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Rocktheworld said:
How often do they even have Boston as a location, let alone a regional final, let alone with UConn in it, let alone as the 1 seed, let alone on the road to repeating as champions?

This scenario will never happen again.
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It has been before. Could happen again but not for many years if at all. I wanted to go, being semi-local, but the prices are absurd and it's Easter week. I'm buried at work and covering for two others who are out. I can't miss Friday.

Maybe I'm just getting older, but I want to see the game more than I want to experience the crowd. I've been to TD Garden enough to know that most of the tickets under $1000 are going to suck. Back before the big screen 4k TV world that made less of a difference. Now?
 
HuskyHawk said:
It has been before. Could happen again but not for many years if at all. I wanted to go, being semi-local, but the prices are absurd and it's Easter week. I'm buried at work and covering for two others who are out. I can't miss Friday.

Maybe I'm just getting older, but I want to see the game more than I want to experience the crowd. I've been to TD Garden enough to know that most of the tickets under $1000 are going to suck. Back before the big screen 4k TV world that made less of a difference. Now?
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For me it’s “my Huskies are in there fighting to become legends, I can’t be out here looking at the outside of the stadium. I have to be in there to cheer them on”.

If we get through Boston it would immediately become the biggest in-person sporting event I have ever witnessed.

I’m lucky I don’t have kids or anything like that, and won’t be kid-free for long (getting married in October). This is as can’t-miss as it gets for me
 
Rocktheworld said:
I wish Tavern in the Square had better standing room

Blackmoor is immediately across the bridge in Charlestown, but isn’t much bigger. I feel like the only big spots are the crummy dives in that north station area

Night Shift Brewing has a super solid and big tap room right there that could be a good option

I haven’t been to Banners yet so I can’t comment but I’m sure it’ll be swamped by fans from all 4 teams
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I think we're lucky being local and a lot of the Garden-adjacent spots will be havens for the 3 non-local teams.

Anyone got any north-end ideas? That's walkable.
 
HuskyHawk said:
It has been before. Could happen again but not for many years if at all. I wanted to go, being semi-local, but the prices are absurd and it's Easter week. I'm buried at work and covering for two others who are out. I can't miss Friday.

Maybe I'm just getting older, but I want to see the game more than I want to experience the crowd. I've been to TD Garden enough to know that most of the tickets under $1000 are going to suck. Back before the big screen 4k TV world that made less of a difference. Now?
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Yeah? I’ve almost always gone to Celtics games in the upper deck and have always felt TD is a great arena where there aren’t any bad seats.


my busy period of work was last week, my birthday is in the ncaa championship date range so thankfully my wife had no problem doing Easter with the kids and her family without me. It’s completely stupid expensive but I couldn’t miss this
 
Rocktheworld said:
For me it’s “my Huskies are in there fighting to become legends, I can’t be out here looking at the outside of the stadium. I have to be in there to cheer them on”.

If we get through Boston it would immediately become the biggest in-person sporting event I have ever witnessed.

I’m lucky I don’t have kids or anything like that, and won’t be kid-free for long (getting married in October). This is as can’t-miss as it gets for me
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This legit sounds like my own thought process, thank you for your support, I truly feel understood.

Are you aware of any tourney related fanfare going on? I’m assuming Wednesday afternoon there will be an open practice (already blocked off my work calendar that afternoon) but wondering if I should try to get to the TD area as early as possible Thursday or if it’s just going to be a couple of games without a lot of BS going on.
 
Senor Blue said:
I think we're lucky being local and a lot of the Garden-adjacent spots will be havens for the 3 non-local teams.

Anyone got any north-end ideas? That's walkable.
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Well the main drag of North End where most of the bars are is a similar walk to the stadium as is Beacon Hill, which will almost assuredly be less packed than the north end. Hill Tavern has always been a favorite of mine. Tip Tap Room is okay but not big, and not much of a “pregame” place. Sadly Beacon Hill Pub apparently closed recently. There’s the Dubliner, more so in that government center area…
 
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blue sections are ours!
 
Kembacity said:
This legit sounds like my own thought process, thank you for your support, I truly feel understood.

Are you aware of any tourney related fanfare going on? I’m assuming Wednesday afternoon there will be an open practice (already blocked off my work calendar that afternoon) but wondering if I should try to get to the TD area as early as possible Thursday or if it’s just going to be a couple of games without a lot of BS going on.
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Haven’t heard or seen anything. Never been in a city where this is going on. Do they typically have a buildup for the sweet sixteen games? The general area doesn’t strike me as being very conducive to doing much, unless bars step up and do stuff (which I also don’t really see happening)
 
elmcityboy said:
i have been to the first round games each of the last three years (buffalo, albany, and brooklyn - although i only went to the friday game this year) and i have always been surprised by how few uconn fans turn out. i agree that it is largely a factor of the big east tournament, but it is still consistently surprising.

that being said, i think the building will be full of uconn fans on thursday. we have a big fan base up there that is obviously very hungry to see the team in their backyard.

hoping i can still make it, but not sure! really wish we were playing on friday.
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We definitely like to blow our load on the Big East tournament
 
Weather is looking very rainy. We'd want to pregame somewhere not that far from the arena.
 
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Kembacity said:
Yeah? I’ve almost always gone to Celtics games in the upper deck and have always felt TD is a great arena where there aren’t any bad seats.


my busy period of work was last week, my birthday is in the ncaa championship date range so thankfully my wife had no problem doing Easter with the kids and her family without me. It’s completely stupid expensive but I couldn’t miss this
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Middle upper deck down and Loge are all good. Top of the upper deck makes me ill. Corners and end-zones, I tend to prefer TV. Lower corner is worse really (the upper lower and lower upper have better visibility). I also find it hard to get to the Garden, but I'm southwest of the city. Those coming from the north or nothwest have it easier. For example @Rocktheworld mentioned Nightshift, which does get good marks, that might as well be the moon coming from where I live on a weeknight.

Trust all of you guys to provide the team the backing our Huskies deserve. I'll check stubhub again to see if anything is reasonable.
 
auror said:
Weather is looking very rainy. We'd want to pregame somewhere not that far from the arena.
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Well The Greatest Bar has always been a UConn alumni event bar. I think they take the top floor. Check AD Dave's Twitter, they could put an event on. It's close. I don't like it, but it's huge. Tavern in the Square is nice but crowded and slow. I've heard good things about Banners but haven't been. I see that the Nightshift reference was probably to the Lovejoy Warf spot, that could work.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Middle upper deck down and Loge are all good. Top of the upper deck makes me ill. Corners and end-zones, I tend to prefer TV. Lower corner is worse really (the upper lower and lower upper have better visibility). I also find it hard to get to the Garden, but I'm southwest of the city. Those coming from the north or nothwest have it easier. For example @Rocktheworld mentioned Nightshift, which does get good marks, that might as well be the moon coming from where I live on a weeknight.

Trust all of you guys to provide the team the backing our Huskies deserve. I'll check stubhub again to see if anything is reasonable.
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Yeah it’s a totally different commute from south/west and north. Coming in to north vs south station, dealing with the pike or 93. I hear you on not being able to make it happen. If I was out there, I wouldn’t be as crazy about going. I’m blessed that I’m just a (long) walk from the stadium
 
It's a reverse commute at least at that hour, though that southern stretch of 93 is always clogged.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Middle upper deck down and Loge are all good. Top of the upper deck makes me ill. Corners and end-zones, I tend to prefer TV. Lower corner is worse really (the upper lower and lower upper have better visibility). I also find it hard to get to the Garden, but I'm southwest of the city. Those coming from the north or nothwest have it easier. For example @Rocktheworld mentioned Nightshift, which does get good marks, that might as well be the moon coming from where I live on a weeknight.

Trust all of you guys to provide the team the backing our Huskies deserve. I'll check stubhub again to see if anything is reasonable.
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Yeah it’s right there and I’ve been 3-4 times, it’s a good venue with good beer. Half decent Detroitish style pizza. For those interested:
 

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Get in price on Seatgeek seems to be dropping slightly, still extremely expensive though. Think it drops more or is now the time to buy?
 
kemba said:
Get in price on Seatgeek seems to be dropping slightly, still extremely expensive though. Think it drops more or is now the time to buy?
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Prices rose 50/ticket for the nosebleeds on TM today. Hard to say. I got nervous and bought. Tick pick, SeatGeak, Gametime. Shopped them all before settling on Megaseats with a discount code. Seatgeek was more than the others, but if you shop there and leave they send you a 15% coupon if it's your first time.
 
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huskyjawz said:
Prices rose 50/ticket for the nosebleeds on TM today. Hard to say. I got nervous and bought. Tick pick, SeatGeak, Gametime. Shopped them all before settling on Megaseats with a discount code. Seatgeek was more than the others, but if you shop there and leave they send you a 15% coupon if it's your first time.
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Visa Freedom credit card is offering 5% cash back on Seatgeek, and 10% on EventTickets and TicketSmarter but customers need to add these offers to their cards. They aren't automatically added.
 
Couldn't make it Thursday, but booked Saturday (fingers crossed....) through Ticket Smarter. $277 including fees.

I used a $20 off code DN20, went through Rakuten first for 3% cash back, and my Visa card has a 10% cash back offer. Guessing all-in it cost me $241. Not bad. Section 327.

Anyone know about parking?
 
UCTitleTown said:
Couldn't make it Thursday, but booked Saturday (fingers crossed....) through Ticket Smarter. $277 including fees.

I used a $20 off code DN20, went through Rakuten first for 3% cash back, and my Visa card has a 10% cash back offer. Guessing all-in it cost me $241. Not bad. Section 327.

Anyone know about parking?
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There are a few garages nearby and one now under the Garden. Expect $. Other option is to park at a T station and take the train in.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Couldn't make it Thursday, but booked Saturday (fingers crossed....) through Ticket Smarter. $277 including fees.

I used a $20 off code DN20, went through Rakuten first for 3% cash back, and my Visa card has a 10% cash back offer. Guessing all-in it cost me $241. Not bad. Section 327.

Anyone know about parking?
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Where are you coming from?
 
I ended up booking a parking garage spot through Spot Hero that's .2 miles away from the Garden for $26. If you have Rakuten go there first and get 2% cash back. Not a lot, but every penny counts these days. I've had a good experience with Spot Hero in the past. I looked for promo codes, but they all seemed to be for new users, so I gave up. There are some spots cheaper than this one, but 1/2 mile or more away. I wasn't interested in walking so far at night.
 
It's times like this when I miss living in the Boston area. Definitely would have gone to see them this year if I was still living around there.
 
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