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Certainly not at the grounds in Tinley. They wouldn't want to give the illusion of encouraging safe choices. Drunk driving tickets are more profitable for the town I suppose...

Seems to me there was a significant change around that time 5 or so yrs ago... Like maybe when we stopped going to Toyota Park?

Same old story is about to unfold: Tinley Park will claim tailgating can't start until 2 or 3, but they'll open the gates at about 12:30 (as long as an ill-timed storm doesn't roll through again)....

So let's cut to the chase: where will the 8-noon pretailgate shift go down?

This has already been the assumption... Source?

Secured a couple rooms @ La Quinta, but they're all full now. Good thing there are a few hotels right in the area, but maybe not for long. And that's before he even announces a show there! Start the countdown!

Bingo. Bathroom breaks took 5 minutes at Toyota, far cry from the lines at Tinley. Northerly Island is only remembered as a poor location because it had just been converted into what it is now, so the sod was not set, and then Chicago got a ton of rainfall in the days leading up to it.... So it was ...

That's the only gripe? Not the delayed start to tailgating? Or the fact that Toyota had a better view from every spot in the stadium than practically anywhere @ Tinley? Or the s*** gravel-mixed-w/-boulders parking lot covering half the tailgating area? Or the severe lack of toilets leading to ...

I agree wholeheartedly! We need to make the return finally happen.

Expecting another late June arrival for Jimmy & crew, and also expecting an unfortunate return to Tinley.... But let's be honest, isn't there a better option???

What kind of turnout is expected for this?

Thank God the tiki torch still shines!

I don't know anything about anything, other than Johnny Russler and the Beach Bum Band playing in Wauconda on Sunday at 5:00pm.

Baffled that the Landshark Beer Garden doesn't have a Buffetty band on Friday night ...

So.... Since I bought tickets to see Jimmy and not any opening act, does that mean I can remain in the lot until 840? Or will they start ushering people in once the gates open @ 630?

This forum could use some more activity.... Where is everyone? dnw's countdown is great but is nobody planning to do anything before the show?

Does anyone know what the significance of moving the show up by 10 min would be? And what is the official/non-official word on when tailgating might start this year? Pre-tailgate festivities @ Holiday Inn, is that the plan?

They have this thing in Chicago & other big cities called a transit system. Works really well and is cheaper and less hassle than driving through traffic and construction and then finding parking. Plus, nobody will know you're from out of state (if you care about those things).

Or you could stay ...

A few years ago there was a Buffett cover band playing @ the Margaritaville on Navy Pier and another one further down the pier @ the beer garden, but that was when the show was @ Northerly Island. It's always best to do a night or 3 downtown before the show.

You will be sadly disappointed if you expect the tailgate experience you got @ Toyota Park. Tinley doesn't normally allow tailgating at all, but they make an exception for the Parrotheads and open mid afternoon some time. They have far too few restrooms for the amount of people who are there, so get ...

We were pre-partying @ the Odyssey Sweet Spot. They are about to let us in early but the 1st storm came through. We waited the storm out and then they let us in. Another storm rolled through like an hour before the show and that's when we were playing in the rain while everyone else huddled under ...

I wouldn't get my hopes up, last year was supposed to open up around 2 or so it seems, and they were ready to let us all in early but then a storm rolled through and we had to wait it out. Ended up staying the tailgate right around the 2 or 3:00 mark they said it would start. Although it would be ...

Let the planning begin!

Do it right and go downtown the night before. You'll find plenty.