New Orleans Roadie

[ice grillin you]

i dont think the whole hotel...i probably could have gotten a couple rooms just not a group...most hotels block off x amount of rooms for groups

ive called 15 hotels thus far and two have been closed due to katrina

[SunMo]

you're also racing against all the travel companies who sell the packages

[phattymatty]

i'm going down there in 3 weeks for jazzfest. 

how many tickerts are you trying to get?  cuz if they get cheaper the more you buy, let me know, i'm trying to get a bunch of people to go too.

[ice grillin you]

i havent really asked around about tickets yet since they are not even on sale...i wanted to get lodging set first...but im guessing around 60-75

[PhillyPhreak54]

IGY,

Do you have a link for the hotels that are by the Superdome?

[ice grillin you]

phreak i dont have any links as i just went thru the phone book and got numbers...i do know one of the hotels i called was a holiday inn stadium...tho id reccommend you getting a hotel in the french quarter tho as there is nothing up by the stadium...but the stadium

youre also more than welcome to grab a room off the block that i book....when i finalize my rooms ill give you the 411

[ice grillin you]

for the people on this board who have in the past expressed to me interest in this trip....i just sent out the below email to the heads that i had email addys for...this is for you

when: on and around sunday october 15

tickets: i have spoken to a ticket rep with the saints and he has me on his list of group ticket buyers....the tickets are to be released april 24th...exact pricing will be available then but expect the tickets to be between 20 and 50 dollars

there are a lot of people out there i know would be interested in this trip but whos email i dont have or who i am simply forgetting about...so between now and april 24thish could everyone spread word of this trip to said persons...i want at least a ballpark figure of the number of seats we will need and i will reserve them at this time...i realize it seems early but when doing a group like this you have to be proactive...thats not to say in august there wont be tickets around but they wont be with us

lodging: i am in the process of booking a block of hotel rooms...the response on the number of tickets will determine how many rooms i get...from pricing i have received thus far they appear that they will be in the 100-130 per night range...of course that price is divided by the number of heads you have in your room...i am doing my best to get the hotel in the french quarter

travel: everyone is on their own here...i suggest looking into planes trains and automobiles asap to get a feel for the pricing so that you can come up with what this is going to all cost

as i get exact pricing further info will follow...but what i need now more than anything is to get as close to a solid head count as i can...that being said dont be afraid to say youre in but perhaps not 100% at this time.....id rather have a few to many rooms and tickets than not enough...if i end up with a few extras i dont see a problem with me getting rid of them as thousands of eagle fans are going down for this but i also dont want to get stuck having to sell off 30 tickets on ebay in september

note: tho despised by us all...non eagle fans are more than welcome...anyone who may be interested in nothing more than getting crunk in the big easy for a few days...

[ice grillin you]

in fact anyone interested in this pm me your address so i can keep you abreast via email from now on

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ok. Even though I don't know if I will be able to get off because of the new gig, I will go forward like I am going. If for whatever reason I cannot go and have a hotel room booked and bought a ticket then I will just offer up my ticket and room to someone else who is in need of them.

[MDS]

maybe when you dont even up going youll just give me the game ticket, plane tickets and hotel room because i said so.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Consider it done.

Seriously though. You should start selling weed or something so you can save up enough money to join us on the trip.

[MDS]

haha. uhhh i would love to go, but i dont know any of you. and im 19, and dont have a fake. and i would be left with no money if i went. im hoping to go to 2 games this year, one home and the usual roadie to the meadowlands. that runs me about $200 total, which is about all my cheap ass can afford.

[PhillyPhreak54]

You should go to Washington this year instead. Get a seat by the sidelines and torment Art and the rest of the ES crew as they fawn over Gibbs.

[ice grillin you]

haha. uhhh i would love to go, but i dont know any of you.

yeah but do you know anyone else?

find three friends and split a room

[ice grillin you]

booked my train ticket tonight

$205....not to shabby for a 24 hr johnson