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Football distribution system to change
Online ticketing will allow students to bypass multiple lines, registration to start Monday
Chris Khorey and Chris Hine
Issue date: 4/4/07 Section: News
The chaotic fall tradition of multiple trips to Notre Dame Stadium to buy football ticket booklets is being replaced by an online-based ticket system the Ticket Office hopes is more convenient for students and employees alike.
Ticket Office Director Josh Berlo said Tuesday all students currently enrolled at Notre Dame or Saint Mary's who plan to buy student ticket booklets for the fall 2007 football season will have the opportunity to register online starting Monday.
Under the previous system, students waited in line at Notre Dame Stadium twice each August - once to pick up a lottery number and again to get the actual ticket booklet.
Fisher Hall sophomore Mike Moriarty said he was excited for the change.
"That was kind of a hassle having to go back and forth and all that," he said.
But other students, including Lyons Hall freshman Claire Connell, said the system was just fine how it was.
"I don't think it's that big of a deal," Connell said. "I wouldn't mind walking over to the
stadium to do it."
In order to sit with friends, students will be able to create groups online, Berlo said. Each group will be seated together.
"[Students] can set up a group and they can have the system e-mail their friends the name of the group or they can just pass on the information for the group themselves," Berlo said. "As long as they purchase their tickets and specify which group they'd like to be in by the deadline, they should be all set."
Cavanaugh Hall sophomore Kaitlyn Clarke said the old system allowed students to have some say over where they sat, whereas the online distribution might be more randomized.
"[Under the old system,] you know if you go early to the stadium you know you're going to get the best lottery numbers because even though they say they're random, they're not actually random," she said. "They do give them in order. But, going online, maybe that will make it more random."
Ticket Office Director Josh Berlo said Tuesday all students currently enrolled at Notre Dame or Saint Mary's who plan to buy student ticket booklets for the fall 2007 football season will have the opportunity to register online starting Monday.
Under the previous system, students waited in line at Notre Dame Stadium twice each August - once to pick up a lottery number and again to get the actual ticket booklet.
Fisher Hall sophomore Mike Moriarty said he was excited for the change.
"That was kind of a hassle having to go back and forth and all that," he said.
But other students, including Lyons Hall freshman Claire Connell, said the system was just fine how it was.
"I don't think it's that big of a deal," Connell said. "I wouldn't mind walking over to the
stadium to do it."
In order to sit with friends, students will be able to create groups online, Berlo said. Each group will be seated together.
"[Students] can set up a group and they can have the system e-mail their friends the name of the group or they can just pass on the information for the group themselves," Berlo said. "As long as they purchase their tickets and specify which group they'd like to be in by the deadline, they should be all set."
Cavanaugh Hall sophomore Kaitlyn Clarke said the old system allowed students to have some say over where they sat, whereas the online distribution might be more randomized.
"[Under the old system,] you know if you go early to the stadium you know you're going to get the best lottery numbers because even though they say they're random, they're not actually random," she said. "They do give them in order. But, going online, maybe that will make it more random."