Greenville Roll Call

Catwoman1 · January 2016

I have a question for the locals. We're traveling from Maryland (the Eastern Shore), and will be going to Raleigh for the show on the 20th. Any suggestions for sightseeing from Greenville to Raleigh? What cities are fun? We love baseball, quirky places, music (of course!), and art. Thanks for any suggestions!

Pantherfan09 · January 2016

Catwoman1 said:
I have a question for the locals. We're traveling from Maryland (the Eastern Shore), and will be going to Raleigh for the show on the 20th. Any suggestions for sightseeing from Greenville to Raleigh? What cities are fun? We love baseball, quirky places, music (of course!), and art. Thanks for any suggestions!

One option is to drive one hour to Asheville and watch the Asheville tourists baseball, catch a show at the orange peel and then hit i-40 to for 4 hours to Raleigh.

carolbsicard · January 2016

I'll be there!

PorchRadio · January 2016

In for GA! And thanks to my Bonnaroo obsession (and the many wonderful people I have met and become close friends with), I have free places to stay pretty much in any decent size city in the country.

Noload · January 2016

Has anyone done Priceline for a hotel room yet? Looks like there aren't many choices within walking distance.

fsunoles30 · January 2016

HIlton about 3.5 miles away was best I could find without dropping over 300$/night. Got a room w 2 dbl beds for 179 here. bout a 7 min drive

intodeep · January 2016

Do they have Uber in Greenville?

JojoRice · January 2016

We are staying at the Candlewood Suites. Has great reviews and is a short drive to arena/downtown. $100 per night.

Pearl34Jam · January 2016

Anyone else staying at the Clarion Inn?

sclinville · January 2016

my wife and i are staying at the clarion....still need tickets tho lol

P-Town-P-Jam-Fan · January 2016

intodeep said:
Do they have Uber in Greenville?

Was also hoping to utilize Uber if available. I found this:
https://www.uber.com/cities/greenville-sc
then I found this:....but its a year old
http://www.wyff4.com/news/uber-now-illegal-in-south-carolina/30749378

Update:

It dawned on me that I could just open the app, move the map to Greenville...and what do you know, I see lots of little Uber cars, so it looks like the service is available..

Vytis33 · January 2016

We're over at the Hilton as well.

JBii · January 2016

just booked a hotel at the embassy suites, too bad the regency is already booked as it is walking distance. Pandora and I stayed there when we saw Clapton several years ago.

mcrok · January 2016

mcrok said:
Hotels: Best choice is hotel downtown. It is one of the most walkable downtowns in the country so if you can find a room there it is worth it. Hampton Inn, Courtyard, Hyatt, Westin are the main ones I can think of. Aloft is brand new and opening soon. Main street runs north to south. Arena is on the North side. Hyatt is pretty much across the street and Aloft would be second closest. Hampton, Westin, Courtyard are more south but still within walking distance to arena. All three are relatively close to Falls Park and the Reedy River (Hampton right on river).

There are also a lot of hotels just outside downtown along 385 and 85.

Suziemay · January 2016

Drdeal said:
Won Greenville and MSG2 Reserved! Driving to SC from NJ.

Andrew

That's awesome! Hoping to do Greenville too.

lolobugg · January 2016

Suziemay said:

Drdeal said:
Won Greenville and MSG2 Reserved! Driving to SC from NJ.

Andrew
That's awesome! Hoping to do Greenville too.

Hope to see you at Greenville!!
I will be in the Reserved section wearing some funky hat or headdress.. should be easy to pick out.

moses562 · January 2016

Noload said:
Has anyone done Priceline for a hotel room yet? Looks like there aren't many choices within walking distance.

Just booked at a Days Inn using Priceline. It's five miles away and was $61 (and that's with tax). Depending on what site you look at it's a two or three star hotel. Works for us...more momey to spend elsewhere!

markymark550 · January 2016

Pantherfan09 said:

Catwoman1 said:
I have a question for the locals. We're traveling from Maryland (the Eastern Shore), and will be going to Raleigh for the show on the 20th. Any suggestions for sightseeing from Greenville to Raleigh? What cities are fun? We love baseball, quirky places, music (of course!), and art. Thanks for any suggestions!
One option is to drive one hour to Asheville and watch the Asheville tourists baseball, catch a show at the orange peel and then hit i-40 to for 4 hours to Raleigh.

Asheville is the best "destination" city that's not too far out of the way. You've got the mountains with great hiking trails on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Biltmore estate, lots of quirky shopping places. Plus, it's a great beer city with lots of local breweries. It's about a 3 hour drive from where I live and my wife and I travel up that way for long weekends pretty regularly.

There are some things to do in Charlotte, but I wouldn't go out of my way just to visit there. They do have the Knights (AAA team of the White Sox) if you really want to maximize the baseball opportunities.

nothingman_11 · January 2016

My fiancé and I are staying at the Baymont inn and suites like 3.5 miles away and the first room option we were trying to book became unavailable in the time it took to enter our credit card info. I'm guessing the hotels may fill up quickly for that weekend so we wanted to have it booked before the public sale starts tomorrow.

Suziemay · January 2016

lolobugg said:

Suziemay said:

Drdeal said:
Won Greenville and MSG2 Reserved! Driving to SC from NJ.

Andrew
That's awesome! Hoping to do Greenville too.
Hope to see you at Greenville!!
I will be in the Reserved section wearing some funky hat or headdress.. should be easy to pick out.

If you hear of spare tix... (preferably GA but I'm thinking beggars can't be choosers lol)

retropony · January 2016

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retropony · January 2016

For those that have never been, there are tons of restaurants in Greenville. I've only been there once for a few days but fell in love with the town. Stayed at the westin which is beyond nice. The couple restaurants we ate at were really good. I recommend The Lazy Goat and Trattoria Giorgio, but there are a lot of other choices. Nose Dive has a nice selection of beers and good food as well.

lolobugg · January 2016

For you vinyl freaks, make sure you visit the record stores in the area.
Greenville- Horizon Records
Asheville- Harvest Records (awesome staff and used selection)

rgambs · January 2016

Anybody else camping?

PJ212 · January 2016

lolobugg said:
For you vinyl freaks, make sure you visit the record stores in the area.
Greenville- Horizon Records
Asheville- Harvest Records (awesome staff and used selection)

Excellent suggestions and the Greenville show also takes place on Record Store Day.
I'm looking for a GA for Greenville... I have a Columbia GA to trade.

intodeep · January 2016

P-Town-P-Jam-Fan said:

intodeep said:
Do they have Uber in Greenville?
Was also hoping to utilize Uber if available. I found this:
https://www.uber.com/cities/greenville-sc
then I found this:....but its a year old
http://www.wyff4.com/news/uber-now-illegal-in-south-carolina/30749378

Update:

It dawned on me that I could just open the app, move the map to Greenville...and what do you know, I see lots of little Uber cars, so it looks like the service is available..

Very cool. Thank you.

ed243421 · January 2016

Looking for 2 anywhere in the building

Blredyellow · January 2016

Still looking for 1 GA ticket. Have 1 Hampton GA to trade.

mcrok · January 2016

lolobugg said:
For you vinyl freaks, make sure you visit the record stores in the area.
Greenville- Horizon Records
Asheville- Harvest Records (awesome staff and used selection)

Yup, and Horizon Records is connected to a pretty good restaurant name the Bohemian Cafe (really good sunday brunch)

dpduke69 · January 2016

Going to try the public sale tomorrow for some decent reserved seats. Looking forward to catching this show and Raleigh!

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