Army game at Yankee Stadium

[FfldCntyFan]

I went to the Yankee-Pirate game at the stadium yesterday and in the lot my buddies & I parked in was a huge tailgate. I spoke with enough people to eventually find the organizer (who is running a start-up ticket agency) and found out that the tailgate (which has ~ 235 people yesterday) was a package that he sold to a few companies in the area.

I mentioned the upcoming football game against Army, that there would be an enormous number of UConn fans attending, that most would already have tickets (unlike yesterday where the tickets were part of the package), many would likely arrive by bus and that the tailgate itself was what would be necessary. He said that with the amount of time (nearly six months) we should be able to work something out if there is sufficient interest. I have his information and will also be willing to forward it to (is it Ryan who plans the bus trips) others to help organize something. Considering the size of the lot where we parked, a tailgate as large as ~ 800 people would be possible. We may even be able to utilize more than one lot if there is sufficient interest.

Please post comments and we'll see if this is worth pursuing,

PS - He is also interested in looking at something for the men's basketball game against Duke in the Meadowlands.

 

[rich1122]

I would be in. I bought tickets already

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I would be in plus 1 at minimum.

 

[CTMike]

7-9 of us were planning on taking a train but a reasonably priced bus/tailgate could certainly sway us.

 

[KennyD]

I went to the Yankee-Pirate game at the stadium yesterday and in the lot my buddies & I parked in was a huge tailgate. I spoke with enough people to eventually find the organizer (who is running a start-up ticket agency) and found out that the tailgate (which has ~ 235 people yesterday) was a package that he sold to a few companies in the area.

I mentioned the upcoming football game against Army, that there would be an enormous number of UConn fans attending, that most would already have tickets (unlike yesterday where the tickets were part of the package), many would likely arrive by bus and that the tailgate itself was what would be necessary. He said that with the amount of time (nearly six months) we should be able to work something out if there is sufficient interest. I have his information and will also be willing to forward it to (is it Ryan who plans the bus trips) others to help organize something. Considering the size of the lot where we parked, a tailgate as large as ~ 800 people would be possible. We may even be able to utilize more than one lot if there is sufficient interest.

Please post comments and we'll see if this is worth pursuing,

PS - He is also interested in looking at something for the men's basketball game against Duke in the Meadowlands.

 

[KennyD]

Our group of 6 is driving and would love to join

 

[RioDog]

I will almost certainly be back in the States by Nov., so if schedules allow I'm in plus 1 or 2 will try to convince.

 

[ScottBonz]

With @rich1122 , we have 8 tickets total.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Viewing the response I'll call the guy during the week, have him set up a profile here and post a synopsis of how it will work (hopefully a mod will pin it).

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Would it be possible to buy in for the tailgate but not go on the bus?

 

[Ryan Phalen]

Bus in the works- I've sent it out to my usual group (past bus people) in hopes of firming up the stops before I post it to the broader group. FFld give me a shout on this- redsolocup and I run a big tailgate at every home game but we'd love to take it off and have someone else take care of it, have everyone else join us. My email is ryan.p.phalen@gmail.com

 

[thatguyed]

Like the awesome MD game a couple of years ago, this sounds great. We'd take the train and hook up for the gate.

 

[Bonehead]

Have our 6 seats for the game - sitting a row behind the new 'Monument Park' - excited for this excursion. Brother and wife will be up from Florida - making a weekend out of it! And the 3:30 pm start is my favorite!!

 

[Palatine]

I have a group six. But I'm waiting to see what Ryan comes up with.

 

[Ryan Phalen]

Group tickets won't be available through the Yankees until at least September so I doubt I'll be able to get anything together until then, if at all.

Spoke w the catering group Ffld referenced and currently finalizing the menu. Will be more information will come after I hear back from the catering company.