Reseating???

[NotAnAlum]

Anyone have any feedback from their trips to the AL this week?  Marq hasn't updated the list of seats available since Sunday.  We pick Friday and are just praying something is left in the lower bowl.  Reports from prior posts indicate the selection is worse than 2 years ago.

[sailwi]

I went Sunday at 6:08 and I think the last appointment was at 7 so this is farily up to date info.  I think the times for each person were 4 minutes apart and I dind't hear of anyone with the same time so there were proabaly only 12 people or a max of 48 tickets afer me.

The corner sections in the lower bowl were about 60-70% taken and the sections behind the basket were 20% full (only the sections off the main floor 101-102 I beleive were full).  All of the sections on the side were full except for a few sporadic single seats.  I improved my percentage by about 5% and I got the exact same seats, 10 rows behind the MU basket.

I would think on Friday you will still be able to get seats in the lower bowl.

[mu_hilltopper]

I'm very nervous .. I'd feel lucky if I got my old seats back.  So far, mine haven't been taken.

Sure hope they update the webpage tonight .. it's 3 days old.

http://gomarquette.cstv.com/tickets/m-baskbl-seats-available.html

[MUEng93]

The reason the list has not been updated is that there have not been any reseating appointments this week.  The next appointment is tomarrow at 12:00 PM.  I have a 3:37 appointment and will be crossing my fingers and praying to my bobbleheads for at least my same seats.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

If you are selecting tomorrow you should be just fine for lower bowl seating. A lot of those rows available have upwards of 7 to 12 seats. Certainly the early part of the day is fine.

[mu_hilltopper]

I chopped up the listing from the website .. got rid of all the single seats .. added a column of how many seats were there .. added labels.

I wish this thing would do fix font, then the columns would line up.

The other coulms are type of seat (corner, side, end zone) .. and distance from center, the end zone being the worst seat.  This was in an effort to take a giant guess at where seats go by time .. the theory going, that people will fill up the sides, then the corner, then the end-zone.  Of course, I know this not to be correct, as some people would rather sit low in the end-zone than high in the corner.  Take it for what it is.

THen .. the last column represents time .. I heard each appointment is 4 minutes .. that's 15 an hour.  Figure Most people take 2 tickets, a few take more, so I went with 35 tickets/hour, then sorted by "distance from center" and took a guess at when each row would be gone.

It's pretty bogus, but it's a guide for today's appointments.



   ROW   SEATS                  
   SEATS         Seats         Running   
203   X   3   9   7   Side   1   7   
203   Y   1   10   10   Side   1   17   
203   Z   1   10   10   Side   1   27   
211   Y   2   5   4   Corner   1   31   
211   Z   6   11   6   Corner   1   37   1pm
216   W   5   8   4   Side   1   41   
204   G   1   5   5   Corner   2   46   
204   M   3   8   6   Corner   2   52   
204   N   10   12   3   Corner   2   55   
204   N   4   9   6   Corner   2   61   
204   P   3   14   12   Corner   2   73   2pm
204   R   9   14   6   Corner   2   79   
204   S   4   12   9   Corner   2   88   
204   T   3   4   2   Corner   2   90   
204   T   11   12   2   Corner   2   92   
204   U   4   5   2   Corner   2   94   
204   U   8   12   5   Corner   2   99   
204   V   4   14   11   Corner   2   110   3pm
204   W   13   14   2   Corner   2   112   
204   W   4   10   7   Corner   2   119   
204   X   1   14   14   Corner   2   133   
204   Y   13   14   2   Corner   2   135   
204   Y   1   10   10   Corner   2   145   4pm
204   Z   12   17   6   Corner   2   151   
204   Z   3   9   7   Corner   2   158   
210   P   5   6   2   Corner   2   160   
210   Q   5   7   3   Corner   2   163   
210   R   3   12   10   Corner   2   173   
210   S   5   11   7   Corner   2   180   5pm
210   T   5   12   8   Corner   2   188   
210   U   9   11   3   Corner   2   191   
210   V   3   13   11   Corner   2   202   
210   W   5   13   9   Corner   2   211   6pm
210   X   5   7   3   Corner   2   214   
210   X   3   14   12   Corner   2   226   
210   Y   3   16   14   Corner   2   240   
210   Z   12   15   4   Corner   2   244   
210   Z   5   9   5   Corner   2   249   7pm
217   X   5   9   5   Corner   2   254   
217   Y   1   10   10   Corner   2   264   
217   Z   3   10   8   Corner   2   272   
205   B   9   14   6   Corner   3   278   
205   C   7   14   8   Corner   3   286   1-Jul
205   D   6   14   9   Corner   3   295   
205   E   6   14   9   Corner   3   304   
205   Q   5   14   10   Corner   3   314   
205   R   3   14   12   Corner   3   326   
205   S   3   15   13   Corner   3   339   
205   T   3   4   2   Corner   3   341   
205   T   7   14   8   Corner   3   349   
205   U   5   13   9   Corner   3   358   
205   V   3   7   5   Corner   3   363   
205   V   10   15   6   Corner   3   369   
205   W   3   15   13   Corner   3   382   
205   X   3   16   14   Corner   3   396   
205   Y   5   16   12   Corner   3   408   
205   Z   1   2   2   Corner   3   410   
205   Z   9   19   11   Corner   3   421   
209   H   6   7   2   Corner   3   423   
209   P   13   14   2   Corner   3   425   
209   P   3   6   4   Corner   3   429   
209   Q   3   16   14   Corner   3   443   
209   R   3   4   2   Corner   3   445   
209   R   9   14   6   Corner   3   451   
209   S   2   16   15   Corner   3   466   
209   T   1   16   16   Corner   3   482   
209   U   6   14   9   Corner   3   491   
209   V   4   10   7   Corner   3   498   
209   W   4   14   11   Corner   3   509   
209   X   1   14   14   Corner   3   523   
209   Y   1   14   14   Corner   3   537   
209   Z   1   18   18   Corner   3   555   
218   J   7   11   5   Corner   3   560   
218   K   3   6   4   Corner   3   564   
218   M   5   11   7   Corner   3   571   
218   N   1   13   13   Corner   3   584   
218   P   1   14   14   Corner   3   598   
218   Q   13   14   2   Corner   3   600   
218   R   9   10   2   Corner   3   602   
218   T   5   14   10   Corner   3   612   
218   U   6   10   5   Corner   3   617   
218   V   6   7   2   Corner   3   619   
218   V   10   12   3   Corner   3   622   
218   W   4   14   11   Corner   3   633   
218   X   3   14   12   Corner   3   645   
218   Y   3   14   12   Corner   3   657   
218   Z   16   19   4   Corner   3   661   
218   Z   7   13   7   Corner   3   668   
219   C   1   7   7   Corner   3   675   
219   Q   1   14   14   Corner   3   689   
219   R   5   6   2   Corner   3   691   
219   R   9   14   6   Corner   3   697   
219   S   1   15   15   Corner   3   712   
219   T   1   16   16   Corner   3   728   
219   U   3   13   11   Corner   3   739   
219   V   3   15   13   Corner   3   752   
219   W   3   15   13   Corner   3   765   
219   X   3   6   4   Corner   3   769   
219   X   13   16   4   Corner   3   773   
219   Y   3   16   14   Corner   3   787   
219   Z   1   19   19   Corner   3   806   
206   B   11   12   2   End Zone   4   808   
206   C   11   12   2   End Zone   4   810   
206   D   1   2   2   End Zone   4   812   
206   D   11   12   2   End Zone   4   814   
206   E   1   2   2   End Zone   4   816   
206   F   6   14   9   End Zone   4   825   
206   G   5   14   10   End Zone   4   835   
206   H   5   14   10   End Zone   4   845   
206   J   9   14   6   End Zone   4   851   
206   K   5   6   2   End Zone   4   853   
206   K   11   14   4   End Zone   4   857   
206   M   4   10   7   End Zone   4   864   
206   N   11   14   4   End Zone   4   868   
206   P   3   14   12   End Zone   4   880   
206   Q   2   14   13   End Zone   4   893   
206   R   3   10   8   End Zone   4   901   
206   W   3   10   8   End Zone   4   909   
206   X   9   10   2   End Zone   4   911   
206   X   2   6   5   End Zone   4   916   
206   Y   7   10   4   End Zone   4   920   
206   Z   1   10   10   End Zone   4   930   
208   G   1   8   8   End Zone   4   938   
208   H   1   7   7   End Zone   4   945   
208   J   6   7   2   End Zone   4   947   
208   J   3   10   8   End Zone   4   955   
208   K   13   14   2   End Zone   4   957   
208   K   3   6   4   End Zone   4   961   
208   K   5   10   6   End Zone   4   967   
208   M   1   2   2   End Zone   4   969   
208   M   5   11   7   End Zone   4   976   
208   M   6   14   9   End Zone   4   985   
208   N   5   12   8   End Zone   4   993   
208   N   6   14   9   End Zone   4   1002   
208   P   1   12   12   End Zone   4   1014   
208   Q   1   13   13   End Zone   4   1027   
208   R   5   10   6   End Zone   4   1033   
208   W   1   8   8   End Zone   4   1041   
208   X   3   4   2   End Zone   4   1043   
208   X   7   9   3   End Zone   4   1046   
208   Z   3   9   7   End Zone   4   1053   
207   B   1   5   5   End Zone   5   1058   
207   C   1   6   6   End Zone   5   1064   
207   D   1   7   7   End Zone   5   1071   
207   E   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1073   
207   E   1   7   7   End Zone   5   1080   
207   F   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1082   
207   F   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1084   
207   F   4   7   4   End Zone   5   1088   
207   G   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1090   
207   H   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1092   
207   H   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1094   
207   K   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1096   
207   K   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1098   
207   M   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1100   
207   M   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1102   
207   N   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1104   
207   N   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1106   
207   P   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1108   
207   P   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1110   
207   Q   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1112   
207   R   1   2   2   End Zone   5   1114   
207   R   11   12   2   End Zone   5   1116   
207   S   1   4   4   End Zone   5   1120   
207   S   9   12   4   End Zone   5   1124   
207   T   1   4   4   End Zone   5   1128   
207   T   9   12   4   End Zone   5   1132   
207   U   11   14   4   End Zone   5   1136   
207   V   10   14   5   End Zone   5   1141   
207   W   10   14   5   End Zone   5   1146   
207   W   18   24   7   End Zone   5   1153   
207   X   3   4   2   End Zone   5   1155   
207   X   18   20   3   End Zone   5   1158   
207   X   10   14   5   End Zone   5   1163   
207   Y   10   14   5   End Zone   5   1168   
207   Y   1   7   7   End Zone   5   1175   
207   Y   18   24   7   End Zone   5   1182   
207   Z   19   24   6   End Zone   5   1188   
207   Z   1   14   14   End Zone   5   1202   
   Total Seats in Lower Bowl         1202            

[Sir Lawrence]

A recommendation:

If you end up in the upper bowl, Section 400 row D seats 2 and 3 are very nice.  Rows A, B and C aren't as good as you'd expect, since the railing blocks the view.  There is no seat #1 in row D, which is taken by a jog in the aisle.  I personally think if you have to be in the upper bowl, those are the seats you want.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I think the upper bowl is VASTLY underrated.

I'd rather be in the seats you just described than in one of the end zones.

[Sir Lawrence]

I think the upper bowl is VASTLY underrated.

I'd rather be in the seats you just described than in one of the end zones.

I agree with you from a pure "game watching" point of view.  But the upper bowl certainly has a different atmosphere--darker, way less crowd noise/interaction, and too many pre-teen kids running back and forth to the concession stands.  Plus, you will hardly ever score a free T-shirt.

[mu_hilltopper]

Yup.  The upper deck is fine for watching the game, but there are many more reasons that draw people to the BC.  I spent a year upstairs, and I personally hated it.  That's just me, though.

Personally, if I couldn't buy lowers, I wouldn't buy tickets.  You'd come out ahead deciding to miss 5-8 games (ooc cupcakes), then scalping lowers for each game.  Heck, you'd probably have better seats that way, too.

[mu_hilltopper]

Well, I'm back .. our old seats were taken today .. we're now basically one full section worse than we were before.  ugh.

I'm really torn about this .. on the one hand, I want better seats, and don't want to get slowly pushed out every 2 years.  So I have to give.  Fortunately, I can. 

But on the other hand, I'm painfully torn.  In order to materially improve, you really need 4 figure donations. 

The issue is, I have a handful of other charities that are, quite frankly, tenfold more worthy.  They deal with diseases, the poor, and educating the young and the like.  I could step up my donations to MU, but it'd be the most guilty donations I've ever made.

And yeah, I get it.  It's a choice each person has to make.  It's ironic, though, that a MU/Jesuit education probably tries to lead you to spending your resources on the downtrodden first and foremost ..

[Sir Lawrence]

The issue is, I have a handful of other charities that are, quite frankly, tenfold more worthy.  They deal with diseases, the poor, and educating the young and the like.  I could step up my donations to MU, but it'd be the most guilty donations I've ever made.

And yeah, I get it.  It's a choice each person has to make.  It's ironic, though, that a MU/Jesuit education probably tries to lead you to spending your resources on the downtrodden first and foremost ..

Here's what you do.  Give as much as you can to improve your seats.  Then donate the best game of the season to one of those other charities, assuming they have some sort of charity auction.  They make money on your donation, you help more than you maybe could otherwise, and while you are watching the game at home or in a sports bar you will feel good about what you did, even if you donate anonymously to that charity.