Pittsburgh 6/26/05

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » April 22, 2005 4:49 pm

Page 9 Update

Saturday
The Saturday Pre-Party is at Margarita Mama's in Station Square; 4pm - ??
http://www.steelcityfins.org/images/preparty.jpg
www.stationsquare.com

Sunday
General Parking is $30 for cars and $120 for RV's. General Parking gates open at 12PM. They will only let you pay for your spot when you park.
VIP Parking is $100 and can be reserved online. VIP gates open at 9AM.
http://www.eventparking.com/alco.html
http://www.alcoparking.com/images/gameday_view.jpg

Station Square is having a Parrothead Party from 1PM to 5PM the day of the concert;
http://www.stationsquare.com/ParrotHeadParty.htm

The Gateway Clipper Fleet runs shuttles from Station Square to PNC Park. 1way tickets are listed on their website at $4;
www.gatewayclipper.com

Contact List
The preliminary contact list has been sent. I'll send an updated version as the concert draws nearer. If you want to be on it, send me a PM with the following information;
Real name
Cell phone #
Email address
Where you're coming from
Where you're staying
Arrival and departure
What to look for

Need a Room?
I'm holding a room at 3 downtown hotels. Send me a PM if you want to switch one of them to your name. All are for Saturday and Sunday nights;

Courtyard by Marriott (0.44 miles)
945 Penn Ave.
$129 / night

Hilton Pittsburgh (0.46 miles)
600 Commonwealth Pl
$119 / night

Omni William Penn Hotel (0.75 miles)
530 William Penn Place
$119 / night

alpomatic · Post by **alpomatic** » April 22, 2005 6:14 pm

spainjane wrote:
alpomatic wrote:Are you from Boonton, N.J. ?
YOU'VE HEARD OF IT !?!?!?!
yes

I'm from East Hanover.
We met you and your husband at Margaritaville and took a taxi from the Flamingo to Tommy Rockers with you. Also back to our hotels after LMS. Can't wiat for Pittsburgh. We will have to meet for drinks.

spainjane · Post by **spainjane** » April 22, 2005 7:23 pm

alpomatic wrote: I'm from East Hanover.
We met you and your husband at Margaritaville and took a taxi from the Flamingo to Tommy Rockers with you. Also back to our hotels after LMS. Can't wiat for Pittsburgh. We will have to meet for drinks.

ooops! Of course I remember you! And that line about the slots jumping out and blocking your way back to the room! I just didn't remember your screen name!
It'll be great to hang out with you guys again in Pittsburgh. Where are you staying?

alpomatic · Post by **alpomatic** » April 22, 2005 7:30 pm

spainjane wrote:
alpomatic wrote: I'm from East Hanover.
We met you and your husband at Margaritaville and took a taxi from the Flamingo to Tommy Rockers with you. Also back to our hotels after LMS. Can't wiat for Pittsburgh. We will have to meet for drinks.
ooops! Of course I remember you! And that line about the slots jumping out and blocking your way back to the room! I just didn't remember your screen name!
It'll be great to hang out with you guys again in Pittsburgh. Where are you staying?

We have not decided where we are staying yet, but will let you know when we do. Where are you staying? Those slots got in my way alot. LOL. We got great seats. Fl. Sec. 19 for Pittsburgh. Only 2 more months to go.

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » April 23, 2005 10:59 am

Thanks for being the cruise director, Four Play...we received the list and related attachments!

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » April 23, 2005 11:01 am

aplomatic...

Is your avatar Frosty's Bar on Put-In-Bay?!?!?

alpomatic · Post by **alpomatic** » April 23, 2005 2:28 pm

Big Phan wrote:aplomatic...

Is your avatar Frosty's Bar on Put-In-Bay?!?!?

Yes the famous frostys bar , on put-in -bay !!!

We are going to the Phlocking of the Phaithful in June. Are you going? It sounds like it is going to be great.

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » April 23, 2005 5:40 pm

alpomatic wrote:
Big Phan wrote:aplomatic...

Is your avatar Frosty's Bar on Put-In-Bay?!?!?
Yes the famous frostys bar , on put-in -bay !!! We are going to the Phlocking of the Phaithful in June. Are you going? It sounds like it is going to be great.

Never been to the Phlocking

but might have to find out more about it!!!

alpomatic · Post by **alpomatic** » April 24, 2005 8:35 am

Big Phan wrote:
alpomatic wrote:
Big Phan wrote:aplomatic...

Is your avatar Frosty's Bar on Put-In-Bay?!?!?
Yes the famous frostys bar , on put-in -bay !!! We are going to the Phlocking of the Phaithful in June. Are you going? It sounds like it is going to be great.
Never been to the Phlocking but might have to find out more about it!!!

The website for the Phlocking is www.phlocking.com. All the info you need can be found there.

Craiger · Post by **Craiger** » April 25, 2005 9:49 am

I highly recommend going to the Phlocking- it's a blast! There's tons of good bands, and the host hotel/bar has recently been completely renovated.

Plus, Put-in-Bay is a beautiful place.

JW · Post by JW » April 25, 2005 6:50 pm

spainjane wrote:
Four Play wrote: (Contact Information Not Received)
Captain Morgan
Craiger
dancelikeafool
Demerara
finnedfocus
Hoosier PH
JW
Lespaul30
lil miss magic
LIPH
nodoutt
pirate at 50
Reefdiver
spainjane + 1
TTEFFUB
Zanzibar
oops! Just noticed we're on the naughty list...
incoming!

Same here! Don't want to stay on the bad list!

Craiger · Post by **Craiger** » April 26, 2005 9:20 am

Quick question-

Has anyone who ordered "regular" tickets (i.e. not pre-sale) gotten them?

I ordered 2 cheap seats the day they went on sale, but still haven't recieved them. Are they sending them out closer to the show date?

Just a little paranoid since the pre-sale folks seemed to get theirs in about a week or so...

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » April 27, 2005 4:44 pm

Craiger wrote:Quick question-

Has anyone who ordered "regular" tickets (i.e. not pre-sale) gotten them?

I ordered 2 cheap seats the day they went on sale, but still haven't recieved them. Are they sending them out closer to the show date?

Just a little paranoid since the pre-sale folks seemed to get theirs in about a week or so...

Got my tickets from the sale to the public quite some time ago...I understand your paranoia!

Argh, Phlocking of the Phaithful weekend is already booked

(better rephrase that...booked on my calendar, the Phlocking is not booked up

)

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » May 2, 2005 2:57 pm

I think Mr. B found this first;
http://www.eventparking.com/alco.html

Regular parking is $30 and $120 for RV's.
VIP Parking is $100 and has to be reserved in advance.

The way I see it our options are;
1. Skip setting up a tailgate and go to the bars instead.
2. Tailgate somewhere else and then start seeking transportation to town (PNC)

3. Show up at the same lot at the same time and try to get spots together.
4. Give someone money in advance and have them try to hold spots with cash in hand. *

* I'm not sure if this option will work. I've tried calling the numbers on the website, and all of them go to a fast busy. I sent an email to customerservice@alcoparking.com and I'll let you know if I get a response.

I'm leaning toward #1 not setting up a tailgate, just taking the boat from Station Square. We'll probably leave a couple of hours before the concert to check out the tailgating setups.

What does everyone else want to do?

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » May 2, 2005 3:54 pm

The way I see it our options are;
1. Skip setting up a tailgate and go to the bars instead.
2. Tailgate somewhere else and then start seeking transportation to town (PNC)
3. Show up at the same lot at the same time and try to get spots together.
4. Give someone money in advance and have them try to hold spots with cash in hand. *
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. I like this idea best

2. I have no idea where else we would tailgate since I don't know Pittsburgh.

3. Gonna be tough to pull off

4. Connie sent an e-mail to everyone about this...may be hard to do since parking officials may "force" people into spots versus giving you free reign in the parking lot.

My only other thought...if someone is planning a large tailgate set-up using one vehicle or an RV, everyone make a donation - in advance - to help defray parking fees and we could all meet up at this location.

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » May 3, 2005 10:55 am

Here is the reply I got back from the folks at Alco Parking.
Sounds like Option #4 is definitely out.

Customer Service wrote: If you go to our website, www.alcoparking.com and click on Stadium parking, you can view a map of all the North Shore Lots. All these lots together total less than 5,000 spaces. A sold-out concert at PNC Park has 40,000 fans. So, in the interest of accomodating as many fans as possible, we limit parking spaces to parking cars. When you arrive at the lot, you will only be permitted to purchase a space for your vehicle. You will not be permitted to purchase or save additional parking spaces.

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » May 3, 2005 10:59 am

According to the Pittsburgh Club, Station Square is having an all-day party the day of the concert with the Clipper Fleet running shuttles to PNC. I'm really glad we booked our room there now!

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » May 3, 2005 11:02 am

Four Play wrote:According to the Pittsburgh Club, Station Square is having an all-day party the day of the concert with the Clipper Fleet running shuttles to PNC. I'm really glad we booked our room there now!

I think partying in Station Square probably IS the best idea of all!

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » May 3, 2005 11:05 am

P.S. Have you seen?

http://www.stationsquare.com/main.htm

Edit: If you click on events, you can get to the parrothead party page!

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » May 3, 2005 11:25 am

Four Play wrote:According to the Pittsburgh Club, Station Square is having an all-day party the day of the concert with the Clipper Fleet running shuttles to PNC. I'm really glad we booked our room there now!

That sounds awesome. I think I may book a room there but what hotel is it? I seem to have trouble finding out what the hotel is at station square

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