I know, I Know, But Parking $40 at Gillette??

ClevelandMark · Post by **ClevelandMark** » August 28, 2007 8:08 pm

I know I shouldn't be that picky, but between tickets, travel, (depending upon where you are coming from), and every other cost that is associated with a show, can you believe they want $40 for a car, and $100+ for an RV?! As a wise man once said "You must be crazy!"......
Really, I am not a cheap person. I have spent big bucks in the past and have enjoyed every minute, but I went to the show in Orlando in Feb and it was no where near $40 for a car....I wasn't that loaded......
Sorry for blowing off steam, and even though I am not going, I still think some of the costs associated with attending a show are a little out of whack.....but of course that won't stop me from seeing 'The Man' in the future...oh well....
Party On Folks!
Mark

Hooray Beer! · Post by **Hooray Beer!** » August 28, 2007 8:39 pm

The Kraftys will do anything to make a buck

I'm shocked its only $40

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 28, 2007 9:24 pm

it was $50 in Houston...

urlcenter · Post by **urlcenter** » August 28, 2007 9:37 pm

If you think $40 is high consider that there is a private lot just down route 1 from the stadium charging $60 for cars.

There are actually places near Fenway Park that charge as high as $90 for parking for redsox games.

parrotheadstueby · Post by **parrotheadstueby** » August 28, 2007 9:41 pm

Unbelievable-never been charged at Jones Beach/Cinn/GW/Mohegan lots-makes you appreciate Great Woods as a top venue

ClevelandMark · Post by **ClevelandMark** » August 28, 2007 9:56 pm

See, I guess I am just a Geneva, Ohio boy who is lucky to only pay $15 at a Browns, Indians, or Cavs games.....
Guess I cant complain too much.......
BTW, $40 will buy a lot of Landshark in Florida.....

tryin' to reason · Post by **tryin' to reason** » August 28, 2007 9:58 pm

I understand the Boise show will have FREE valet parking.

st.somewhere · Post by **st.somewhere** » August 29, 2007 7:56 am

Remember that little old place known as "Great Woods", where the parking lots were all together and it was awesome and it was FREE!!!??? This whole Gillette Stadium thing is the just a horrible, horrible idea. See ya on Sunday!

hulagirl@heart · Post by **hulagirl@heart** » August 29, 2007 8:04 am

st.somewhere wrote:Remember that little old place known as "Great Woods", where the parking lots were all together and it was awesome and it was FREE!!!??? This whole Gillette Stadium thing is the just a horrible, horrible idea. See ya on Sunday!

LOL! We'll be there too, but I agree on the whole GW thing!

ccmatt · Post by **ccmatt** » August 29, 2007 8:18 am

The large parking fee was the last straw for me. For the second time in 28 years I will not be attending a Buffett concert, the first time by choice. I know there are good "business" reasons why Buffett has moved from Great Woods, but I can't support another venue when Great Woods is the best place in the country to see him for sound, parking lot, convienience, support staff knowing whats going on etc. Very disappointing.

bixxx · Post by **bixxx** » August 29, 2007 8:41 am

prediction, he won't be back there, and if he is, there will be many empty seats, including mine

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » August 29, 2007 9:56 am

ccmatt wrote:The large parking fee was the last straw for me. For the second time in 28 years I will not be attending a Buffett concert, the first time by choice. I know there are good "business" reasons why Buffett has moved from Great Woods, but I can't support another venue when Great Woods is the best place in the country to see him for sound, parking lot, convienience, support staff knowing whats going on etc. Very disappointing.

well put!

My first thought when I heard Jimmy was doing Gillette was that he wanted to do a big Labor Day show and with the high concentration of Parrot Heads out in New England the Stadium made sense - outdoors, tons of parking, near two major highways, lots of hotels in neighboring towns . . . I loved the idea! Loved it!

I have been a season ticket holder to the Patriots for years and tailgating at Gillette is a pleasure . . . really. I usually hit the main lot or Outlaw BBQ. For 1PM games we get there by 8:30 and there is never a problem with police or anything . . . getting out is a little tough but so is anywhere (including Great Woods) . . .

BUT now it seems that there was a complete lack of planning by the town of Foxboro and all those included with construction and other issues form prior concerts and the Parrot Heads are, for lacking a better word, screwed.

Great Woods 2008! Don't be late!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » August 29, 2007 9:57 am

I never take a bus to a Buffett show.
I prefer to control my own tailgate party...we caravan a bunch of cars over.
At those prices....I'll take a bus!

urlcenter · Post by **urlcenter** » August 29, 2007 10:40 am

Fee for buses at Gillette is $200.00 no post show tailgating

McGee · Post by **McGee** » August 29, 2007 10:44 am

Being a native New Englander I'm conditioned to outrageous parking fees (don't like them, but have come to expect them) so the $40 isn't that upsetting to me. I don't like the fact the parking lots are spread out over close to 1 1/2 miles--from the End Zone to the South to Foxboro terminals to the North. This effectively eliminates the best part of the day-- strolling the parking lot to see all the things there are to see at a Buffett tailgate.

We also set up a bar and give away roughly 5 gallons of mararitas and 50 lbs of beads every year. This may be a challenge this year too.

I'm trying to remain optomistic (it is a Buffett show afterall!) but it's hard.

bixxx · Post by **bixxx** » August 29, 2007 10:47 am

urlcenter wrote:Fee for buses at Gillette is $200.00 no post show tailgating

we will have no choice but to tailgate post show it takes 1 1/2 on a football day to get out, and that is with most people knowing when and where to exit this will take longer FYI i have parked next to p10 for pats games and when exiting they, at times, give you no choice but to go north on route one, no right out of th elot for south take a map in case they send you the direction you do not want to go usually staties directing and they do not take kindly to asking for directions

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » August 29, 2007 10:50 am

I swear to freaking god New Englanders are the whiniest bunch of people I've ever met.

urlcenter · Post by **urlcenter** » August 29, 2007 10:56 am

A friend of mine went with a group of people on a bus to the Kenney Chesney show back in July. He expected to tailgate after as well, however the state police ordered the buses to leave first to get them out of the way. a group in another bus next to my friend's had several people arrested for refusing the police order to leave.

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » August 29, 2007 10:58 am

buffettbride wrote:I swear to freaking god New Englanders are the whiniest bunch of people I've ever met.

obviously you have never been to France.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » August 29, 2007 11:00 am

drunkpirate66 wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I swear to freaking god New Englanders are the whiniest bunch of people I've ever met.
obviously you have never been to France.

Touche.