mansfield-> bad for the environment

GreenTeaDisease
GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
edited March 2008 in The Porch
there might be a thread about this somewhere already...who knows...

I thought they weren't ever gonna play there again? I mean I know it wasn't official or anything, but damn, I was getting so used to going to shows in the city! the tweeter center is for old people!

kidding aside, we all have to pollute to get there- there's pretty much no way to get there without driving. multiply the emissions by all the fans at the show...

I mean I'm still going to go of course, but I wonder if they tried to get the garden and couldn't for some reason?
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  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    there might be a thread about this somewhere already...who knows...

    I thought they weren't ever gonna play there again? I mean I know it wasn't official or anything, but damn, I was getting so used to going to shows in the city! the tweeter center is for old people!

    Ed sung "we don't ever have to play this outdoor place again" during YL at Boston 3 and said next time "see you at the Fleet" but don't take his every word as gospel. They'd probably made plans already for the VFC tour and knew they would be there so maybe it was a hint.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    Ed sung "we don't ever have to play this outdoor place again" during YL at Boston 3 and said next time "see you at the Fleet" but don't take his every word as gospel. They'd probably made plans already for the VFC tour and knew they would be there so maybe it was a hint.

    he got half of that right. they DID play at the fleet their 2005 and 2006 dates.
    2003 Mansfield III 
    2004 Boston I 
    2006 Boston I 
    2008 Bonnaroo, Hartford, Mansfield I 
    2010 Hartford 
    2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
    2016 Bonnaroo, Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2018 Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
    2022 Camden
    2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    the garden sounds like crap. dont get me wrong id go to the garden in heartbeat. tweeter center has amazing sound quality.
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    Once I get out of this town


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  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    the garden sounds like crap. dont get me wrong id go to the garden in heartbeat. tweeter center has amazing sound quality.

    hey man, since you've been to the tweeter, how is the seating. pretty much anywhere besides lawn good seats? or no? fill me in!
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    hey man, since you've been to the tweeter, how is the seating. pretty much anywhere besides lawn good seats? or no? fill me in!
    ive never been. all i said was going by my dad. but all the seating is elavated. so good seats all around
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • gotcha
    gotcha Posts: 56
    so the mansfield venue isn't accessible by public transit? or within walking distance of public transit? i've been looking into that show as a backup to NYC if i don't get the tickets, and it seemed to be on a transit line, somewhere. please tell me if i am wrong - this makes a big difference!! also, is it or is it not public transit accessible from boston? from what i saw, it's just like a suburb.
    "uncanny and immutable"
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    ive never been. all i said was going by my dad. but all the seating is elavated. so good seats all around

    sounds good. just out of curiosity .. what's your 10c number? because if i remember correctly you're around my age.
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Pretty sure my Uncle takes the train there for every Pats game. It drops you off close enough to walk less than 1/2 Mile if I remember correctly. Literally drops you off in the parking lot or there about.

    Could someone confirm this as I'm not 100% since the new stadium.
  • BustedDownThePretext
    BustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    gotcha wrote:
    so the mansfield venue isn't accessible by public transit? or within walking distance of public transit? i've been looking into that show as a backup to NYC if i don't get the tickets, and it seemed to be on a transit line, somewhere. please tell me if i am wrong - this makes a big difference!! also, is it or is it not public transit accessible from boston? from what i saw, it's just like a suburb.

    i was there twice in 03, and if i remember correctly, it's like 45-50 minutes south of boston.

    well, not sure if it was south, but it was definitely like 45 minutes.
    "and onward goes this thing of ours."

    Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri
  • BustedDownThePretext
    BustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    and with regard to the environmental issues...doesn't pearl jam still do a carbon-offset program for each tour?
    "and onward goes this thing of ours."

    Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    BustedDownThePretext wrote:
    i was there twice in 03, and if i remember correctly, it's like 45-50 minutes south of boston.

    well, not sure if it was south, but it was definitely like 45 minutes.

    since you've been there before, hows the seating? any seat besides lawn good seats?
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • mulva9
    mulva9 Posts: 417
    There's a commuter rail to Mansfield. You need to take a cab ride to the venue though
  • BustedDownThePretext
    BustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    since you've been there before, hows the seating? any seat besides lawn good seats?

    all amphitheaters are the same...and yes any seat is decent, but more importantly they always have great sound.
    "and onward goes this thing of ours."

    Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri
  • foxymop_stupidmop
    foxymop_stupidmop Posts: 159
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    since you've been there before, hows the seating? any seat besides lawn good seats?

    Down low is good, and lawn isn't actually all that bad provided it's not raining, of course, but I feel like the second tier of seating is hit or miss if you end up in it. Just hope you don't end up behind a pole!

    For the record, I'm rather short, and that definitely has strong bearing on my opinion.

    Sound IS awesome.
    Stop following me, I do not know where I am going.
  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I love the Tweeter center.
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    mulva9 wrote:
    There's a commuter rail to Mansfield. You need to take a cab ride to the venue though

    I'm not from Boston but I did go to Boston 3 and we looked into the train from Boston and from what I remember it was going to be mighty tight to get the last train before the end of the show. It's in the middle of nowhere (well seemed to be) and you wouldn't wanna get stuck in there. We trained it there and back but got a motel for the night of the show and got a taxi to and from the show. I'd highly recommend that if your from out of town and don't know the area and book a motel early. As far ad the venue went, I loved it but we don't have sheds in Europe or Australia so maybe it was novelty value, I thought the sound was great though where we were seated.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • pj0705
    pj0705 Posts: 189
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    I love the Tweeter center.

    Me too
  • LongerRoad
    LongerRoad Posts: 72
    Train is a bad idea...there is no easy way to get to Great Woods, er...Tweeter Center from the train. The guy who referenced the Pats game is right about the 1/2 mile walk but the only problem is the Pats don't really play anywhere near Mansfield. Foxborough is a good 20-40 minutes away, depending on traffic.

    Best bet may be to take the train into Boston and see if you can hook up with someone from there. But leave early - traffic traveling south out of the city, on a work day, is usually a nightmare. It is 4th of July week so that may reduce that problem a little but if you leave the city anytime after 4 pm, you are rolling the dice big time...

    Re: seating: anything under the roof is good. I've sat in the last row under the roof and it's fine.
  • R-Dub81
    R-Dub81 Posts: 374
    i saw my first paerl jam show there (night 3, 03) i was about 1/2 way up the second section of seats. had a great view and the sound was great.

    if you get seats back too far, they are un-covered. which sucks if its raining....and it always rains when i go there. make sure you are down low to stay dry.
    "Some people think it makes a difference...I think it's the difference that makes it" 

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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,937
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    I'm not from Boston but I did go to Boston 3 and we looked into the train from Boston and from what I remember it was going to be mighty tight to get the last train before the end of the show..
    Mighty tight is an understatement...last train out of Mansfield station heading back to boston is at 10:17PM, so you would have to catch a cab before 10PM, so leave your seats around 9:30-9:45...not really an option for a show which should run till 11PM.
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