Great Woods 2008 venue to be announced soon

tryin' to reason · Post by **tryin' to reason** » August 28, 2007 9:36 pm

Soon after the Gillette fiascos, I reckon!!

hulagirl@heart · Post by **hulagirl@heart** » August 29, 2007 7:48 am

I'm sure Gillette will be great, but I damn sure hope he goes back to GW next year...best parking lot in the world!

bgsherris · Post by **bgsherris** » August 29, 2007 4:15 pm

tryin' to reason wrote:Soon after the Gillette fiascos, I reckon!!

And the basis of your statement is....what?

B.

tryin' to reason · Post by **tryin' to reason** » August 29, 2007 7:36 pm

bgsherris wrote:
tryin' to reason wrote:Soon after the Gillette fiascos, I reckon!!

And the basis of your statement is....what?

B.

Traffic, parking, arrests, sound quality, sight lines/distance to stage, comparisons to prior venues, quality of the Buffett experience, etc., etc., etc.
Let's see how pholks feel on the 3rd...

hulagirl@heart · Post by **hulagirl@heart** » August 30, 2007 8:43 pm

Geez, I don't think it'll be that bad, I just think my personal preference is GW, had so many good experiences there!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » August 30, 2007 10:15 pm

tryin' to reason wrote:
bgsherris wrote:
tryin' to reason wrote:Soon after the Gillette fiascos, I reckon!!

And the basis of your statement is....what?

B.
Traffic, parking, arrests, sound quality, sight lines/distance to stage, comparisons to prior venues, quality of the Buffett experience, etc., etc., etc.
Let's see how pholks feel on the 3rd...

Um....isn't the concert still coming up?

I know that it's a totally different venue...but everyone hated the idea of Wrigley Field, too. And those concerts were GREAT!!!

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » September 3, 2007 9:45 pm

I was talking to someone tailgating yesterday at the Gillette show, and they said that Jimmy won't be playing back at GW unless he's willing to play sometime other than Labor Day, as GW is being used as part of the Golf tournament now, and they get big money for it.
Personally, I have mixed feelings. Part of me would love to see him back at GW, smaller more intimate feeling than Gillette and less hassles parking. But, Labor Day weekend for me is Jimmy time ( kinda like fireworks on 4th of July), and I'd love to keep that part of my calendar intact if I can. Besides, maybe after Gillette gets the construction done, and they see how Parrotheads aren't the rough crowd they had at the Country Festival last month, next year things will get better.
All in all, parking wasn't that bad last night. We were set up by 1:15 and enjoyed a great day of meeting fellow PHs, and living out many classic Jimmy tunes

After the show, we warmed up the grill, had a bite to eat, packed up our stuff and left the lot with little traffic just after midnight. We were staying at the Holiday inn Express about 3 miles away, and it took us 5 minutes to get there. Both of us were surprised how quickly we got back to our room.
Just my 2 cents,
C-Dawg

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » September 3, 2007 10:00 pm

I thought Jimmy said last night that next year they were just gonna rent out Rhode Island!

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » September 3, 2007 10:10 pm

gingerbreadman wrote:I thought Jimmy said last night that next year they were just gonna rent out Rhode Island!

I hope he does, it's a slightly shorter trip for me.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » September 3, 2007 10:16 pm

Parking would probably be easier too!

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » September 3, 2007 11:24 pm

C-Dawg wrote:Parking would probably be easier too!

We'll be there!

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » September 4, 2007 12:16 am

gingerbreadman wrote:I thought Jimmy said last night that next year they were just gonna rent out Rhode Island!

Uh-huh. The Governor's people are talkin' to JB's people as we speak.

C-Dawg wrote:Parking would probably be easier too!

Naturally....

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » September 4, 2007 6:51 am

LIPH wrote:
gingerbreadman wrote:I thought Jimmy said last night that next year they were just gonna rent out Rhode Island!
I hope he does, it's a slightly shorter trip for me.

and it certainly is more intimate, with better sight-lines to all corners..

jeepndd · Post by **jeepndd** » September 4, 2007 11:16 am

It seems Jimmy was aware of the Brouhaha with the parking and the extra police for us rowdy Parrotheads or perhaps I just read too much into his comments. I personally hope he's back in Foxboro next year just because it's possible for fans to get tickets without feeding the scalpers. And just for the record there are a lot of REAL phanz out there that usually end up tailgating in their backyard and listening to Jimmy on the radio because they can't get tickets to the show.

I was really surprised with the town of Foxboro's attitude and felt it was unreasonable. I sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper and gave them a written tongue lashing and mocked them, I don't know if it was printed but they deserved the unkind words. Hopefully they will not be so unreasonable in the future.

ScarletB · Post by **ScarletB** » September 4, 2007 5:27 pm

jeepndd wrote:It seems Jimmy was aware of the Brouhaha with the parking and the extra police for us rowdy Parrotheads or perhaps I just read too much into his comments. I personally hope he's back in Foxboro next year just because it's possible for fans to get tickets without feeding the scalpers. And just for the record there are a lot of REAL phanz out there that usually end up tailgating in their backyard and listening to Jimmy on the radio because they can't get tickets to the show.

I was really surprised with the town of Foxboro's attitude and felt it was unreasonable. I sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper and gave them a written tongue lashing and mocked them, I don't know if it was printed but they deserved the unkind words. Hopefully they will not be so unreasonable in the future.

OOPS read this wrong, took out my response

jeepndd · Post by **jeepndd** » September 4, 2007 9:58 pm

No worries, I didn't see it anyway.

Cobi0613 · Post by **Cobi0613** » September 15, 2007 10:08 pm

C-Dawg wrote:I was talking to someone tailgating yesterday at the Gillette show, and they said that Jimmy won't be playing back at GW unless he's willing to play sometime other than Labor Day, as GW is being used as part of the Golf tournament now, and they get big money for it.
Personally, I have mixed feelings. Part of me would love to see him back at GW, smaller more intimate feeling than Gillette and less hassles parking. But, Labor Day weekend for me is Jimmy time ( kinda like fireworks on 4th of July), and I'd love to keep that part of my calendar intact if I can. Besides, maybe after Gillette gets the construction done, and they see how Parrotheads aren't the rough crowd they had at the Country Festival last month, next year things will get better.
All in all, parking wasn't that bad last night. We were set up by 1:15 and enjoyed a great day of meeting fellow PHs, and living out many classic Jimmy tunes
After the show, we warmed up the grill, had a bite to eat, packed up our stuff and left the lot with little traffic just after midnight. We were staying at the Holiday inn Express about 3 miles away, and it took us 5 minutes to get there. Both of us were surprised how quickly we got back to our room.
Just my 2 cents,
C-Dawg

He's played GW on other dates besides Labor Day weekend. It was 1-2 years ago he was there in June...

Tropic_Al · Post by **Tropic_Al** » September 15, 2007 10:12 pm

Cobi0613 wrote:
C-Dawg wrote:I was talking to someone tailgating yesterday at the Gillette show, and they said that Jimmy won't be playing back at GW unless he's willing to play sometime other than Labor Day, as GW is being used as part of the Golf tournament now, and they get big money for it.
Personally, I have mixed feelings. Part of me would love to see him back at GW, smaller more intimate feeling than Gillette and less hassles parking. But, Labor Day weekend for me is Jimmy time ( kinda like fireworks on 4th of July), and I'd love to keep that part of my calendar intact if I can. Besides, maybe after Gillette gets the construction done, and they see how Parrotheads aren't the rough crowd they had at the Country Festival last month, next year things will get better.
All in all, parking wasn't that bad last night. We were set up by 1:15 and enjoyed a great day of meeting fellow PHs, and living out many classic Jimmy tunes
After the show, we warmed up the grill, had a bite to eat, packed up our stuff and left the lot with little traffic just after midnight. We were staying at the Holiday inn Express about 3 miles away, and it took us 5 minutes to get there. Both of us were surprised how quickly we got back to our room.
Just my 2 cents,
C-Dawg
He's played GW on other dates besides Labor Day weekend. It was 1-2 years ago he was there in June...

Also 08.10 & 08.12.06

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » September 15, 2007 10:40 pm

Jimmy likes playing the bigger venues because his payment is 110% of the gate. Which means he makes a crap load. For each show. Just think about 10 percent of the beer and shirts sold---thats all him.

jeepndd · Post by **jeepndd** » September 15, 2007 11:17 pm

Well he didn't get much on beer at Gillette with them closing all alcohol 15 minutes after he went on. Those people in Foxboro, or the town government at least, are just...stupid.

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