Thanks to Ms. Wes C. Addle I'll be all set with a place to stay! :thumbup:
Will there be a web cam involved?
Just asking
Maybe...
:thumbup:
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It will happen @ Alpine over two days late summer/early fall.
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No Camping, that got shut down by the band because they didn't want it to be a "festival," they wanted it to be two separate shows. eddie's recent chicago tribune interview sorta confirms this.
See you there!
It's all happening....
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It will happen @ Alpine over two days late summer/early fall.
Pearl Jam
Neil Young
The Strokes
Temple of the Dog
more TBA
No Camping, that got shut down by the band because they didn't want it to be a "festival," they wanted it to be two separate shows. eddie's recent chicago tribune interview sorta confirms this.
MILWAUKEE- ALPINE VALLEY 45 MIN
CHICAGO AIRPORT- APLINE VALLEY 1 40 MIN
CHICAGO- MILWAUKEE 40 MIN
I think these travel times are without traffic.
ill be so many hours at airplanes can hadle a few hours traffic
I live in Chicagoland and you can't get anywhere without traffic, but I didn't want people to get the wrong concept of how long it takes to get to these places driving and make bad travel plan decisions around them.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
[I live in Chicagoland and you can't get anywhere without traffic, but I didn't want people to get the wrong concept of how long it takes to get to these places driving and make bad travel plan decisions around them.
no worries,good to get infos from people live in the area,,just need to put the positive side,,its traffic ,will pass
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Thanks to Ms. Wes C. Addle I'll be all set with a place to stay! :thumbup:
nice... ...she didnt invite me.. :(
Yes I did!!! I want you to join!
really???
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Great times will be had in that house... And movies made.
yes you did invite me..!!!sorry....movies is on..lights,please...and Action!!!!
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
It will happen @ Alpine over two days late summer/early fall.
Pearl Jam
Neil Young
The Strokes
Temple of the Dog
more TBA
No Camping, that got shut down by the band because they didn't want it to be a "festival," they wanted it to be two separate shows. eddie's recent chicago tribune interview sorta confirms this.
See you there!
Neil is touring with Buffalo Springfield right after this weekend with two shows at Red Rocks. The Red Rocks shows are not announced yet but it came out because they were denied a show in Telluride on September 9 by the town council due to conflict with the Blues & Brews Fest. So the Labor Day dates are still open for Neil, maybe he'll bring the Springfield along.
I am also still obsessively hoping for a Pete, Roger or Who guest appearance. Daltrey's North American "Tommy" tour was announced today, it's starting in Florida on September 13.
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Posting to make sure I can find this thread - just in case I can make it...
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***UPDATE ON ALPINE VALLEY***
So I talked to a guy I work with at the Brewers who has season tickets at Alpine Valley. Now I know, many are thinking that yeah, yeah, yeah I know a guy who knows a guy, who knows a guy. But I work in ticket sales myself and he has been working in this area a lot longer than I have. So I trust him.
Well he has heard that PJ wants to have a three night affair and since the Grateful Dead tore the place up on a long stand in 1989, Alpine Valley and or the city of East Troy do not allow more then two nights in a row for bands.
The last he had heard, the talks were ongoing, but he had also heard that it was in jeopardy.
The dates were definitely Labor Day weekend though he wasn't sure if it were actually on labor day or just that weekend.
Hope they can or have finalized, because I really want it to be at Alpine. He is going to look into it for me, so I will let everyone know if I hear more. But from what I gather we may get the announcement next week anyway.
Formerly Brew Crew Tix “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
So I talked to a guy I work with at the Brewers who has season tickets at Alpine Valley. Now I know, many are thinking that yeah, yeah, yeah I know a guy who knows a guy, who knows a guy. But I work in ticket sales myself and he has been working in this area a lot longer than I have. So I trust him.
Well he has heard that PJ wants to have a three night affair and since the Grateful Dead tore the place up on a long stand in 1989, Alpine Valley and or the city of East Troy do not allow more then two nights in a row for bands.
The last he had heard, the talks were ongoing, but he had also heard that it was in jeopardy.
The dates were definitely Labor Day weekend though he wasn't sure if it were actually on labor day or just that weekend.
Hope they can or have finalized, because I really want it to be at Alpine. He is going to look into it for me, so I will let everyone know if I hear more. But from what I gather we may get the announcement next week anyway.
Thanks for letting us know what you know! I was hoping for three nights, hope they can pull it off!
Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
This is real interesting. I did some quick research on this. The Dead had a 3 day run in 1989 that is considered legendary if you believe the reviews on Archive.org. On the third night it rained and rained and the lawn was pretty badly damaged. Someone noted:
As if the two previous nights weren't killer. This one was unforgettable. What a mess with all the rain!
I went to see The Who a few days later. Great band, but what a buzz-kill. "The lawn" had all these craters throughout, and it was impossible to quit thinking about the bomb that had been dropped a few days earlier.
So if it was the rain and 40,000 deadheads, they should loosen up. PJ fans will promise to be well-behaved
If they can get three nights, I hope they can rotate the reserved fixed seats so most of us get at least one night relatively close in, and two nights on the lawn.
Also hope it's Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Charles
"The Who is my life. Pearl Jam is my retirement"
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This is real interesting. I did some quick research on this. The Dead had a 3 day run in 1989 that is considered legendary if you believe the reviews on Archive.org. On the third night it rained and rained and the lawn was pretty badly damaged. Someone noted:
As if the two previous nights weren't killer. This one was unforgettable. What a mess with all the rain!
I went to see The Who a few days later. Great band, but what a buzz-kill. "The lawn" had all these craters throughout, and it was impossible to quit thinking about the bomb that had been dropped a few days earlier.
So if it was the rain and 40,000 deadheads, they should loosen up. PJ fans will promise to be well-behaved
If they can get three nights, I hope they can rotate the reserved fixed seats so most of us get at least one night relatively close in, and two nights on the lawn.
Thanks for that info! I was interested to learn more about those three nights of Dead shows.
Also hope it's Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Hi, deream 13
if pj 20 alpine happens
im arriving sat 3 to chicago 2:20 pm, if theres a gig on that date, how much time is for going directly ORD to alpine valley with traffic and all labor day weekend issues? im worry about this but more worried for drivin ALPINE- WINSCONSIN AFTER THER SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT, COUNTING TRAFFIC DELAY ON PARKING LOT?
If any one knows good hotels $90-120 range at WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO, i would aprecciate it
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Hi, deream 13
if pj 20 alpine happens
im arriving sat 3 to chicago 2:20 pm, if theres a gig on that date, how much time is for going directly ORD to alpine valley with traffic and all labor day weekend issues? im worry about this but more worried for drivin ALPINE- WINSCONSIN AFTER THER SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT, COUNTING TRAFFIC DELAY ON PARKING LOT?
If any one knows good hotels $90-120 range at WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO, i would aprecciate it
my grammar sucks.
Could take you an hour, could take 3 hours. Impossible to speculate the traffic, but it's likely to be very heavy. The majority of the distance to Alpine from O'Hare are highways with stop lights and signs. Sometimes two lanes, sometime one. If traffic is heavy in the communities you drive through things can get very bad in a hurry. If you have alternatives I highly recommend coming in on Friday or earlier on Saturday.
http://www.kayak.com for hotels. Use Elkhorn, WI or East Troy, WI to search for spots close to the venue. Good luck!
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Hi, deream 13
if pj 20 alpine happens
im arriving sat 3 to chicago 2:20 pm, if theres a gig on that date, how much time is for going directly ORD to alpine valley with traffic and all labor day weekend issues? im worry about this but more worried for drivin ALPINE- WINSCONSIN AFTER THER SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT, COUNTING TRAFFIC DELAY ON PARKING LOT?
If any one knows good hotels $90-120 range at WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO, i would aprecciate it
my grammar sucks.
Could take you an hour, could take 3 hours. Impossible to speculate the traffic, but it's likely to be very heavy. The majority of the distance to Alpine from O'Hare are highways with stop lights and signs. Sometimes two lanes, sometime one. If traffic is heavy in the communities you drive through things can get very bad in a hurry. If you have alternatives I highly recommend coming in on Friday or earlier on Saturday.
http://www.kayak.com for hotels. Use Elkhorn, WI or East Troy, WI to search for spots close to the venue. Good luck!
Hmmm are you refering to Richmond off 12? Hahhah what a joke that traffic is there..From ohare up 294 to 47...you have to leave ohare between 10-2..dont attempt after 3 or 4 ish...brutal heading north on 294 during rush hour.
Hi, deream 13
if pj 20 alpine happens
im arriving sat 3 to chicago 2:20 pm, if theres a gig on that date, how much time is for going directly ORD to alpine valley with traffic and all labor day weekend issues? im worry about this but more worried for drivin ALPINE- WINSCONSIN AFTER THER SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT, COUNTING TRAFFIC DELAY ON PARKING LOT?
If any one knows good hotels $90-120 range at WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO, i would aprecciate it
my grammar sucks.
Could take you an hour, could take 3 hours. Impossible to speculate the traffic, but it's likely to be very heavy. The majority of the distance to Alpine from O'Hare are highways with stop lights and signs. Sometimes two lanes, sometime one. If traffic is heavy in the communities you drive through things can get very bad in a hurry. If you have alternatives I highly recommend coming in on Friday or earlier on Saturday.
http://www.kayak.com for hotels. Use Elkhorn, WI or East Troy, WI to search for spots close to the venue. Good luck!
Hmmm are you refering to Richmond off 12? Hahhah what a joke that traffic is there..From ohare up 294 to 47...you have to leave ohare between 10-2..dont attempt after 3 or 4 ish...brutal heading north on 294 during rush hour.
Tell me about it! I remember when Rage played at Alpine a few years ago - it took us 5 HOURS to get there from Chicago - but much of that was due to construction and the rain. That's an extreme situation but it can happen. It was still the best concert of my life!
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i cannot arrive friday (work) and 2:20 pm is the earliest arrive to chicago, considering all my connections.
lima-miami-ny-chicago. Im hoping some show in NY between 2-12 sept, if this happens not going pj20, staying near MSG.
I LOOK FORWARD ARRIVING MILWAUKEE I THINK ITS EASIER TRAFFIC THAN CHICAGO.
WELL 2:20 PM, 5 HOURS ON ROAD TO ALPINE, 7:20 PM I DONT KNOW AT WHAT HOUR PJ ON STAGE IF SATURDAY IS THE DAY.
WELL COMING FROM A FAR STATE 5 HOURS COULD BE NOTHING
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i cannot arrive friday (work) and 2:20 pm is the earliest arrive to chicago, considering all my connections.
lima-miami-ny-chicago. Im hoping some show in NY between 2-12 sept, if this happens not going pj20, staying near MSG.
I LOOK FORWARD ARRIVING MILWAUKEE I THINK ITS EASIER TRAFFIC THAN CHICAGO.
WELL 2:20 PM, 5 HOURS ON ROAD TO ALPINE, 7:20 PM I DONT KNOW AT WHAT HOUR PJ ON STAGE IF SATURDAY IS THE DAY.
WELL COMING FROM A FAR STATE 5 HOURS COULD BE NOTHING
I think that 5 hours is probably on the long side and is more of anomoly than the rule. Additionally, if this was happening on Friday the travel times would be longer. Friday can be a mass exodus to Wisconsin for lake/summer homes especially on labor day weekend which is a popular weekend to close up summer cotteges. If the shows are longer due to multiple acts, traffic getting into the parking lot may not be as backed up either. I think two hours may be reasonable on a Saturday.
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ditto to rhino MSG is out of the question until the rangers open their season in october, they even moved the liberty to newark for their basketball season
question about flying in, is it a shorter trip to AV from Chicago or Milwaukee? Really looking forward to this, but i have no experience with Alpine Valley and hope you experts here could guide a long time PJ fan.
Also thinking about driving in but i think it's 14 hours from NY, decisions decisions...
i cannot arrive friday (work) and 2:20 pm is the earliest arrive to chicago, considering all my connections.
lima-miami-ny-chicago. Im hoping some show in NY between 2-12 sept, if this happens not going pj20, staying near MSG.
I LOOK FORWARD ARRIVING MILWAUKEE I THINK ITS EASIER TRAFFIC THAN CHICAGO.
WELL 2:20 PM, 5 HOURS ON ROAD TO ALPINE, 7:20 PM I DONT KNOW AT WHAT HOUR PJ ON STAGE IF SATURDAY IS THE DAY.
WELL COMING FROM A FAR STATE 5 HOURS COULD BE NOTHING
I think that 5 hours is probably on the long side and is more of anomoly than the rule. Additionally, if this was happening on Friday the travel times would be longer. Friday can be a mass exodus to Wisconsin for lake/summer homes especially on labor day weekend which is a popular weekend to close up summer cotteges. If the shows are longer due to multiple acts, traffic getting into the parking lot may not be as backed up either. I think two hours may be reasonable on a Saturday.
DEReam13 is right - I'm sorry I didn't mean to freak you out about my 5 hour trip! Like I said, it was definitely not the norm, there were torrential downpours and construction the whole way there. I would say on average it takes about 2 hours to get there. Good luck, I'm sure it'll work out fine
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Again, IF IT HAPPENS....
I figured that I would start an 'info thread' to help answer people's questions.... since I have received many pm's about it already.
I'm not an expert by any means, but I will try to compile some info for travel, lodging, and what-not.
Feel free to add your own info or pm me any additional links and such to add to the original post.
I was thinking about house rentals. I have looked into a few, close to Lake Geneva which is a very touristy town with more to offer in the vicinity.
There is always anywhere around Milwaukee as well, but that is going to be a bit longer of a drive- especially after a looong day/night of rockin'- but much more options.
-Even if it is more money to fly into milwaukee, you will definately save the headache and 2+ hours getting in from Chicago... plus the rental car.
The venue is in the middle of nowhere, but there are plenty of hotels in the surrounding areas... And, when they say it is a 15-20 min. drive to somewhere, it will be just that. The only traffic that you will have to deal with around the venue is fellow concert-goers, not crazy city dwellers (besides all you east coasters, road trippin' it in ).
How does one get from Chicago to Alpine Valley? A series of buses? (I don't drive).
Are you staying in Chicago?
Or or you staying in Wisconsin?
Hotel?
When do you arrive in Chicago?
I will be arriving a few days before the show as The Smashing Pumpkins are my joint favourite band with PJ so I wanna check out various things.
Plan is to land in Chicago, find somewhere to stay, mosey round for a day or two, then figure out how to get to Alpine. My friend has a room booked in Delavan so it would be getting to there first I guess and she probably won't want to be touristy in Chicago.
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No Camping, that got shut down by the band because they didn't want it to be a "festival," they wanted it to be two separate shows. eddie's recent chicago tribune interview sorta confirms this.
See you there!
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Wow.
I live in Chicagoland and you can't get anywhere without traffic, but I didn't want people to get the wrong concept of how long it takes to get to these places driving and make bad travel plan decisions around them.
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“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Everybody's welcome!
Great times will be had in that house... And movies made.
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“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Neil is touring with Buffalo Springfield right after this weekend with two shows at Red Rocks. The Red Rocks shows are not announced yet but it came out because they were denied a show in Telluride on September 9 by the town council due to conflict with the Blues & Brews Fest. So the Labor Day dates are still open for Neil, maybe he'll bring the Springfield along.
I am also still obsessively hoping for a Pete, Roger or Who guest appearance. Daltrey's North American "Tommy" tour was announced today, it's starting in Florida on September 13.
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So I talked to a guy I work with at the Brewers who has season tickets at Alpine Valley. Now I know, many are thinking that yeah, yeah, yeah I know a guy who knows a guy, who knows a guy. But I work in ticket sales myself and he has been working in this area a lot longer than I have. So I trust him.
Well he has heard that PJ wants to have a three night affair and since the Grateful Dead tore the place up on a long stand in 1989, Alpine Valley and or the city of East Troy do not allow more then two nights in a row for bands.
The last he had heard, the talks were ongoing, but he had also heard that it was in jeopardy.
The dates were definitely Labor Day weekend though he wasn't sure if it were actually on labor day or just that weekend.
Hope they can or have finalized, because I really want it to be at Alpine. He is going to look into it for me, so I will let everyone know if I hear more. But from what I gather we may get the announcement next week anyway.
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Thanks for letting us know what you know! I was hoping for three nights, hope they can pull it off!
As if the two previous nights weren't killer. This one was unforgettable. What a mess with all the rain!
I went to see The Who a few days later. Great band, but what a buzz-kill. "The lawn" had all these craters throughout, and it was impossible to quit thinking about the bomb that had been dropped a few days earlier.
So if it was the rain and 40,000 deadheads, they should loosen up. PJ fans will promise to be well-behaved
If they can get three nights, I hope they can rotate the reserved fixed seats so most of us get at least one night relatively close in, and two nights on the lawn.
Also hope it's Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
if pj 20 alpine happens
im arriving sat 3 to chicago 2:20 pm, if theres a gig on that date, how much time is for going directly ORD to alpine valley with traffic and all labor day weekend issues? im worry about this but more worried for drivin ALPINE- WINSCONSIN AFTER THER SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT, COUNTING TRAFFIC DELAY ON PARKING LOT?
If any one knows good hotels $90-120 range at WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO, i would aprecciate it
my grammar sucks.
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Bogota 2015
Ft Lauderdale 2016
Miami 2016
Rio de Janeiro 2018
Boston 2 2018
http://www.kayak.com for hotels. Use Elkhorn, WI or East Troy, WI to search for spots close to the venue. Good luck!
Won the lottery PJ20 Night 1 - Front Row in front of Jeff - Forever grateful to Ten Club
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Hmmm are you refering to Richmond off 12? Hahhah what a joke that traffic is there..From ohare up 294 to 47...you have to leave ohare between 10-2..dont attempt after 3 or 4 ish...brutal heading north on 294 during rush hour.
Tell me about it! I remember when Rage played at Alpine a few years ago - it took us 5 HOURS to get there from Chicago - but much of that was due to construction and the rain. That's an extreme situation but it can happen. It was still the best concert of my life!
im really worried.
i cannot arrive friday (work) and 2:20 pm is the earliest arrive to chicago, considering all my connections.
lima-miami-ny-chicago. Im hoping some show in NY between 2-12 sept, if this happens not going pj20, staying near MSG.
I LOOK FORWARD ARRIVING MILWAUKEE I THINK ITS EASIER TRAFFIC THAN CHICAGO.
WELL 2:20 PM, 5 HOURS ON ROAD TO ALPINE, 7:20 PM I DONT KNOW AT WHAT HOUR PJ ON STAGE IF SATURDAY IS THE DAY.
WELL COMING FROM A FAR STATE 5 HOURS COULD BE NOTHING
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Bogota 2015
Ft Lauderdale 2016
Miami 2016
Rio de Janeiro 2018
Boston 2 2018
I think that 5 hours is probably on the long side and is more of anomoly than the rule. Additionally, if this was happening on Friday the travel times would be longer. Friday can be a mass exodus to Wisconsin for lake/summer homes especially on labor day weekend which is a popular weekend to close up summer cotteges. If the shows are longer due to multiple acts, traffic getting into the parking lot may not be as backed up either. I think two hours may be reasonable on a Saturday.
You should NOT count on Madison Square Garden.
It is closed for construction until October...I think. http://msgtransformation.com/Construction.aspx
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Louisville 2022
Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
question about flying in, is it a shorter trip to AV from Chicago or Milwaukee? Really looking forward to this, but i have no experience with Alpine Valley and hope you experts here could guide a long time PJ fan.
Also thinking about driving in but i think it's 14 hours from NY, decisions decisions...
DEReam13 is right - I'm sorry I didn't mean to freak you out about my 5 hour trip! Like I said, it was definitely not the norm, there were torrential downpours and construction the whole way there. I would say on average it takes about 2 hours to get there. Good luck, I'm sure it'll work out fine
thank you
Or or you staying in Wisconsin?
Hotel?
When do you arrive in Chicago?
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I will be arriving a few days before the show as The Smashing Pumpkins are my joint favourite band with PJ so I wanna check out various things.
Plan is to land in Chicago, find somewhere to stay, mosey round for a day or two, then figure out how to get to Alpine. My friend has a room booked in Delavan so it would be getting to there first I guess and she probably won't want to be touristy in Chicago.