get back in the Olson/Raveling/Davis era.

We're back to chicken and egg. Bringing students (and other hardcore fans) down to the lower levels to fill in seats left vacant during the snowstorm made a huge difference in energy and enthusiasm for the MSU game. You could see and hear it coming through the TV and obviously the players noticed and enjoyed playing in that environment.

If you give the students a reason to come -- cheap (or no) admission, at least for the time being; cheap refreshments; great seats around the floor; and, yes, a winning program -- they'll come. My prediction is more students ringing the floor, cheering louder for the Hawks or booing Hightower, Valentine & Co. will make it much harder for opponents to win in Iowa City and contribute to more victories and greater success.

 

[GravyJones]

I'm going to disagree that Iowa has never had a winning tradition. A ticket to the Field House or Carver-Hawkeye was damned hard to get back in the Olson/Raveling/Davis era.

We're back to chicken and egg. Bringing students (and other hardcore fans) down to the lower levels to fill in seats left vacant during the snowstorm made a huge difference in energy and enthusiasm for the MSU game. You could see and hear it coming through the TV and obviously the players noticed and enjoyed playing in that environment.

If you give the students a reason to come -- cheap (or no) admission, at least for the time being; cheap refreshments; great seats around the floor; and, yes, a winning program -- they'll come. My prediction is more students ringing the floor, cheering louder for the Hawks or booing Hightower, Valentine & Co. will make it much harder for opponents to win in Iowa City and contribute to more victories and greater success.

I'm not saying a strong student section won't make it a better environment to play in, but it's still nowhere near a chicken and egg scenario. The students will not show up until the team is good, but the absence of students is not what's keeping them from getting there.

 

[SirJamaLot]

Barta needs to show the fans that he is serious about winning, put the students around the court and develop a more favorable home court advantage for our coaches and players. Tell the big donors we will have luxury boxes stuffed with food and drink so they can entertain or take a nap, but let the young people go crazy and make Carver a tough place to visit.

someone needs to ask the coaches what they prefer or recommend