Hartford 6/27/08 Tailgate thread

PatrickBateman

NeverbeenLedbetter wrote:

I'll be there with my Hurricanes jersey on.

boooooo

now i have to wear my Whalers Jersey

12345AGNST1

ill be there with my dad (awesome lol). i have a red 944, im thinking about putting the stickman on the hood with blue painters tape! if you miss it, your a dumbass

butterfly1

I'll be there

(but Nick Fotiu will always be a Ranger)

McNairn

Thanks for the tip on the Motel 6
.6 miles - that's only a two beer walk at best to the stadium.

Any Canadians planning to stay there?

I think Hartford is going to be awesome. Even with the negative talk it will turn out to be an incredible show, on a beautiful June evening, wild and chaotic, - that's what I'm driving 8 hours for!

(Next week we will hear of a two nighter in Toronto I'm sure)
McNairn

nadja_vedder

I will be there, but I will drive back home since I live in Bridgeport!

smarchee

McNairn wrote:

Thanks for the tip on the Motel 6
.6 miles - that's only a two beer walk at best to the stadium.

Any Canadians planning to stay there?

I think Hartford is going to be awesome. Even with the negative talk it will turn out to be an incredible show, on a beautiful June evening, wild and chaotic, - that's what I'm driving 8 hours for!

(Next week we will hear of a two nighter in Toronto I'm sure)
McNairn

hey McNairn, I am going to Hartford, and planning on staying at that hotel. I am outside of Windsor, but am looking for a job next month, so I may be in Toronto or somewhere else. I am not going with anyone as of yet, but I may be staying for the Mansfield show for the next night.

hatnham

I'll be roadtripping from Oak Ridge, NJ!!!

j13chad

i will be going from worcester, ma to hartford than going back home to go the other direction to mansfield not bad hour drive to both! I think

bildo703

I am going to Bonaroo, Camden, then Hartford
where and when is tailgate and or afterparty?

western pearl

nadja_vedder wrote:

I will be there, but I will drive back home since I live in Bridgeport!

Holy shit!! Someone else on here lives in bridgeport?!

12345AGNST1

bildo703 wrote:

I am going to Bonaroo, Camden, then Hartford
where and when is tailgate and or afterparty?

to be honest, i just wanted to make the thread i just assumed the tailgate party was at the venues parking lot???? haha

Dissidentman

I'm taking a "newbie" with me to this show. I just got him into the band about a year ago, and he is psyched to be going. I hope to meet up with with some of you guys before the show, so he gets to see how much of a tight community this really is.

Anyone planning on bringing a laptop or somehow getting online when you get to Hartford? How do you figure where everyone will meet up? Pick a place in advance?

PJgirl01

Definitely going to Hartford! Got tickets to the last show in MA to. If anyone needs a ride to Mansfield after Hartford i'll be driving straight there. Hope to meet some crazy fans like myself!

PatrickBateman

butterfly1 wrote:

I'll be there

(but Nick Fotiu will always be a Ranger)

Next to Adam Graves, he is my favorite player
I actually grew up a Whalers/Rangers fan. We had season tickets back in the 70's-80's and my father was a big hockey fan. I have pictures of me with all sorts of players from back in the day (Colleen Howe wrote an article once about how my brother and I reminded her of Mark and Marty)...many with Nick Fotiu and even some at charity softball games etc. I met him as an adult when he coached with the WolfPack. It sucks that the NHL left Hartford, but at least I got the Rangers' farm team in my backyard.

Dissidentman

How can we leave out Brian Lawton??? 1st US born player to ever go #1 in the NHL draft. We graduated from the same high school, but my hockey career never made it past beer league.

butterfly1

PatrickBateman wrote:

Next to Adam Graves, he is my favorite player
I actually grew up a Whalers/Rangers fan. We had season tickets back in the 70's-80's and my father was a big hockey fan. I have pictures of me with all sorts of players from back in the day (Colleen Howe wrote an article once about how my brother and I reminded her of Mark and Marty)...many with Nick Fotiu and even some at charity softball games etc. I met him as an adult when he coached with the WolfPack. It sucks that the NHL left Hartford, but at least I got the Rangers' farm team in my backyard.

That is very cool--I heard somewhere that Nick is around in the tri-state area, IIRC, maybe doing construction or something like that. AG was an ultimate Ranger and is good guy too.

I have tix to Hartford now the issue is whether to take my wife (shes a huge fan no issue there) and if thats the case, my daughter too. Since I just have 2 10c, I am thinking buying a GA on the lawn for my daughter and all 3 of us lawning it.

schmoff

sign me up

brainofPJ

me...

anyone actually walking to the venue from a hotel?

thinking about it...

Dissidentman

brainofPJ wrote:

me...

anyone actually walking to the venue from a hotel?

thinking about it...

I'll be walking from the Motel 6.

PatrickBateman

butterfly1 wrote:

That is very cool--I heard somewhere that Nick is around in the tri-state area, IIRC, maybe doing construction or something like that. AG was an ultimate Ranger and is good guy too.

I have tix to Hartford now the issue is whether to take my wife (shes a huge fan no issue there) and if thats the case, my daughter too. Since I just have 2 10c, I am thinking buying a GA on the lawn for my daughter and all 3 of us lawning it.

The lawn with your daughter may be kind of rough, no?

little story:
I met Adam Graves at an open practice in hartford (took day off from work). My wife made a sign that said 'my husband named our son after you'...after a half flattered/ half damn! look he tossed a puck over the glass. When they were finished with practice and leaving the ice I waited to get my son his autograph. He took my sharpie, signed his stick and handed it to my son. Very cool guy indeed.