Oakland Roll Call 2020

NEweather said:

Gern Blansten said:

ClipOnGirl said:

We signed up for Oakland tickets, too (along with San Diego and Phoenix).  Also staying at the Radisson - nice coincidence!  But why would you say walking to the venue isn't an option?  Just the typical reaction to being in Oakland?  LOL

I just looked on the google maps route and it looked like it might not be a great idea to walk but I could be wrong.  

Maybe we can all walk together   

Yeah-let's walk together

Sounds like a plan!  My boy friend has one of those "I'm from New York so don't mess with me" attitudes so I always feel pretty safe around him! 

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

rummy said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I’ll be there with the wife.  Staying in sf.  Have a ton of old haunts I need to visit so we’ll be exploring sf and Sausalito all weekend.  Very excited, my wife has never been, can’t wait to eat all that good food

Are you going to ride the BART to the show? Do they have extended hours for events like this? I guess I get concerned that it shuts down at around midnight. The last thing I want is to get stuck with having to take a cab from Oakland to SF...that won't be cheap!

Yeah dude definitely going to ride the bart back over- checked with my friends out there and others can confirm but they all said last train over to San Fran is midnight.  I’m going to confirm it on their website (especially for Sunday) but we should have no problems according to them.

BART is really good about large events and adding/extending trains to accommodate. Grabbing BART after the show won't be an issue.

Gern Blansten said:

ClipOnGirl said:

We signed up for Oakland tickets, too (along with San Diego and Phoenix).  Also staying at the Radisson - nice coincidence!  But why would you say walking to the venue isn't an option?  Just the typical reaction to being in Oakland?  LOL

I just looked on the google maps route and it looked like it might not be a great idea to walk but I could be wrong.  

Maybe we can all walk together   

I like that you are employing "bear theory"---you don't have to be faster than the bear...just faster that the slowest walker in your group

Can't wait!  Attending both nights (hopefully!).  Great place for breakfast and THE best irish coffee in SF is The Buena Vista.  BART is super easy to use and drops very close to the arena.  

juliefer said:

KC2917 said:

BH76306 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

rummy said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I’ll be there with the wife.  Staying in sf.  Have a ton of old haunts I need to visit so we’ll be exploring sf and Sausalito all weekend.  Very excited, my wife has never been, can’t wait to eat all that good food

Are you going to ride the BART to the show? Do they have extended hours for events like this? I guess I get concerned that it shuts down at around midnight. The last thing I want is to get stuck with having to take a cab from Oakland to SF...that won't be cheap!

Yeah dude definitely going to ride the bart back over- checked with my friends out there and others can confirm but they all said last train over to San Fran is midnight.  I’m going to confirm it on their website (especially for Sunday) but we should have no problems according to them.

BART is really good about large events and adding/extending trains to accommodate. Grabbing BART after the show won't be an issue.

They stopped running before the end of the show last time PJ played in Oakland. 

I'm pretty sure we took the BART back into the city after the last Oakland shows and we stayed until the shows were over.

I distinctly remember being stranded in the parking lot because BART had stopped running and having to coerce my friend to drive 2 hours out of his way to give me a ride to my car on a work night. 

KC2917 said:

juliefer said:

KC2917 said:

BH76306 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

rummy said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I’ll be there with the wife.  Staying in sf.  Have a ton of old haunts I need to visit so we’ll be exploring sf and Sausalito all weekend.  Very excited, my wife has never been, can’t wait to eat all that good food

Are you going to ride the BART to the show? Do they have extended hours for events like this? I guess I get concerned that it shuts down at around midnight. The last thing I want is to get stuck with having to take a cab from Oakland to SF...that won't be cheap!

Yeah dude definitely going to ride the bart back over- checked with my friends out there and others can confirm but they all said last train over to San Fran is midnight.  I’m going to confirm it on their website (especially for Sunday) but we should have no problems according to them.

BART is really good about large events and adding/extending trains to accommodate. Grabbing BART after the show won't be an issue.

They stopped running before the end of the show last time PJ played in Oakland. 

I'm pretty sure we took the BART back into the city after the last Oakland shows and we stayed until the shows were over.

I distinctly remember being stranded in the parking lot because BART had stopped running and having to coerce my friend to drive 2 hours out of his way to give me a ride to my car on a work night. 

I remember BART had delays Going To that show Nov.?26, '13- "obstruction" on tracks sm.where that delayed the flow? And my +1 that night, refused to take BART to it-(but lived near there back then)and met me in the parking lot of that venue after i off&walked frm BART to attend it. After show, drove me back to the BART station my car was at where I was coming frm. 

I doubt BART is going to run special late night trains for a Pearl Jam concert. BART is generally fine, but it has been getting worse and worse over the last ten years. The area around the arena is a bit of a no man's land. I don't know how close this Radisson is, but if it's not far, walking with a group should be fine. No need to be afraid of Oakland. I lived there for many years and most of the shit talk is just that. It is a beautiful city and I would much rather live there than SF, where I also lived for years. I would still live there if all the people fleeing the City didn't start buying up all the houses. We wanted a bigger place, so we bought in Vallejo.
Like someone else said, a Lyft ride isn't that bad if you need to go back to the City. I took one from SF to our old house that was five minutes from Oracle and it was only about 30-40 bucks. BART would be great if the show ends before last train. Keep in mind it's a little bit of a walk from Oracle to the station, maybe about 15 minutes brisk walk. Not bad, but keep it in mind. Make sure you have roundtrip fare already on your Clipper card.

Will be there!  Staying in SF.

We booked the Comfort Inn, as it's inexpensive, can be cancelled and close-ish to the venue.  The reviews sound exactly as expected.  We put in for both nights and will be (hopefully) traveling from Seattle.