St. John’s pregame gathering 2/6

[UCkayak]

Is there any Husky pregame gathering Friday before the St. John’s game? I recall something in the past being held at Legends. Thx

 

[Deepster]

Just my two cents? Legends has gotten to be ridiculous. If you’re inside, you literally cannot move and is jammed packed beyond belief. If you get there too late, the line is an hour long wait.

 

[sledog]

I used to have a list of UConn frequeted bars, but I'm guessing it's obsolete. With the destruction of the Hotel Penn btwn 33-32, etc, changes in the neighborhood. Went by there on 3 days last week. Lots of dwellers on 8th Ave.

In the past, I could never find a UConncrowd in a bar near MSG. Do u guys really show up somewhere?

ps - Stout moved to 35th St

 

[Marat]

Legends. Before the UConn vs Illinois game in Nov.

 

[Marat]

Also Demseys

 

[nashusky109]

Pregame with whoever you’re with wherever and get to the arena early and enjoy there. Legends is like walking into Ted’s on nickel night but worse cause you’re waiting minutes for drinks and have no where to sit or move. Fun environment if you’re into that and its an experience but if the the goal is to Pregame it may be a while till you’re game and then you and everyone else are walking over to msg to wait in more lines.

The environment at legends is what makes it with all the pregame hype and students/alumni, and past players but once again if the goal is to pregame I’d go somewhere less crowded. If you decide to go, get there early and grab a table for you and whoever you’re with.

 

[TGW93]

I've started pregaming at the Moynihan Food Hall in Penn Station. Great food and drink selection, and you're right across the street from MSG.

 

[CTBasketball]

Legends is the usual spot but the place is a dump. Haven’t cleaned their tap lines out since the Cold War.

 

[Rodinodeez]

There is a business school event at legends before the game that has a portion of the bar reserved. It'll be worse than usual this year

 

[UCkayak]

There is a business school event at legends before the game that has a portion of the bar reserved. It'll be worse than usual this year

Is this a UConn Business School event?

 

[karstenkibbe]

Just go to City Beer in Murray Hill or New York Beer Dispensary in Chelsea. Drink great beers and have fun. Then make your way over to MSG.

 

[HuskyPooh]

We usually go to Walters on 29th and 8th. Not too crowded. Great bartender.

Side note - Have a pair of tickets in section 227 that I'm selling for face. Love to get em in the hands of Husky fans.

 

[BlueandOG]

Does the UConn alumni association have a NYC presence? They should take the lead on this. In Boston, they organize watch parties at area bars.

 

[Storrs South]

Does the UConn alumni association have a NYC presence? They should take the lead on this. In Boston, they organize watch parties at area bars.

They built the relationship with Legends and have been the hosts of events there since pre-pandemic.

The guidance as always has been Legends and Jack Demsey's as the main UConn bars (same owners or at least used to be). Understand they can get packed -- after that it's as others have said there are other options in the area they just will not be UConn centric / sponsorsed.

This is a good problem to have as when UConn first started out at Legends it was never super packed but now the fanbase as at or near its peak and so everyone wants in -- that's great!

There are no venues short of a conference meeting space around MSG that could handle all UConn fans under one roof and Legends is one of the biggest bars in that part of town.

 

[Lafayette]

Grabbing dinner a few blocks away then walking there with a buddy. Pregame at Legends is worse than 1990s Patty O’Brians for Mardis Gras.

 

[dvegas]

Legends is, and always has been, a tourist spot. There are about eighty million better places to pregame in NYC before MSG.

 

[Flipside]

This is a good problem to have as when UConn first started out at Legends it was never super packed but now the fanbase as at or near its peak and so everyone wants in -- that's great!

This

 

[prankster]

They built the relationship with Legends and have been the hosts of events there since pre-pandemic.

The guidance as always has been Legends and Jack Demsey's as the main UConn bars (same owners or at least used to be). Understand they can get packed -- after that it's as others have said there are other options in the area they just will not be UConn centric / sponsorsed.

This is a good problem to have as when UConn first started out at Legends it was never super packed but now the fanbase as at or near its peak and so everyone wants in -- that's great!

There are no venues short of a conference meeting space around MSG that could handle all UConn fans under one roof and Legends is one of the biggest bars in that part of town.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

 

[Storrs South]

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Sounds contradictory

 

[Flipside]

Legends is, and always has been, a tourist spot. There are about eighty million better places to pregame in NYC before MSG.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Sounds contradictory

it's insane ... first of all, anyone that doesn't live in Manhattan IS a tourist, lol

 

[husky8273]

Legends is, and always has been, a tourist spot. There are about eighty million better places to pregame in NYC before MSG.

Keens

 

[Lafayette]

Sounds contradictory

Yogi!