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As a UConn fan who doesn't get to go to games, is it worth going to the Big East Tourney? i"ve been thinking of saving my pennies and making the trip out east to possible make it there next year.
Scott's Lobster Dock, in New London, opened yesterday... and it snowed.My take, for what it’s worth…maybe. I think a lot depends on the things that you like to do in your down time. Keeping in mind that I live about a half an hour from the Mohegan Sun, I generally find it to be boring. There are some fairly decent restaurants in the casino itself and there are more in the general area. If you want to do anything outside of the casino, you will most certainly need to rent a car. The biggest problem is that late winter is not the best time to visit eastern Connecticut. Many of the tourist attractions are closed and it’s likely to be cold and raw outside.
I think Buttonwoods opened March 1, but it’s too cold for ice cream.Scott's Lobster Dock, in New London, opened yesterday... and it snowed.
We have tickets to the finals (UConn better win tomorrow) and a room for the night. Not only that we are getting a massage in the spa Monday afternoon and dinner at Tao that night, we're gonna have a ball. My advice to you is go for it!As a UConn fan who doesn't get to go to games, is it worth going to the Big East Tourney? i"ve been thinking of saving my pennies and making the trip out east to possible make it there next year.
I think Buttonwoods opened March 1, but it’s too cold for ice cream.
I hope you get to go next season. Bribe your wifeI would love to see a game in Gampel! I’ve never been. I just have to persuade my wife.
It’s early March and the outdoors attractions would be closed or too cold to enjoyThere are a number of things at the shore which is about a 20 minute drive:
1. Groton and the submarine museums
2. Old Lyme Florence Griswold museum - american impressionist art on door panels, wall panels in the boarding house where many of the NYC artists spent their summer and paid their rent with the paintings.
3. Coast Guard academy and museum
4. Old Mystic Seaport
5. Various house museums including Eugene O'Niell's childhood home.
6. Lyman Allyn museum at Conn College
7. Some lovely public waterfront parks in Waterford CT just west of New London
Search google for attractions near New London, Mystic, and Old Lyme - there is quite a bit available in an area that was among the first to be settled by Europeans. Inland is mostly farming and old factory towns along the rivers where the factories mostly closed after the civil war.
Do the early NCAA tournament games at Gampel instead. There is nothing like the atmosphere of a Big Dance game. You ca still go to the casinos, if that’s on your wish listAs a UConn fan who doesn't get to go to games, is it worth going to the Big East Tourney? i"ve been thinking of saving my pennies and making the trip out east to possible make it there next year.
Lemme give a shout out for the Florence Griswold Museum. Back when my folks still lived in CT, I'd try to get there every couple of years. The Hudson River School gets all the press, but the Connecticut Impressionists were da bomb, too.There are a number of things at the shore which is about a 20 minute drive:
2. Old Lyme Florence Griswold museum - american impressionist art on door panels, wall panels in the boarding house where many of the NYC artists spent their summer and paid their rent with the paintings.
Rather than go to the BE Tourney, consider the first and second round games at Gampel. The first round game will not be competitive, but the second will. I also found it fun to scout the second round opponent. On the off day, Boston is so incredibly close.It's never too cold for ice cream lol. From someone living in Minnesota that eats ice cream when it's -10 but feels like -45 lol.
Thank you all for your advice, as much as i like staying home and watching the games on TV, it's great seeing them in person. If I go, it'll be just me so can do whatever, whenever. My soul feels like it belongs out east, so any excuse to get back there is good for me lol. I'd love to go to a game at Gampel but would want more then 1 game, so that's also a possibility.
I'm going to the game next year when they come to play Minnesota Gophers, I hope to be sitting around other UConn fans (sorry Minnesota, the only time I'll turn my back on the Gophers).
The Museums in Cos Cob, Uconn's Benton, and the Florence Griswold did a traveling show combining all their CT Impressionist paintings and displaying at all three venues for a few months each back in the late seventies which was fabulous. I went to the show in Old Lyme since the door panels and room panels did not travel. But the Benton if you are at Uconn is worth a look.Lemme give a shout out for the Florence Griswold Museum. Back when my folks still lived in CT, I'd try to get there every couple of years. The Hudson River School gets all the press, but the Connecticut Impressionists were da bomb, too.
I'll be retired in a year or two and will definitely be heading to the BET and will hit the museum, too.
I would love to see a game in Gampel! I’ve never been. I just have to persuade my wife.
Except if you are tall. My husband is 6’6” and those seats don’t have enough leg room.Seats are more comfortable at Mohegan Sun.
Puppy Love- - - It's NEVER to cold for Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!I think Buttonwoods opened March 1, but it’s too cold for ice cream.
Has your husband ever had bench seating in Gampel? He might need to buy 2 seats, his seat and the seat in front of him for his legs. (For football at the Rent you could be a 7 footer and still have plenty of legroom.)Except if you are tall. My husband is 6’6” and those seats don’t have enough leg room.