Chicago and Alpine Dates Announced

rkoener · Post by **rkoener** » February 16, 2007 3:26 pm

Yea, Last year was the first year for them. There are 12 of them and they terrace up the right hand side of the lawn (facing the stage). They hold 50 people with plenty of room and have private porta-potty and private bar. The only way to go! No waiting in line or fighting the crowd.

jiggs(2) · Post by **jiggs(2)** » February 16, 2007 3:33 pm

damn hotel rooms are going quick...I'm always on the spot and in chicago there are many rooms sold out...i've been at the HI select for 4 years running and now I'll be elsewhere, but thats okay...Apline rooms are going quick too, but not as fast...this coming in the paper over mvll.com has made a huge difference in the chicago market for rooms...I'm more worried about alpine and I have rooms in Elkhorn 10 minutes away!

MNHulaGirl · Post by **MNHulaGirl** » February 16, 2007 3:50 pm

Do tell us more about these beer decks? How did you get one already??? How much? AND, are you up for sharing any of your tickets? There's just 3 of us - just me (married with keets) but I come with two single girlfriends!!!

Mots · Post by **Mots** » February 16, 2007 3:56 pm

Wingate Inn
Fairfield Inn
Comfort Inn

all sold out in Chicago

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » February 16, 2007 3:56 pm

Figures the first 2 midwest shows announced would be late July.....when my pregnant daughter is due. Won't be able to tear the wife away from the great state of Michigan. And I'll be on the sh*t list if I boogie out of town solo. But that wouldn't be a first.

Maybe I'll have to get with Doctor's and coordinate this birth thing!!

rkoener · Post by **rkoener** » February 16, 2007 4:03 pm

MN hulagirl-

All but 2 of the tickets are for sale. Most of them will be purchased by my friends from the area. I am trying to sell all 50 of them as part of our bus trip, so unless you want to drive to Central Il I don't think I can help you. If for some reason I don't sell them all I can let you know. I think the decks are going to be all but impossible to get this year. I just stumbled upon it last year. Because I had one last year I was at the top of the list for this year. Last I heard there were 30 people on the waiting list and there are only 12 decks.

Triathlete-Parakeet2 · February 16, 2007 4:44 pm

I cant help but wonder.... why are NONE of these dates... these and the Foxborough ones, not on Margaritaville.com? Where are the rest of the dates? Dammit, jimmy why do torture me?

Lasergod65 · Post by **Lasergod65** » February 16, 2007 5:10 pm

Lets not tell anyone so when the tickets go on sale we can all get some. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH.
Jim

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » February 16, 2007 11:36 pm

vagabonded wrote:
YesIamapirate wrote:
vagabonded wrote:
YesIamapirate wrote:First post here and what a thread to post on, booking my room right now!!!!!
welcome to BN! hope to see ya at one of the shows (or both)!!!
Thanks for the warm invite. My birthday is 8/1/07......and yes, it is the BIG 40!!!!!!

What a way to celebrate. Just made reservations at the Hampton Inn!
cant think of a better way to celebrate a bday!

AMEN to That, Mine is 7/18

YuppieParrothead · Post by **YuppieParrothead** » February 17, 2007 11:15 am

Somehow got two rooms on ORBITZ this morning at the Holiday Inn. Would have thought they would be gone by now. Now the impossibility begins of trying to get enough tickets. I'm sure I'll be E-Baying again this year.

Alpine and Tinley back to back weekends. Mrs. Yuppie is gonna be mad!

jiggs(2) · Post by **jiggs(2)** » February 17, 2007 2:34 pm

YuppieParrothead wrote:Somehow got two rooms on ORBITZ this morning at the Holiday Inn. Would have thought they would be gone by now. Now the impossibility begins of trying to get enough tickets. I'm sure I'll be E-Baying again this year.

Alpine and Tinley back to back weekends. Mrs. Yuppie is gonna be mad!

Were they expensive? I saw some rooms out there but they were over $250 a night...regardless, its a great spot for the show and they really are quite liberal about what they allow in their lots the eniter buffett weekend!

Mots · Post by **Mots** » February 17, 2007 11:35 pm

Anyone having a bus leaving from hotels on South LaGrange Road that afternoon?

If so please PM me!
Thanks

LonePalm1 · Post by **LonePalm1** » February 18, 2007 11:10 am

I wonder if it will be harder or easier to get tickets for Chicago with Alpine going on sale at the same time. And what about those people who like to attend both venues? How do they choose which tickets to try to get first?

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » February 18, 2007 11:43 am

LonePalm1 wrote:I wonder if it will be harder or easier to get tickets for Chicago with Alpine going on sale at the same time. And what about those people who like to attend both venues? How do they choose which tickets to try to get first?

If I remember correctly, East Troy and Tinley went sale at the same exact time.

jiggs(2) · Post by **jiggs(2)** » February 18, 2007 11:47 am

LonePalm1 wrote:I wonder if it will be harder or easier to get tickets for Chicago with Alpine going on sale at the same time. And what about those people who like to attend both venues? How do they choose which tickets to try to get first?

They both went on sale on the same date last year as well, I think the tough part is how close the dates are. I think it could actually help odds of getting tickets at alpine. I know many people like myself that would normally do both shows when they're is a month or two between them. I'm sure there will be a fair amount of people going to both, but hopefully more people will try for chicago first...who knows...

If he doesn't announce a thursday show in Tinley saturday night's chicago tickets will go fast, not as fast as alpine simply becuase chicago is bigger...regardless of all the above, tickets will be tough to score, for those wanting both, they'll have to team up or get a lot of computers going at once...

ejr · Post by **ejr** » February 18, 2007 2:37 pm

jiggs(2) wrote:
LonePalm1 wrote:I wonder if it will be harder or easier to get tickets for Chicago with Alpine going on sale at the same time. And what about those people who like to attend both venues? How do they choose which tickets to try to get first?
They both went on sale on the same date last year as well, I think the tough part is how close the dates are. I think it could actually help odds of getting tickets at alpine. I know many people like myself that would normally do both shows when they're is a month or two between them. I'm sure there will be a fair amount of people going to both, but hopefully more people will try for chicago first...who knows...

If he doesn't announce a thursday show in Tinley saturday night's chicago tickets will go fast, not as fast as alpine simply becuase chicago is bigger...regardless of all the above, tickets will be tough to score, for those wanting both, they'll have to team up or get a lot of computers going at once...

If you go back a few years, Jimmy would put a Thursday Tinley show on sale, let it sell out, and then, put both Alpine and Tinley-Saturday on sale at the same time. And they used to typically be a week apart like this, with Jimmy playing Cincy or Indy on the Tuesday in between.

john2266 · Post by **john2266** » February 19, 2007 12:48 am

So will Tinley or Alpine have a pre-sale? Any word on that? And if so I hope someone is altruistic enough to share it with us Parrotheads!!!!

jiggs(2) · Post by **jiggs(2)** » February 19, 2007 8:06 am

john2266 wrote:So will Tinley or Alpine have a pre-sale? Any word on that? And if so I hope someone is altruistic enough to share it with us Parrotheads!!!!

They haven't in the past, presales are usually in places that have season ticket holders, like football or baseball staduims. Unless you want to buy box for buffett, chances are that all seats will go onsale at the same time a week from today.

shred5 · Post by **shred5** » February 19, 2007 10:02 am

YesIamapirate wrote:
vagabonded wrote:
YesIamapirate wrote:First post here and what a thread to post on, booking my room right now!!!!!
welcome to BN! hope to see ya at one of the shows (or both)!!!
Thanks for the warm invite. My birthday is 8/1/07......and yes, it is the BIG 40!!!!!!

What a way to celebrate. Just made reservations at the Hampton Inn!

LOL I turned 40 at buffet last year at Alpine.. My b-day was June 11 so it was really after the show at midnight but hey...

What’s even funnier is the first time I saw Buffet was on my birthday, I went with a girl who’s birthday was June 11 also..

Dave

ejr · Post by **ejr** » February 19, 2007 10:02 am

jiggs(2) wrote:
john2266 wrote:So will Tinley or Alpine have a pre-sale? Any word on that? And if so I hope someone is altruistic enough to share it with us Parrotheads!!!!

They haven't in the past, presales are usually in places that have season ticket holders, like football or baseball staduims. Unless you want to buy box for buffett, chances are that all seats will go onsale at the same time a week from today.

Though there already are a few seats showing up on Stubhub