"Seat snob"?

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » March 6, 2008 3:27 pm

I've sat on the lawn, but prefer seats these days.
The closer the better. I've had good, but never really great seats.
I would like to sit up close just one time. :sigh:

But I'll never complain as long as I'm "in".

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » March 6, 2008 3:31 pm

surfpirate wrote:.... Been wet, danced, had fun, saved $$. Much prefer the pavilion these past 15 years or so. Also spoiled. Had front row center a few times, and couldn't shake feelings of slight disappointment when I was "only" in the 2nd or 3rd row.......~~~~~~~ surfpirate

I hear ya.

popcornjack · Post by **popcornjack** » March 6, 2008 3:38 pm

gingerbreadman wrote:
Carolinadreamin' wrote:I'm a seat snob......which is crazy because I only actually sit during the intermission......but if I want to watch Jimmy on the big screen, I'll stay home and put on my Live at Wrigley Field DVD.....but I have no problems buying lawn tickets for my keets...
No keets here, and the only time we sit down is during intermission as well...

Never had lawn seats for Jimmy, and if that's all I had, I'd rather stay home and watch him on DVD too!

To me, for a show, the lawn just seems like a whole lotta passive observervation VS the seats... they have active participants!

WHA?????? You need to be in the lawn with me!!

Having never been in the seats, I can't speak of their level of participation, and I can attest that there are some who are less active (i.e. more passed out) in the lawn than others, but I always have a blast in the lawn!!

finz2oob · Post by **finz2oob** » March 10, 2008 3:37 pm

I'd prefer to be close to the stage. Having been
front row 3 times for one tour at Great Woods
and a bunch of shows within the 1st 10 rows, I feel
fortunate to have had close-up experiences with JB
and the Reefers that I'll never forget.

That said, if I can't be that close, I'd rather be able
to find a spot on the lawn where there aren't bad drunks
or jerks so I have room to sing along and dance to the music.
The bad part about sitting in the back sections of the
pavilion is when you want to stand and dance and either
have no room or all the people around you are sitting
and get mad at you for wanting to dance.

Hooray Beer! · Post by **Hooray Beer!** » March 10, 2008 5:52 pm

popcornjack wrote:I prefer the lawn.

Same here

Especially at a Buffett show !

freaky4tiki · Post by **freaky4tiki** » March 10, 2008 5:57 pm

phjrsaunt wrote:I just can't "do" the lawn anymore....by back can't take it. I'll just cough up the extra $$ and sit in a seat.

even when I had a seat to sit in, I didn't sit. stood the whole time!

if we were taking the kids I'd get seats just so I know we're all there together. on the lawn things get a little out of hand and it's damn dark out there too.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » March 10, 2008 7:39 pm

Even though I prefer seats, I won't pass up a ticket, even if it is a lawn seat.

baadbobby · Post by **baadbobby** » March 10, 2008 10:18 pm

Did the lawn thing for a while and had great fun. Nowadays I want to see Jimmy Buffett, have been getting not so good pavilion seats and just lucked out today with 16th row. My wife and I look at this thing as an annual expense, we plan for it, it doesn't hurt because it's a given that we're gonna spend $200-$400.

keukawater · Post by **keukawater** » March 10, 2008 10:45 pm

I'm a definite seat snob. Hadn't heard the terminology before, but I like it. I can party all I want in the lot before the show, but when Jimmy's on stage, I want to see him. Especially this year because I have a fear that it might be his last year. If I can't be in the first 30 rows, I'll try another venue until I can get a seat where I want it. Scored 6th row this time around for Philly. I even considered stubhub this time, in case I couldn't get good seats for Philly, right now I'm just thanking the ticket gods that I didn't ahve to go there!

spartan1979 · Post by **spartan1979** » March 11, 2008 1:37 pm

I had tickets for St. Louis on my screen yesterday. Far right, next to last row and I threw them back. I couldn't bring myself to pay $614 for lousy seats. A couple of years ago, I would have taken them.

I was looking at ticket stubs last night and Jimmy's first concert at this same venue was $26 (1991). It's just getting to be more than I want to pay for a few hours entertainment. I'd rather take the money (plus some more), go to Florida for a long weekend and maybe catch Jim Morris or Sunny Jim. Maybe drive to Champaign or Peoria and catch the Boat Drunks.

We caught the Boat Drunks last year at a winery. Sitting in the sun, on an Adrirondack chair, with a bottle of wine (that probably cost less than one margarita at a Buffett show) and some snacks was as much fun as seeing Jimmy, for a lot less.

Maybe I'm just getting old.

oneparticularwino · Post by **oneparticularwino** » March 11, 2008 3:18 pm

My name is oneparticularwino and I am a seat snob, and loving every minute of it!!!!!!!!

The closer the better.

If you like to stand around in a crowd, listen to music, and have a few (or too many) beers........Hey wait a minute. Isn't that called TAILGATING!!!!!!

I'm there to see a CONCERT. Not BS with anyone with a beer in there hand. For those who do like the lawn, and want to be there, I say great, have fun and enjoy yourselves.

If lawn seats is all I can get, than those are the breaks. I'll will sit on the lawn.

But if the opportunity comes about to have a really good seat, than I jump on it and will even sit by myself if necessary.

I have sat in the first ten rows 6 out of the last 9 times seeing JB, and loved every second of it.

Once again.....

I'm a SEAT SNOB.

CoMo · Post by **CoMo** » March 11, 2008 8:37 pm

For every other concert I ever went to, I was obsessed with getting the best seats. But for Buffett, I have always preferred the lawn. However, after numerous beers etc. at Alpine last year, I couldn't seem to find my friends in the lawn. The people I did find were cool, but not being with my friends after making the long trip up there was kind of lame. So I guess I am now a seat snob.

Tequila Tom · Post by **Tequila Tom** » March 13, 2008 9:33 pm

Some people like to party on the lawn, but I do my partyin' in the lot during the hours before the show. Once the show starts, it's all about the music so I like to be as close as possible. Otherwise, the lawn is too much like watching a video on the big screen - and there's always the possibility of rain: sprinkles I can handle, but I'm too old to do a "Woodstock experience".

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 13, 2008 9:34 pm

Tequila Tom wrote:Some people like to party on the lawn, but I do my partyin' in the lot during the hours before the show. Once the show starts, it's all about the music so I like to be as close as possible. Otherwise, the lawn is too much like watching a video on the big screen - and there's always the possibility of rain: sprinkles I can handle, but I'm too old to do a "Woodstock experience".

Yep.. yep..

rumdrinks · Post by **rumdrinks** » March 13, 2008 10:22 pm

Does being on the field at CBP in Philly count as a "lawn" seat? It is on the grass

docandjeanie · Post by **docandjeanie** » March 13, 2008 10:32 pm

My last lawn seat, consisted of a drunk woman in front of us arguing with a group of 20 somethings, who were minding their own business. I think one of them by accident kicked their blanket, she got mad and then, the guy apologized, the lunatic husband, grabbed the guy by the throat and barrelled into their crowd, a fight broke out. I felt sorry for the 20 somethings, as everyone thought they caused the fight, they had nothing to do with it. The fight lasted for several songs with many people getting into it, trying to break it up, joining in, etc. Security threw the kids out, and then came to get the guy. Good for them.

I will not sit in the lawn again. I had good times prior to that, but that one did me in. If there is only lawn seats, I am out

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 15, 2008 3:15 am

I don't mind the lawn at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu since it's such a small venue, but anywhere else I go for pavillion tickets. (Unless, of course, lawn tickets are all that's left, in which case I'll take them).
Other than Honolulu in 2005 & 2007, I haven't been on the lawn since Chicago in 1999.

ladyparrothead · Post by **ladyparrothead** » March 15, 2008 5:45 am

I guess I must be a seat snob

since I have never had lawn seats. Way to old for that!

pamesoo · Post by **pamesoo** » March 15, 2008 12:20 pm

spartan1979 wrote:I had tickets for St. Louis on my screen yesterday. Far right, next to last row and I threw them back. I couldn't bring myself to pay $614 for lousy seats. A couple of years ago, I would have taken them.

I was looking at ticket stubs last night and Jimmy's first concert at this same venue was $26 (1991). It's just getting to be more than I want to pay for a few hours entertainment. I'd rather take the money (plus some more), go to Florida for a long weekend and maybe catch Jim Morris or Sunny Jim. Maybe drive to Champaign or Peoria and catch the Boat Drunks.

We caught the Boat Drunks last year at a winery. Sitting in the sun, on an Adrirondack chair, with a bottle of wine (that probably cost less than one margarita at a Buffett show) and some snacks was as much fun as seeing Jimmy, for a lot less.

Maybe I'm just getting old.

We were at that winery then! How do I know? We go every time the BD's are there! Love those guys!

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » March 15, 2008 3:37 pm

Nowadays, if I end up with lawn tickets, I stand way in the back, well out of the crowd, and enjoy the bigscreen. I never did understand people who got lawn tickets and pushed/shoved/fought their way down to the railing behind the pavilion seats. Christ, yer still half a mile away from the stage. Can you really see or hear any better from the railing?