Hartzell made that comment about GMac not coaching in 'The Mac' tongue-in-cheek. It was established long ago that UNI would continue to play Iowa and ISU in the Dome so that as many fans that wanted to could see the game. The increase in ticket price is something that happened across the board this year. All game tickets went up for all UNI basketball games, so this ticket also went up some. Expect the UNI/Iowa game next year to have the same price. I would love for the game to be moved to the McLeod Center, but I don't forsee that happening.
So far, UNI has 2,000 tickets reserved for student seating, 3,000 for season ticket holders, which leaves only 1,200 single game seats for fans to buy. There will be some additional temporary seats added if there is demand, and standing room only seats are available too. Capacity is 7,000. There will also be luxury boxes added after the season.
There are some pics from inside the new arena linked below.
http://pics.livejournal.com/rawbery79/gallery/0002pc5y