Reseating

[NotAnAlum]

Just got my letter from MU Re: the reseating appt.  How does this work?  Do a bunch of guys with approximately equal point ranks all show up at the same time and line up to pick seats?  If your overall rank is 1500 do you have to wait until 1499 picks and are you assured of picking ahead of 1501 or is it more of a free for all within bunches called at the same time?  Also based on where you guys were reseated last time where does a rank of 1530 mean we're likely to sit?

[augoman]

'Not', they have a 10 minute window for each STH, during which you make your selection.   What's new this year is the selection is done at the AL rather than the BC.  (can't actually 'road test' the seats).  There is a priority point section breakdown, based on the reseating 2 years ago, available on the gomarquette.com site, and it should be similar this year.  I appear to be losing ground in percentile, in spite of stepped up donations.  It's all you young bucks with big bucks!

[mu_hilltopper]

Yup.  I'm very nervous my seats are going to be worse next year.  I wish there was .. some better way of determining what level of donation gives you what seat (plus or minus.)  The way it exists today (even with the new printout of average points) .. it's like a blind auction.  You could write out a check for $500-1000 or more, getting you 5-10 points, but you might only move up a row for all you know.  Even if they could tell you $X would leapfrog you X "appointments" .. that'd be nice.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

I think seating will be easier this year. Wasn't their an announcement last week that people are restricted to 4 seats per account so as to increase the number of accounts. If so, all those newbies should be stuck at the end and in the upper deck while the existing ticket holders can munch up the lower bowl because of the seat limit.

[Sir Lawrence]

I think seating will be easier this year. Wasn't their an announcement last week that people are restricted to 4 seats per account so as to increase the number of accounts. If so, all those newbies should be stuck at the end and in the upper deck while the existing ticket holders can munch up the lower bowl because of the seat limit.

Coobey, I've been told that the 4 seat limit per account has always been the rule.  For example, I have 2 preferred seats that I pay a huge seat tax per seat on, and then I have two seats in the upper bowl.  If I were to get two more (six total) they would sell them to me, but cut my points in half for the 4 non-preferred seats. 

The other thing to keep in mind is that while the reseating takes place at the Al, MU is holding an open house at the BC May 29 and 30th (5-8 p.m.) to test drive the area that your points will merit.