woodyhayes68;1336445; said:
Below is the result of 3 hours in sub-20 degree weather (got there at 5 AM):
and this is a pic with no zoom (resized and quality reduced for sake of bandwidth):
I cannot thank Paddraig and others enough for this tip (my son found this thread and we figured it was worth a try)! There is no doubt that Michigan's record and the cold enabled tickets to be available, but I never dreamed I'd been this close, certainly not at FACE VALUE. Incredible. Even more incredible is that all four of us got seats together. 19AA is the "field access" section so we were sitting on plastic chairs in a main aisle with plenty of space. Those are recruits in front of us and we even got to say hello to Laurinaitis and Robo's dads. Other than the cold (and who cares) the only drawback was a Nazi usher (LMAO). She was hell bent on keeping all seated and had deputies in her hip pocket as needed. We took notice of a woman in a wheelchair that was next to us when we arrived and planned to assure she had a clear view, but the usher said the people behind us were complaining, I found that hard to believe as they were elevated by at least 2.5 - 3 feet. None the less, it was an awesome viewpoint to watch our Buckeyes set history with a 5th consecutive win.
First off, awesome seats!!!
I had a friend in line about 25th back(didn't get there until about 7:30
) and he got "shut out". I was told that there were only about 35 tix to sell, and they were allowing 2 per person to purchase.
Secondly, I want to apologize to you for the behavior of the "nazi usher" in your section. Not she, nor do the police have the right to make you or anyone else sit down or threaten any repercussions if you don't (only if you're being belligerent, publically drunk, using fowl language, etc.). In fact we are told specifically that when a guest purchases that seat, they purchase the space from that seat infinitely skyward, i.e. they can stand and sit when they choose (standing the entire game if they please, or up and down as often as they like and as they see fit). She was out of line as were the cops (if they told you to take a seat as well).
If you or someone else (I know you wouldn't want to leave your seats at a Michigan Game to boot to hunt down the powers that be) would have chosen to complain to Guest Services, then those harrassing you would have been told the same, and those police and Ushers telling you that false info would have been repremanded...
...and I'm serious when I say this, If you'd like to pm me a little more specific info regarding the situation, then I'd be more than happy to pass along your complaint through the proper channels. (otherwise, I'll still probably mention it just in general at the next meeting / orientation we attend)
Again though, I'm glad you got tix and got to see a great game with your son. It obviously works on a much more limited basis for the "Big Games", but it still works none the less.
:osu:
