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Student season pass and the Den

Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N

If you're not all caught up on the new student season pass system for basketball tickets, here are some links to help catch you up: drebruin's post linking to the new CTO season passmy earlier post linking to my Daily Bruin column about the new pass.

In summary: this new student season pass, as opposed to the current student season ticket, will not guarantee anyone admission to any game, but will act as a first-come-first-serve system for each game. This is, as has been noted in previous comments, great for fans willing to show up early or campout for big games. But it will hurt the casual fan who's father bought the pass in hope's that his daughter would go to a game or two.

Overall, it is a great thing. The removal of the current lottery system that makes it so that many real fans don't get all of the games, will allow ANYONE who wants to, to go to games. Freshman generally didn't get tickets in the old system, or at least this was my impression as I didn't get tickets my freshman year (KLove year) and had to pay very high prices to get section 307 tickets to a couple of big games. But this new pass will give fresh spirited freshmen get to games. I got both packages last year and went to almost all home games (and camped out for many). This year I only have half the season--making it so that I couldn't go to the u$c* game.

A previous poster commented that it was not CTO, but rather Athletics that has been holding this change back and was the one to allow it. This is true. It's a late reaction and a shame. While the Den flourished in the days when CBH was a hero (three Final Fours), it would have been even more awesome to see students on the sideline AND behind the basket. But I guess recent low attendance helped force the hand of Athletics.

I don't think this new pass will solve the issue of the upper Den's lack of presence for most games--we're going to have to deal with that for just one more year as seating in the new Pauley will move the upper Den to behind the basket seats. That'll be awesome.

I think the next step for the student section is to start working with orientation in teaching things like Frisbee chant. This would teach freshmen the chants that are used in basketball season (and even ones used in football season). But more importatntly, this would get the new students excited about UCLA Athletics. Seeing videos of the Den going nuts would be motivating and make more of them want to start going to games. 

If anyone has contacts in orientation, PLEASE e-mail me at aramzanali@media.ucla.edu. Sideout11 and I have some ideas we'd like to tweak then pitch to Orientation about having a bit on the student section traditions: Frisbee chant, roll call, "so long chief" chant when opposing player is fouled out, etc.

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