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Title: tailgate 2007
Post by: ice grillin you on July 16, 2007, 10:02:52 AM
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whos IN?

2007 season drink menu is currently in production...
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: phattymatty on July 16, 2007, 10:31:22 AM
i will be in attendance.  MNF taterskins home opener?  how can I not?
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on July 16, 2007, 10:38:45 AM
Home opener = IN.

And may I suggest bloody mary's with Old Bay seasoning for the brunch segment of the tailgate?

It's the least we can do to "honor" the arrival of the Chesapeake Indigenous Persons to Philly.  Well, that and a few dozen eggs, that is.
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on July 16, 2007, 12:55:58 PM
Totally in, of course. I'm not sure how/when we'll all get there, but it'll happen, dammit.
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Beermonkey on July 16, 2007, 01:02:27 PM
I'll be there with absinthe & smoked tri-tip roast. :D
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 16, 2007, 01:27:33 PM
^^^^
i dont know what either of those things are but ill be there with some kind of fruity drink and lots of swine
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: MURP on July 16, 2007, 08:22:57 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 16, 2007, 12:55:58 PM
Totally in, of course. I'm not sure how/when we'll all get there, but it'll happen, dammit.

same
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: DH on July 18, 2007, 07:23:39 PM
I hope you bring the real shtein, Chris.

If Im not hallucinating, Im not having fun.
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 19, 2007, 10:47:21 AM
for the win....


Game 1 – September 17 - Washington – The Kaptain
75 oz. vodka (three fifths)
48 oz. captain (two fifths)
48 oz. water
18 oz. lemon liquor or limoncello
36 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate

Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on July 19, 2007, 03:00:28 PM
Sounds like a giant jug of Mike's Hard Lemonade.  Take out the water and replace it with 48 more ounces of vodka and you might have a winner on your hands. 
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: phattymatty on July 19, 2007, 03:12:43 PM
my face just puckered up reading those ingredients.  and by face i mean butthole.
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 19, 2007, 03:19:29 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on July 19, 2007, 03:00:28 PM
Sounds like a giant jug of Mike's Hard Lemonade.  Take out the water and replace it with 48 more ounces of vodka and you might have a winner on your hands. 


its 2-1 liquor as it is...48 oz more of liquor would kill some people and make the others not like it...i think a half dozen fifths of liquor in a cooler drink is sufficient
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on July 21, 2007, 03:18:27 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 19, 2007, 03:19:29 PM
its 2-1 liquor as it is...48 oz more of liquor would kill some people and make the others not like it...i think a half dozen fifths of liquor in a cooler drink is sufficient

Lightweight. 
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 21, 2007, 06:22:53 AM
i prefer bitch ass wigga
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on July 21, 2007, 11:03:28 AM
That would be a great name for that drink.

"Yo, IGY... gimme another one of those bitch ass wigga's!"
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 21, 2007, 01:28:57 PM
tryin to figure out why the drink is weak...but i cant
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on July 22, 2007, 11:52:03 AM
Because it has 84 ounces of liquid training wheels mixed in there.  Any drink that contains more than one non alchoholic beverage in the ingrediants is for women, the gays and MDS. 
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 22, 2007, 04:19:16 PM
so the white wine sangria in week two will be manly?
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on July 23, 2007, 08:07:52 AM
If made properly, a good sangria will knock you on your ass.  Make it strong and limit yourself to one non alchoholic beverage for added flavor and you'll be good. 
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on July 23, 2007, 10:37:13 AM
where have you been all my life
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on July 23, 2007, 05:11:36 PM
Right here, waiting for you lover. 
Title: Re: countdown to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on July 23, 2007, 07:46:26 PM
stylishly dressed young manry.

Plain and simple stylishly dressed young manry.
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 02:42:16 PM
fruity drinks all up in your area...


2007 TAILGATE COOLER DRINK MENU

Game 1 – September 17 - Washington – The Kaptain

75 oz. vodka (three fifths)
48 oz. captain (two fifths)
48 oz. water
18 oz. lemon liquor/limoncello
36 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate
Mint and lemon

Game 2 – September 23 - DETROIT – Impeach The President

100 oz. dry white wine
24 oz. peach schnapps
½ cup sugar
Peaches
Red grapes
Ginger ale to taste
Optional: gm to taste

Game 3 – October 21 - Chicago – Orange Bourbon

1.5 part bourbon
.5   triple sec
1.0   orange juice

Game 4 – November 4 - Dallas – Rum Parade

50 oz. dark rum
40 oz. light rum
45 oz. orange juice
30 oz. lime juice
5 ¼ oz. grenadine
Oranges and cherrys

Game 5 – November 18 - Miami – Cranberry Blast Off

2 part cranberry juice
1.5 part peach schnapps
½ part dark rum
½ part vodka
½ part scotch
½ part orange juice
Splash lemon juice

Game 6 – December 2 - Seattle – Untamed Lion

1 part rum
½ part blue curacao
3 part 7-up
lime juice to taste

Game 7 – December 9 – NY Giants – Crack Jizzy

2 fifths vodka
16 beers
4 can lime juice concentrate

Game 8 – December 30- Buffalo - TBA
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on August 16, 2007, 02:44:41 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 02:42:16 PM

Game 7 – December 9 – NY Giants – Crack Jizzy

2 fifths vodka
16 beers
4 can lime juice concentrate




oh dear god

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Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 16, 2007, 02:45:19 PM
Beer and vodka is also known as a "beer buster"... but "crack jizzy" is more fun.
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 02:58:06 PM
Beer and vodka is also known as a "beer buster"...

if youre a wet corny flip flopping longboarder from california or a steroid abusing penn state greek it is
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 03:02:35 PM
btw we gotta put some chicken wire over the top of the cooler for the crack juice otherwise im definitely dipping my balls in it
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 16, 2007, 03:35:52 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 02:58:06 PM
steroid abusing penn state greek

This is actually coincidentally and amusingly true, so BEER BUSTERS FOR ALL!
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on August 16, 2007, 03:38:20 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 16, 2007, 02:58:06 PM
if youre a wet corny flip flopping longboarder from florida

Yo.
Title: Re: 32 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: dis12 on August 17, 2007, 01:04:30 PM
QuoteCost of parking up $9
The cost of parking for Eagles games at Lincoln Financial Field has been increased from $11 to $20 this season, starting with tonight's exhibition game against the Carolina Panthers.  The parking increase includes all lots in the sports complex, which cover about 22,000 parking spaces.

Though the 82 percent increase is substantial, the Eagles' new price is not out of line with what is being charged in many other NFL cities. The Chicago Bears charge $40 for parking, the New England Patriots $35, the Cincinnati Bengals $31, the Washington taterskins and Green Bay Packers $30, the Dallas Cowboys $23, $38 and $43, and the Baltimore Ravens $25.

are they fargin kidding me??  also, when was parking ever $11?
Title: Re: 31 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on August 17, 2007, 07:57:52 PM
Source?
Title: Re: 31 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: MURP on August 17, 2007, 10:36:19 PM
it was in the daily news.... legit.
Title: Re: 31 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on August 18, 2007, 09:48:42 AM
Yeah...I see it now, and I heard about it from last night's attendees. Apparently they lot cops were also very restrictive on how many spaces tailgaters can use. This could be an interesting season in the parking lots...
Title: Re: 31 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on August 18, 2007, 10:03:30 AM
The new restrictions will last a couple of weeks and then things will return to normal.  Wait and see. . .
Title: Re: 31 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 18, 2007, 10:50:20 AM
they do it in the presason because theres so many clueless virgin fans....once the veterans return for the regular season like romey said all will be well
Title: Re: 30 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: MURP on August 18, 2007, 11:29:04 PM
lets hope so....
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on August 20, 2007, 06:22:06 PM
Price was $20 to park at the Wac Friday night and they did have Cops (real ones not the rent-a-type) patroling and telling people they couldn't take up 10 spots with lawn chairs. I got there around 6 and there was plenty of parking. We'll see how it is come the first home game, I get out of class at 3 then we're heading down.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 20, 2007, 06:30:20 PM
i agree with the lawn chair thing...that is ridiculous where we park...this one group brings yellow DOT cones and literally saves upwards of 25 spots
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on August 20, 2007, 06:36:37 PM
We got into a fight a hour before kick off with some icehole a few years back who was saving 5 spaces with orange cones and lawn chairs. I eventually ran over his cone then told him to call security if he thought I was being unreasonable. Only drawback to that was I had to worry about him farging with my truck.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 20, 2007, 06:40:53 PM
Frankly, I think it should be simple:  You pay per spot.

Of course, if they were charging everyone for the number of spots they took up already, they wouldn't have to jew up the price.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 20, 2007, 06:47:42 PM
if they were charging everyone for the number of spots they took up already, they wouldn't have to jew up the price


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Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 20, 2007, 06:54:12 PM
No one dislikes the non-gentiles like blacks, so that's anything but (http://www.philaflava.com/forum/images/smiles/dcracistemo0mp.gif)
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 20, 2007, 08:55:20 PM
dont ever underestimate the kkk's hatred of my jewish friends
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: dis12 on August 20, 2007, 09:00:52 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 20, 2007, 08:55:20 PM
dont ever underestimate the kkk's hatred of my jewish friends
you will now have to face the supreme punishment:  guilt and gefilte fish
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on August 20, 2007, 09:29:56 PM
I remember a bunch of parking nazis coming around during the playoffs a few years back. They were threatening us with having to pay for the extra spaces we used. We decided it was worth the money (via a group collection) should they decide to enforce it.

If they get pissy this year, maybe I'll ask the entrance attendant if I can buy an extra space (at $20...choke, cough)...and get an extra receipt.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 20, 2007, 09:39:18 PM
Quote from: dis12 on August 20, 2007, 09:00:52 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 20, 2007, 08:55:20 PM
dont ever underestimate the kkk's hatred of my jewish friends
you will now have to face the supreme punishment:  guilt and gefilte fish

Oy vey
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on August 20, 2007, 09:50:40 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on August 20, 2007, 09:29:56 PM
I remember a bunch of parking nazis coming around during the playoffs a few years back. They were threatening us with having to pay for the extra spaces we used. We decided it was worth the money (via a group collection) should they decide to enforce it.

If they get pissy this year, maybe I'll ask the entrance attendant if I can buy an extra space (at $20...choke, cough)...and get an extra receipt.

Was that during the Carolina playoff game, Sus?  I recall some hassles going on but I was hammered as hell and didn't drive that day, so I minded my own business.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on August 20, 2007, 10:10:25 PM
Beats me. I'm surprised I could even remember that it was the playoffs...   :poison
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 21, 2007, 06:41:32 AM
Playoffs?!? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwq7BYOnDrM)

LMAO - Iverson chats with Mora (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rmtO9_wzlI&NR=1)
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: phattymatty on August 30, 2007, 10:41:57 AM
I just found out that I'm supposed to be at a meeting in Tennessee on september 17th.

i'm ready to punch everyone around me.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 30, 2007, 10:43:23 AM
i knew you werent coming
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: phattymatty on August 30, 2007, 10:45:47 AM
i've already made some calls to get out of it.  no way i miss the home opener on MNF.  against the skins.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 30, 2007, 10:46:40 AM
is that who they play?
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on August 30, 2007, 12:31:58 PM
Do they still have a team in D.C.?
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: phattymatty on August 30, 2007, 12:34:16 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 30, 2007, 10:46:40 AM
is that who they play?

i'm going to pretend that still says i love you.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on August 30, 2007, 01:32:06 PM
What's more important - your livelihood or a football game?
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: rjs246 on August 30, 2007, 02:33:34 PM
If anyone actually cared as much about their jobs as they do about the eagles this board would cease to exist.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: dis12 on August 30, 2007, 03:46:56 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on August 30, 2007, 01:32:06 PM
What's more important - your livelihood or a football game?
I definitely want your job Rome.  Successful businessman (we think) and able to spend countless uselessful hours on CF, commenting on semi-underage women, wreckless drinking, and Philly sports.   What a life!
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on August 30, 2007, 04:12:07 PM
don't worry, he'll get his
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on August 30, 2007, 07:42:22 PM
fruity drinks for everyone!!
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on August 31, 2007, 08:25:03 AM
Eagles Tailgate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmEXekdrw8&NR=1)Best part starts at 3:42
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: rjs246 on August 31, 2007, 09:17:52 AM
That video is making me angry. Those girls are so close to being cute without ever actually reaching attractive status. Hags.
Title: Re: 28 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 06, 2007, 02:14:41 PM
Rocky intro at Eagles games (http://youtube.com/watch?v=UIgs0TrU2u8) - from last season vs. the Skins
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 10, 2007, 05:03:43 PM
early weather

Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

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Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 10, 2007, 05:05:28 PM
What time are you fargers getting there? We'll be there around 3
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 10, 2007, 05:06:20 PM
noon
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 10, 2007, 05:07:26 PM
i'm selling my tickets
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 10, 2007, 05:14:44 PM
Quote from: SunMo on September 10, 2007, 05:07:26 PM
i'm selling my tickets

sell them to absinthe
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 10, 2007, 05:20:39 PM
no...that would be the only reason to go
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on September 10, 2007, 05:25:23 PM
I'll be there....gotta see one before I go to Houston.
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 10, 2007, 05:30:16 PM
good idea...farging sellout
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on September 10, 2007, 06:09:26 PM
Yeah, I know. But this time its worth selling out for. This just means I go to Dallas every year. And I'll get to piss on the new Texas Stadium when it opens up.
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 10, 2007, 06:16:06 PM
how far from dallas will you be?
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on September 10, 2007, 06:17:19 PM
about 3 hours...

The one good thing about Houston is I'm about 3 hours from Dallas, about 3 hours from where I lived before and about 3 hours from my boy in San Antone.

So I'll be able to go to Dallas to see the Flyers...and also see the Phils and Sixers in Houston too.
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 10, 2007, 08:04:22 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on September 10, 2007, 05:05:28 PM
What time are you fargers getting there? We'll be there around 3

I'm thinking noonish. Gotta get there early enough to get into an argument with the parking lot nazis.
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 10, 2007, 08:07:26 PM
Maybe one of you fine gents can lawn chair me a spot till we get there
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 11, 2007, 09:12:15 AM
My flight arrives at 11:40 on Monday.  I suspect we'll be arriving sometime shortly thereafter.

Hopefully that horse's ass buddy of mine will be on time this time.

Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on September 11, 2007, 10:09:27 AM
I'll be there in spirit!  And drunk for real!
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on September 11, 2007, 10:35:43 AM
In a sick, twisted way, I still sort of wish I was in NC so that I could drive up for the game. 
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 11, 2007, 10:47:16 AM
Imagine if man had created a technology that would allow a person to get anywhere within the continental United States in six hours or less.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on September 11, 2007, 11:04:07 AM
That'd be super awesome.  Somebody should get working on that. 
Title: Re: 7 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 11, 2007, 02:00:20 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on September 10, 2007, 08:07:26 PM
Maybe one of you fine gents can lawn chair me a spot till we get there

Good luck with that. Apparently they are cracking down on such things...so an early arrival would be a good thing.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 11, 2007, 03:37:59 PM
I have class till 3 so getting there before that is a no go. If they are crackin down on the saving spots thing than getting a spot won't be difficult.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 11, 2007, 03:51:02 PM
I'm parking wherever I can find a spot.  I'm not getting into a hassle with those dopes at the Wach. lot.  If they let me park along the fence by Die Hard & group, fine.  If not, no big deal.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 11, 2007, 04:39:39 PM
if youre not a person bringing tailgating supplies/equipment then who the hell cares where you have to park...park where you can then walk over to where your tailgate is
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: MDS on September 11, 2007, 05:48:10 PM
ill be watching this one at the office. unless uncle igy gets me a ticket in which case i will tell them to lick my balls.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 11, 2007, 06:51:29 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 11, 2007, 04:39:39 PM
if youre not a person bringing tailgating supplies/equipment then who the hell cares where you have to park...park where you can then walk over to where your tailgate is

If you get there too late there's no spots regardless of how much you drive around the Wac - otherwise I agree.
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 11, 2007, 07:11:38 PM
there are other lots at the sports complex
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 11, 2007, 07:27:23 PM
not with IGY's tailgate in them
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 11, 2007, 07:27:28 PM
I choose not to acknowledge them
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 11, 2007, 07:37:49 PM
thats cause they dont exist
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: DH on September 11, 2007, 11:40:08 PM
I didnt realize all you iceholes were gonna be there...This one's gonna get pretty sloppy.  :yay
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 07:21:48 AM
Quote from: Die-Hard on September 11, 2007, 11:40:08 PM
I didnt realize all you iceholes were gonna be there...This one's gonna get pretty sloppy.  :yay

Ya think?
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 08:08:52 AM
man hugs all around
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 08:17:41 AM
high ten then underneath into a chest bump i just sold my ticket
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 11:53:52 AM
Razorgator?
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 12:11:21 PM
mds
Title: Re: 6 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 01:23:36 PM
mid week weather still lookin good



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Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 01:25:06 PM
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=9&day=17&year=2007&hour=11am&min=&sec=&p0=198
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 01:27:20 PM
is parking definitely up to $20 in the wach lots?
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on September 12, 2007, 01:29:58 PM
Even if it is, that's still $40 less than what we paid for parking in DC last year........which was still further away from the stadium than the Wach lot. 

Still sucks if it is though. 
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 01:38:45 PM
Quote from: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 01:27:20 PM
is parking definitely up to $20 in the wach lots?

or basically the same price as one of our flyer tickets
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 01:39:37 PM
btw ive been reading the tailgating thread on the emb and its getting me a little worried
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 01:45:12 PM
why
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 01:49:32 PM
a guy was telling stories about how strict the enforecement was at the preseason games,...and some other poeple have said its def going to continue into the regular season...i dont believe it but if def has my attention now...whereas before i was like whatever

check it out for yourself
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 01:54:40 PM
Getting information from the EMB, especially the hysterical paranoids who reside in the ticket forum, isn't the best way to go, my caucasian brotha.

;)

I'm telling you, the lot situation will relax as the season wears on.  It always does.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 02:00:29 PM
i dont care about the season...i care about monday...and the information over there is first hand from the preseason...it was real...doesnt mean thats whats gonna happen monday but it also doesnt mean it wont
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on September 12, 2007, 02:01:35 PM
Preseason tailgating isn't real.   
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 02:02:29 PM
just the first page is scary...no setting up tables?  what the farg is that?

plus, you can immediately tell the difference between fans who tailgate and fans who don't.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 02:03:30 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 02:00:29 PM
i dont care about the season...i care about monday...and the information over there is first hand from the preseason...it was real...doesnt mean thats whats gonna happen monday but it also doesnt mean it wont

Dude - just pay the extra $20 and get another parking spot.

Jeeze.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: MDS on September 12, 2007, 02:29:53 PM
yo i b there vuZ no
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 02:33:35 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 02:03:30 PM
Dude - just pay the extra $20 and get another parking spot.

Jeeze.


you just dont get it do you
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 12, 2007, 03:55:33 PM
Quote from: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 02:02:29 PM
just the first page is scary...no setting up tables?  what the farg is that?

plus, you can immediately tell the difference between fans who tailgate and fans who don't.

I usually park in the lot at the Linc for Phils games and a couple games I was at they were enforcing the no tables rule.

Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 02:00:29 PM
i dont care about the season...i care about monday...and the information over there is first hand from the preseason...it was real...doesnt mean thats whats gonna happen monday but it also doesnt mean it wont

They did enforce it in the preseason games, I wouldn't doubt them being iceholes about it Monday to try to set an early example. The game I was at the cone/lawn chair thing was a no no, didn't see them asking anyone to move their table or take down their tents.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 04:17:49 PM
i dont have a problem with the cone lawnchair thing....there are complete idiots that get out of control with that...in fact right behind where we tailgate...against the black iron fence in the wock lot is a group who literally puts out 20+ cones to save spots...it farging pisses me off and im as pro tailgating as it gets....

what should be allowed tho is a space or two for a tent grill chairs ect...to me this isnt a save spots issue its a tailgating issue...

tailgating is a national pastime at football games saving parking spots is not

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Father Demon on September 12, 2007, 05:10:11 PM
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Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 05:13:22 PM
there are thousands of things not worth complaining about in this life...

bullshtein tailgating rules is not on that list
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 12, 2007, 08:09:16 PM
FWIW...I'm hoping to have the straight poop on the subject soon. I'll post a summary if I actually hear from the people I'm waiting on.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 08:40:12 PM
Quote from: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 05:13:22 PM
there are thousands of things not worth complaining about in this life...

bullshtein tailgating rules is not on that list


isnt demon from iowa or something....he doesnt even count in this discussion
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 08:44:40 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 02:33:35 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 02:03:30 PM
Dude - just pay the extra $20 and get another parking spot.

Jeeze.


you just dont get it do you

Evidently not.  The bullshtein whining you've done in this thread is akin to some rich farg complaining about dryrot in their oceanfront mansion.  It's a goddamn tailgate, IGY.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 08:48:03 PM
romey...i'm surprised, i thought you would understand. 

when breaking down a gameday experience, it's:  tailgate 60%, game 40%  sometimes even more towards the tailgate end depending on how the season is going
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 08:48:04 PM
you come to one game a year and arrive whenever you feel like it to a tailgatwe all set up for you

i am repsonsible for finding and saving spaces then setting up for upwards of 20 people a week


shocking that the level of worry would be different for us
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 08:49:56 PM
I'm just as happy with a beach chair and a cooler of beer as I am with Filet Mignon & drinks with tiny umbrellas in them.

I just want to see my friends, hang out, shoot the shtein and flirt with all the message board chicks.  Is that so awful?
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 08:52:39 PM
i rest my case...in other words you have zero responsibilities and no one depending on you monday
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 12, 2007, 08:55:38 PM
i don't understand the sudden need to have strict rules in the parking lot.

it's not like things in that parking lot were out of control last year, as far as i could tell.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:00:27 PM
its never been out of control and no one in the history of the sports complex has even driven down and not gotten a parking spot....if this is all true (and hopefully it isnt) im not exactly sure whats behind it...its definitely being driven by the eagles tho and it has nothing to do with the actual spaces
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 09:01:35 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 08:52:39 PM
i rest my case...in other words you have zero responsibilities and no one depending on you monday

Other than coming over to your tailgate and giving you the biggest hug (non-homo) of your life, no.

Bro, all I'm saying is stressing out over it isn't going to make things better.  Call your fellow tailgaters and tell them the situation.  If they're at all aware of the situation, I'm sure they'll make the best of it.  I mean, what other choice to any of us have?

PS: I was tailgating when you were in grammar school.  I love it just as much as anyone here.  If I didn't, would I fly two thousand miles in 24 hours to come up there?  The game's on television, after all.

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:08:33 PM
i never questioned how much you like tailgating or how long youve done it

i was pointing out the difference in why you could care less if these rules get enforced and why i might be a little worried

i cant imagine how the guys who have way bigger tailgates than any of us are feeling
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 09:13:33 PM
They're probably shteinting their pants right now.  The thing I can't understand is how are they going to enforce these rules uniformly through 28,000 parking spaces?

Moreover, if the Eagles are behind this, why would they even bother?  What do they care if people get together and party before the game?  I'm not saying they're not behind it, of course, it just seems like the stench of this is eminating more from center city than south Philly.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:18:51 PM
the reason i believe the eagles are behind it is because i know several people who have called the eagles and the response they get is 'the rules have always been in place'

not 'we dont know why this is happening' or 'so and so is enforcing this we have nothing to do with it'
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Wingspan on September 12, 2007, 09:20:32 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:00:27 PM
its never been out of control and no one in the history of the sports complex has even driven down and not gotten a parking spot....if this is all true (and hopefully it isnt) im not exactly sure whats behind it...its definitely being driven by the eagles tho and it has nothing to do with the actual spaces

Actually, last year vs the giants. All the lots were closed before noon and traffic was at a standstill all over the place.

I left king of prussia at 10:00am...and I just barely got into the stadium for opening kickoff, and I was on backroads and then sitting in the middle of Packer Ave for 90 minutes while the attendants tried to figure out what to do. I eventually got to a cross street where i shot up to Oregon Ave to take the subway.

I actually sent MURP 2 text messages, the first saying I was about 10 minutes away...the second (almost 2 hours later) apologizing for not making it.

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:23:45 PM
all the lots were not closed...the wachovia lot was...it always takes a long time to get in if you come to late...but theres never not parking spaces available in the complex somewhere
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Wingspan on September 12, 2007, 09:27:43 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 12, 2007, 09:23:45 PM
all the lots were not closed...the wachovia lot was...it always takes a long time to get in if you come to late...but theres never not parking spaces available in the complex somewhere

I'm telling you, all the offical lots were full.

You can say they were open, but the fact remains that the lots were full last year for the giants game.

I wasn't even trying to get into the Wachovia center lot...I was stuck on Packer ave trying to get to the lots behind Citizens Bank Park.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 09:29:40 PM
was another event taking place at the same time?
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 09:31:47 PM
Also - doesn't Spectacor control the Wach lots?  The Eagles have about 2500 parking spaces in the Linc lot and that's all they control.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Wingspan on September 12, 2007, 09:32:06 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 09:29:40 PM
was another event taking place at the same time?


I don't remember actually. I just know the lots were full and people were forced out of them.

The only other game I went to (Carolina) I took the train down.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 12, 2007, 09:46:29 PM
I think a prudent thing to do would be to have someone who knows someone in the media (Ruben Frank maybe) give them a call and get to the bottom of things.  There's so many indians involved here with the Eagles, Spectacor & the Phillies, it would be nice to know EXACTLY who is in charge of enforcing the parking policies.  If it's the cops, fine, get the chief of police to make a statement.  If it's City Hall, get one of those clowns to comment on it.

Someone's got to be the head man in charge of that mess.  Get those lazy reporters off their fat asses and tell them to get cracking.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 12, 2007, 10:44:13 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 09:13:33 PM
Moreover, if the Eagles are behind this, why would they even bother?  What do they care if people get together and party before the game?  I'm not saying they're not behind it, of course, it just seems like the stench of this is eminating more from center city than south Philly.

There's speculation that they desire to draw more people into their paid "tailgate" experience before the game.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 12, 2007, 10:48:08 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 09:46:29 PM
I think a prudent thing to do would be to have someone who knows someone in the media (Ruben Frank maybe) give them a call and get to the bottom of things.  There's so many indians involved here with the Eagles, Spectacor & the Phillies, it would be nice to know EXACTLY who is in charge of enforcing the parking policies.  If it's the cops, fine, get the chief of police to make a statement.  If it's City Hall, get one of those clowns to comment on it.

Someone's got to be the head man in charge of that mess.  Get those lazy reporters off their fat asses and tell them to get cracking.

There's something like that in the works. Not Frank...but somebody in the media.

From what I know, the Eagles establish policy, pass it down to Comcast-Spectacor, who contracts out to Central Parking, who administers and enforces the policies. So what you get is a long chain of finger pointing and deniability if there are any problems. Ultimately it lies with the Eagles, and that's where the questions are being asked. If it comes back that there is no change in tailgating policy, I don't see anything different happening come game day.

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 06:42:29 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 12, 2007, 10:44:13 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 12, 2007, 09:13:33 PM
Moreover, if the Eagles are behind this, why would they even bother?  What do they care if people get together and party before the game?  I'm not saying they're not behind it, of course, it just seems like the stench of this is eminating more from center city than south Philly.

There's speculation that they desire to draw more people into their paid "tailgate" experience before the game.


if thats even 1% true then its beyond disgusting....way worse than hoagiegate
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 13, 2007, 08:27:41 AM
Sure is combined with the fact they just raised the parking prices. Thats not to complain about the price since its on par with other venues just to say charging more then enforcing rules that weren't in place before seems fishy.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 08:34:24 AM
i agree it sure does look shady...i just cant believe even banner and lurie would go that far

also isnt the eagles tailgate party like $225 per person
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 13, 2007, 08:53:52 AM
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Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 09:02:58 AM
see even if you eliminated tailgating across the board i dont see the attendence at that tailgate thing going up

number one its for people who dont have a ticket and number 2 the cost eliminates 95% of the fans

the eagles may be behind the tailgate enforcement thing but i dont think its to attract more people to the tailgate party
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 13, 2007, 09:08:33 AM
in general, it just seems like the eagles are trying to do in the parking lots what they are succeeding with in the stadium, cleaning up the riffraff so their upper crust fans have a more enjoyable experience
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 09:21:02 AM
yeah i agree with that.....what youve had all offseason and over the past several years is calls from angry old men haters who complain about things like drinking in the parking lots people being loud people saving spaces even tho there are still spots available

theres actually a douchebag on the eagle board that was complaining about "the lot being trashed" from tailgaters
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on September 13, 2007, 09:21:13 AM
Bring back the nitrous tanks
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on September 13, 2007, 09:23:41 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 09:21:02 AM
yeah i agree with that.....what youve had all offseason and over the past several years is calls from angry old men haters who complain about things like drinking in the parking lots people being loud people saving spaces even tho there are still spots available

theres actually a douchebag on the eagle board that was complaining about "the lot being trashed" from tailgaters
That douchenozzle needs to be found, beaten, and thrown in the marsh behing IGY's tailgate
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 09:23:56 AM
btw what they should do is designate the jetro and wachovia lots as tailgating lots...even charge more for them if need be...but let people know that anyone can park in there but if youre not a tailgater you may wanna go to another lot...

in the tailgating lots youd have more lax rules regarding saving and partying in extra parking spaces

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 13, 2007, 10:23:25 AM
Beer.

Beach chair.

Tunes.

Hoagies.

Done.

And I wouldn't spend ten farging cents inside the stadium at this point.  My tickets have increased from $45 in 1999 to $75 today.  If they can't make a profit on that bit of ass raping, then farg them.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 13, 2007, 10:36:13 AM
Haha.  I see you've met midnight-green, IGY.

He's a piece of work, to be sure.  It's amazing the number of topics he replies to in that forum. 
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 10:40:21 AM
hes a bonified douchebag...im hardly some crazy drunken lunatic at games but i cannot stand fans like him
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 13, 2007, 10:48:09 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 10:40:21 AM
im hardly some crazy drunken lunatic at games

link?
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 10:54:59 AM
Quote from: SunMo on September 13, 2007, 10:48:09 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 10:40:21 AM
im hardly some crazy drunken lunatic at games

link?


well maybe the drunken part
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 13, 2007, 11:24:10 AM
The other idiot advocating the cops' handing out tickets and taking license plate numbers to be turned in to the Eagles is a bigger assclown.

I do my best to stay out of that forum because it's a waste of time trying to discuss things rationally there.  Still, it's fun to enter and stir up the hornet's nest once in a while.

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 13, 2007, 11:28:37 AM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on September 13, 2007, 11:24:10 AM
The other idiot advocating the cops' handing out tickets and taking license plate numbers to be turned in to the Eagles is a bigger assclown.

I do my best to stay out of that forum because it's a waste of time trying to discuss things rationally there.  Still, it's fun to enter and stir up the hornet's nest once in a while.


it was midnite green that first suggested a license plate database

yeah i realized after a while that theres no talking to people like them
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 13, 2007, 11:54:29 AM
Right - but Peete expanded the idea and then offered up the speeding ticket analogy which was an even bigger joke.

Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: MURP on September 13, 2007, 11:09:31 PM
every spot that is being used for a table or chairs is $20 less the Eagles can steal.  Get it !

lets see the rent a cops try and control the entire tailgate area.

remember that snow storm a few years back where you couldnt even see the parking space lines?  remember how they couldnt even figure out how to get cars parked in a straight line.   yeah.  haha.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 14, 2007, 08:35:42 AM
Quote from: MURP on September 13, 2007, 11:09:31 PM
lets see the rent a cops try and control the entire tailgate area.

That's what I'm waiting to see. They'll have to enlist the National Guard to stop it all.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Geowhizzer on September 14, 2007, 08:46:42 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 14, 2007, 08:35:42 AM
Quote from: MURP on September 13, 2007, 11:09:31 PM
lets see the rent a cops try and control the entire tailgate area.

That's what I'm waiting to see. They'll have to enlist the National Guard to stop it all.

Luckily for the tailgaters, they're all in Iraq.
Title: Re: 5 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 14, 2007, 09:16:26 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 14, 2007, 08:35:42 AM
Quote from: MURP on September 13, 2007, 11:09:31 PM
lets see the rent a cops try and control the entire tailgate area.

That's what I'm waiting to see. They'll have to enlist the National Guard to stop it all.

True, but I'm thinking they'll be targeting the bigger parties which is bad news for you guys, IGY, and, well, "us" even though I don't do much but show up and tell witty stories of living in the south.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 14, 2007, 09:19:01 AM
we're not really a big party in the grand scheme of things in that lot

we use about 8 spaces max and usually there are only 3 empty during the tailgate and we fill them when we are done
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 14, 2007, 09:43:31 AM
From what I saw they left the big parties with tents etc. alone, probably knowing they have no control over that situation. Their focus was more on people taking up 3 to 4 spots with long tables set up for beer pong and people saving spots with cones/chairs.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 14, 2007, 09:44:31 AM
oh...that sucks then
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: ice grillin you on September 14, 2007, 09:45:12 AM
i think well be fine if we do what i mentioned on the other board and double park the first few cars that come...that way if any douchey parking guards come over we can say these cars are for these spots (the ones well be tailgating in)

my fear is that they will then say double parking is not allowed
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: rjs246 on September 14, 2007, 09:56:31 AM
Anyone trying to curb beerpong should be forced to cash in their ballsacks and live the remainder of their pathetic lives as women.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Wingspan on September 14, 2007, 10:42:19 AM
if you just drove these...then you'd have plenty of room

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/smart-car-1.jpg)
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 14, 2007, 10:47:20 AM
i'd also be queer, and not like football
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Wingspan on September 14, 2007, 11:06:32 AM
Problem solved?
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: SunMo on September 14, 2007, 11:09:37 AM
certainly seems that way
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Rome on September 14, 2007, 11:19:39 AM
That car looks like it could use some HGH.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: T_Section224 on September 14, 2007, 01:10:42 PM
i'll be there monday.  what is all the tailgate talk about, aside from being lazy and reading several pages back, have they outlawed partying in the lots?
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Sgt PSN on September 16, 2007, 03:09:50 PM
Quote from: T_Section224 on September 14, 2007, 01:10:42 PM
i'll be there monday.  what is all the tailgate talk about, aside from being lazy and reading several pages back, have they outlawed partying in the lots?

Yes.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 18, 2007, 10:44:20 AM
Well, it wasn't as bad as I feared, but the rules are in place...they just didn't enforce them very well. Maybe someday they will don the jackboots and work over the fans, but not this week.

Good seeing everybody this week. Good luck in Houston, Phreak!
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on September 18, 2007, 11:16:29 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 18, 2007, 10:44:20 AM
Well, it wasn't as bad as I feared, but the rules are in place...they just didn't enforce them very well. Maybe someday they will don the jackboots and work over the fans, but not this week.

Good seeing everybody this week. Good luck in Houston, Phreak!

You're in too good of a mood.  Stop it.
Title: Re: 3 days to home opener tailgate
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 18, 2007, 01:01:54 PM
Farg Reid, farg McNabb, farg Lurie. Have a nice day!
Title: Re: lol
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on September 18, 2007, 02:32:27 PM
Story update from the Daily News (http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070918_Urban_Warrior___TAIL-SPIN__WHOS_RIGHT_.html):

Quote
Urban Warrior | TAIL-SPIN: WHO'S RIGHT?
By Chris Brennan

FORGET THE Eagles vs. the taterskins. The big battle down at the South Philadelphia sports complex last night pitted the Eagles against Comcast-Spectacor.

The Eagles, upset about my column yesterday, now claim that changes proposed to limit tailgating did not come from them.

The changes, which took effect Aug. 1, include an increase from $11 to $20 for parking and a ban on buying extra spaces to set up grills, tables and tents.

Mark Donovan, the Eagles senior vice president of business operations, last night said the team "objected" to those changes while meeting with officials from the city and Comcast-Spectacor over the last few months to discuss the new parking/tailgating policy.

"We don't control this," Donovan said. "We are in favor of tailgating in every shape or form."

Those objections came as news to John Page, chief operating officer for Global Spectrum, which oversees parking at the Wachovia Center and the Spectrum.

"That certainly isn't the case," Page said when I told him of Donovan's comments last night. "All throughout this process, there's been nothing but mutual agreement on everything."

Page said the only change the Eagles asked for in the new policy involved how to charge for parking recreational vehicles. One proposal said if an RV took up four spaces, which now sell for $20 each, then the fee should be $80. The Eagles, Page said, asked that the fee for RVs be limited to $40.

The owner of the lot keeps $11 from the $20 parking fee, while the Eagles get $9, Page said. When the parking fee was $11, the lot owners kept all of it.

Page added that if the Eagles want to undo the tailgating policies, all they have to do is ask. The Eagles, he said, have considerable sway in the debate because the tailgating policy involves the team's home games.

"In this case, everybody's been in agreement," Page said. "We're up for anything."

Page did ask to clarify something he told me last week, when he described the changes as an "Eagles initiative." He now says it was a collaborative effort.

Mayor Street's spokesman, Joe Grace, yesterday had a third take on the new policy: There is no new policy, he said. Grace said the "stakeholders" in the sports complex - the sports teams, Comcast-Spectacor, the city - have not reached any final decisions on parking and tailgating.

"It just hasn't happened yet," Grace said. "Clearly, there are discussions going on down there."

So here we have two multimillion-dollar corporations pointing fingers at each other while fans fume in the parking lot and the city's not choosing sides. Whom do you believe?

Consider this: I had three conversations last week with Bonnie Grant, director of communications for the Eagles. At no point did Grant ever say the Eagles objected to the policy changes.

The first time we spoke, Grant said she didn't know about the changes. She called back a day later to confirm that they were happening as part of a collective effort by the Eagles, the city and Comcast-Spectacor.

She also described the changes as a way to efficiently manage traffic, getting more cars into the lots earlier. And she said the team appreciates the tradition of tailgating.

I had two conversations with Grant yesterday. Again, she never claimed that the Eagles objected to any of the changes. She did, however, seem surprised when I told her that drivers were handed fliers describing the changes as they rolled into Comcast-Spectacor lots yesterday afternoon.

Those fliers told tailgaters they had to confine their parties to 4 1/2 feet behind their parked vehicles while keeping the driving lanes clear. That's what the policy looked like on paper.

Down in the shadow of the stadium, something very different was going on. People with tables, tents and grills set up in parking spaces were told occasionally by parking-lot attendants that they had to break camp.

But nobody did. And the party kept going strong.

"They can't mess with an institution like this, no matter what they say," said Tom Masticola, of Chester, who was tailgating with friends with a tent set up in a parking space.

Mike Henkel and 30 buddies also set up tables, a tent and a grill in a parking space after paying for nine cars. When an attendant said the tent had to go, Henkel gave him $20 to keep the space.

"It's worth it," Henkel said. *

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Post by: SD_Eagle5 on September 18, 2007, 03:01:57 PM
I didn't see any changes as far as tailgating goes, we got there at 4 and drove around the wac/spectrum for 30 minutes looking for a spot. I might get down there early for Sunday's game and save a bunch of spots, then sell them to people who get there late.
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Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on September 18, 2007, 08:58:39 PM
Thanks Sus. Good to see you again.

It was good seeing everyone again. It had been awhile since I was down there. I think I should stop attending NFC East games. Last one was when McNabb tore his groin.

MDS...where the hell were you? I thought you bought a ticket?
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Post by: SunMo on September 18, 2007, 09:01:59 PM
he talks big, but he'll never man up and come down and see everyone
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Post by: ice grillin you on September 18, 2007, 09:02:45 PM
pretty sure hes never been to a sporting event
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Post by: SunMo on September 18, 2007, 09:04:21 PM
or a vagina
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Post by: MDS on September 18, 2007, 09:05:59 PM
ha.

i was at work for what i thought would be the entire game, but i got out at halftime. i spent the second half at home scaring everyone in my house by simultaneously screaming and cursing at the eagles and phillies.

i should be able to get my hands on tickets to one game, but i dont know when.
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Post by: MURP on September 18, 2007, 11:39:52 PM
i had to work and didnt get down until after 7.  as soon as i rolled into the Wach lot there were 4 cop cars blazing through the middle of the tailgate to go arrest.   Ha.   
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Post by: PhillyGirl on September 19, 2007, 05:02:55 PM
Quote from: MURP on September 18, 2007, 11:39:52 PM
i had to work and didnt get down until after 7.  as soon as i rolled into the Wach lot there were 4 cop cars blazing through the middle of the tailgate to go arrest.   Ha.   

4 cop cars....and a paddywagon lol
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Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on September 19, 2007, 08:55:20 PM
Quote from: MDS on September 18, 2007, 09:05:59 PM
i should be able to get my hands on tickets to one game, but i dont know when.

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