Target Center Section 2AA and 6AA Finals
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:48 am
Do you think that the Target Center will be standing room only if we have Minnetonka vs. Eden Prairie and Edina vs. Bloom. Jefferson???
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Wikipedia lists the hockey capacity at 19,500, but that's including the upper deck. Do you think everything will be open?rapidsrapids wrote:I'm not sure what the hockey seating capacity is at Target Center. Another thing I forgot to add that maybe some don't know is the 2AA and 6AA finals are a double header, 6 PM and 8:30 PM on the first Wed. of March.
No way. That is just too many people for one night. Even in the late 1980s heyday the Section V (Kennedy-Jefferson) and Section VI (Edina, Minnetonka finals couldn't come close to filling the Met Center. Lower bowl was full, but not the whole building.rapidsrapids wrote:Do you think that the Target Center will be standing room only if we have Minnetonka vs. Eden Prairie and Edina vs. Bloom. Jefferson???
Why is this? Yearly, we can sell out the quarterfinal game of state when the 1AA team is supposed to get dominated, but if the 6AA final is Tonka-EP, the two best teams in the state will be meeting in the section finals and will get half the crowd, if that.O-townClown wrote:No way. That is just too many people for one night. Even in the late 1980s heyday the Section V (Kennedy-Jefferson) and Section VI (Edina, Minnetonka finals couldn't come close to filling the Met Center. Lower bowl was full, but not the whole building.rapidsrapids wrote:Do you think that the Target Center will be standing room only if we have Minnetonka vs. Eden Prairie and Edina vs. Bloom. Jefferson???
HS sports aren't able to draw as much as they were 25 years ago.
I agree the finals in these sections will be good regardless of who is in them.O-townClown wrote:
...I don't think it matters which teams reach the final. Edina-Holy Angels-Jefferson-Burnsville and Tonka-Wayzata-Benilde-Eden Prairie...can't go wrong.
I agree and would also add that no matter who makes the section final games, do everything you can to buy your tickets in advance because the lines at the ticket counters are going to be riduculous. The past few years at Mariucci was sheer mayhem trying to buy a ticket and get in.O-townClown wrote:As for the matchups, I don't think it matters which teams reach the final. Edina-Holy Angels-Jefferson-Burnsville and Tonka-Wayzata-Benilde-Eden Prairie...can't go wrong.
HShockeywatcher wrote:Have you ever heard of the Coliseum? They've been doing this for years. And no, you don't have to leave after the first game.rapidsrapids wrote: In these double headers do they make you leave after the first game?
I wonder why they don't do more section double headers like this at the same venue. Once you get to the semi's you could easily have the the 4 games from two sections on a Saturday and the finals Tuesday after, or something like that.
BodyShots wrote:I said more, not that it doesn't happen already. With the coliseum in the past and mariucci that makes 4 sections. Of the 16 in the state, that's only a quarter.HShockeywatcher wrote:Have you ever heard of the Coliseum? They've been doing this for years. And no, you don't have to leave after the first game.rapidsrapids wrote: In these double headers do they make you leave after the first game?
I wonder why they don't do more section double headers like this at the same venue. Once you get to the semi's you could easily have the the 4 games from two sections on a Saturday and the finals Tuesday after, or something like that.
Last year 2AA and 6AA played at Mariucci. Does this mean no teams will be playing there this year or will it be different sections?
Think they'll ever play games at Target field? That would be a great atmosphere in the future.
Part of it's the mystique of the tourney, yes. Even if you know your team is going to get killed, it's still cool to see them play at the X on the state's biggest stage. Since participating schools practically shut down on tourney days, a lot more students are able to attend, or do so even if they have little interest in hockey just because everyone else is.HShockeywatcher wrote:Why is this? Yearly, we can sell out the quarterfinal game of state when the 1AA team is supposed to get dominated, but if the 6AA final is Tonka-EP, the two best teams in the state will be meeting in the section finals and will get half the crowd, if that.
Are there really that many people who a) go to the state tourney simply because it's the state tourney and b) won't go to a good section final game but will go to a bad state game?
The section final is played during a time when other sections are still playing. Some may even be that night. This 2/6 doubleheader is on a Monday I believe, which is a school night.HShockeywatcher wrote:Why is this?
1a. You're saying the fact that this is a section final while other sections are still playing their semi's draws more people? I'm not disagreeing, but go on...O-townClown wrote:The section final is played during a time when other sections are still playing. Some may even be that night. This 2/6 doubleheader is on a Monday I believe, which is a school night.HShockeywatcher wrote:Why is this?
There is no way to compare the State Tournament, where all the tickets are allocated already, to a game that literally needs 17,000+ walk-up and presale through schools.
No way. Not even close.rapidsrapids wrote:Do you think that the Target Center will be standing room only if we have Minnetonka vs. Eden Prairie and Edina vs. Bloom. Jefferson???
I doubt it, but possibly. Obviously if those were the match-ups, the attendance would be higher. If Benilde or AHA make it there won't be nearly as many people there, since they are privates.rapidsrapids wrote:Do you think that the Target Center will be standing room only if we have Minnetonka vs. Eden Prairie and Edina vs. Bloom. Jefferson???
Not because they are privates, it's because they are much smaller schools.starmvp wrote:If Benilde or AHA make it there won't be nearly as many people there, since they are privates.
Well, partly because they are privates. There wouldn't be that community support that you get with publics.MNHockeyFan wrote:Not because they are privates, it's because they are much smaller schools.starmvp wrote:If Benilde or AHA make it there won't be nearly as many people there, since they are privates.