zachlaka

Yea the arctic tailgate went very well. It was my first time so I don't know how other years went but on Thursday MP Officals told use for Saturday they would monitor the line all night well that didn't happen till about 5:30 AM but when they were ready the line would be moved inside and only by MP Officials that did happen and very well.

When I was at MP for the arctic tailgate they had Prince Fielder pocket schedules at Fridays laying out on a table.

I ordered 2 tickets yesterday for this for me and my friend I got right field bleechers section 203 row 1 seats 1 & 2. Now I just got to decide which bobbleheads to bring along with me.

I would also like to know? I don't want to lug around a bunch of bobbleheads of people who are not signing.

Do you have a ebay link?

I tried last year to get Rottino's autograph on his Snappers bobblehead but I always missed him at the players lot. Maybe this year will be better. Also this jersey is a size 48 which is just my size the temptation to wear it is huge lol.

wow $213 I wonder what my game issued never used Vinny Rotino retro 1982 tribute Sounds jersey would go for? http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n176/Zachlaka/brewers/2d5a_1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n176/Zachlaka/brewers/2d7a_1.jpg

I am sure people will have many extras to give everyone in this line one. I know I had 4 extra from last year. If I had known about BF.net then I would only have 1 right now.

I have been waiting for this day forever. I have US Cell and I always wanted to profess my undying man love towards JJ Hardy and now 3TO http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

That's awesome:) Wasn't County Stadium the picture on the first issue?

Yea the tickets I was looking at were in terrace reserve 425 and were $9 since I just need the ticket for the bobble I may actually buy them since it is less than face value. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif So in the end it may even out with the S?H and under face value

I was thinking about ordering some tickets through stub hub for some of the bobblehead games since I need more but the S/H price is $12 http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eyes.gif

Wow I may just buy my parking in advance so I can buy a beer inside not like I will need to since we usually sneek in a ton of beer. I am also thinking about making a use once porta potty type thing for are tailgate group so we don't have to walk and wait in any lines. It would be something cheap that would just leave there for the grounds crew to clean up http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Same ast the above 2 posts I usually get 3-4 extra each year. We will see this year. You pay shipping it's yours.

Oh I know I none taken gypcasino. If all I got out of it was tickets and everyone had kept to themselves I really might have just paid the ebay price again and stayed home. But after seen some youtube videos of people camping out and having a blast I thought it would be alot of fun.

I was not doing the camp out just to get on TV all though it was pretty cool. I was doing it because in years past my group of of about 8 -10 people would go on ebay and buy are opening day tickets which were 60-70 dollars per person for not that great terrace reserve seats. Why should I pay someone way over the price on the ticket just to see one game? This year we were able to by 16 tickets 12 for opening day and 4 for the last home game and we paid $100 less than last years opening day tickets for 8 people. I think with all the new friends we made in line who are die hard Brewer fans like myself and my friends all the free stuff they handed out to us on Saturday t-shirts bobbleheads nesting dolls etc... and the face value of the tickets totally made up for the three days in the cold.

I like the choices I probably will only go to the Weeks and Gallardo bobbles no real interest in any of the twins. My friend will go get Braun for me since he lives in Milwaukee.

Hawing I checked CNN it is not on there the one that did air on CNN I was told from my uncle was just a slide show of pictures. He said it was on late at night and may have missed part of it because he was in another room when it came on. Here is the CBS 58 segment which we taped before they did the CNN one. When the camera man pans the camera across the group of people at the end right before Diane says her last lines I am the guy that is to the left of her taking a drink of beer. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif They said they video just gets sent to CNN and they might use it or not. http://www.cbs58.com/index.php?aid=1906

Ok so I just woke up from a nice long needed sleep. Me and my friend started are camp out for opening day tickets on Wednesday at 5PM are other firend joined us Friday. We were #2 in line according to tents. The first group got their at 11AM on Wednesday. It was fun for the most part. The main issue we had was with the cold cold weather. Wednesday night we were able to plug in are space heater we had and keep warm inside the tent. Thursday morning though we got woken up by a old MP official telling us and the other tent that we could not use their electrical outlets or have open flames. He came by a few times during the day to check the outlet by us http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif By night time there were about 10 tents that were in line with us. We had a nice group of people all around us. A lot of us ate at Fridays and then proceeded to drink their at the bar for long periods of time to stay warmhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif. The staff at Fridays were really helpfull and nice towards us and let us use their bathroom anytime they were open 11AM-12PM since MP did not start to their setup process till Friday morning. That's when we finally got port a pottys and ice removed from the sidewalk. It would have been nice to have that done earlier in the week but oh well maybe they didn't we would be coming on Wednesday. All night long Thursday till about 3 AM we were playing hide and go seek with a 3rd shift worker and a duralog that another group of people had burning in their grill. Basically we would light the log and in a few minutes the worker would drive over on his cart and tell us that the guy in the control room that is watching us on camera is getting fired up about are fire and that we need to close it. After a while we would quickly shut the grill top when we heard him coming. He would either take laps around the MP or go inside and finish watching a movie with Angelina Jolie in it and then get sent back to check us out. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif. We did this for about 1 1/2 hours. No one though could really give us a good answer as to why we could not have either a fire or electricity.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eyes.gif It was most likely a liability issue but it would have been nice to get a decent answer from someone instead of saying I don't know why I am just doing my job. From Friday around 2PM on is when most people started to show up. By 5PM the line was back to the ticket windows and by 2AM when I checked again it was halfway down the first base line. Friday Night I slept for a hour or two in my car after I warmed it up. There were fires going and we could use electricity but I was just not warming up http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif. Saturday Morning we took down the tent and packed away all the blankets and other stuff we had around 5:30 AM. The had officials their watching the line around 5 AM and on. They took us inside around 7 AM and walked the line around the Fan Zone and down to the club entrance under the tower. Once the line was in place we could freely walk around get donuts or use the Fridays bathroom. They opened early around 7 to sell breakfast burritos. The sausages and Bernie walked around greeting people. Some MP officials handed out free stuff like a demo PC baseball game. The free left over SGA's were the DAV cards, Cappy white bobbleheads and the Braves nesting doll set. At around 8:30 AM is when they started to move the section in groups of 12 to the doors were you got the Artic Tailgate t-shirt and then about 5 minutes later the let the group go outside to the ticket windows to start buying tickets. Me and my two friends talked to the officals working the line and were able to goa s a group to the last ticket window open. The only tickets we wanted were opening day and the last home game against the Cubs. But we wanted are tickets together so that's why we went in a group Mp was really nice abou =t that and for opening day we got seats back to back I believe 6 in each row way up in Terrace Reserve 425. For the last home game we got 4 seats on the aisle in the Lodge Bleachers section 237. Over all I think we did well with the tickets and for the most part got what we wanted. For both games we paid less than we did last year just for the opening day tickets we got off ebayhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif If you are thinking about tailgating next year do it. It is a lot of fun and the people in line are all very nice die hard Brewer fans Just make sure to stay warm and wear lots of layers and a good pair of winter boots. Oh yeah as for news coverage we were interviewed on Wednesday night by channel 12. interviewed by I think 12 again on Thursday morning and TMJ4 came and took some video of both tents and but no interview. Other stations came and interviewed other people down the line. On Friday channel 58 sent a reporter to come and a tape a opener and closer for their Arctic Tailgate segment. So they basically had her (Diane) siting behind tent #1's Brewer themed table and we were standing/sitting all around Diane to make a nice back drop. After they got those shots done for the local news Diane told us they needed to do another opener and closer the same lines again I think for the segment that they were going to send to CNN. It was really cool to be taped for CNN. One guy standing right behind Diane shotgunned a beer for each take we did which was about 7. After we taped that we got Diane to drink with us http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif The only news related person who took us up on the offer. Someone made her a Whiskey Sour. Well their is my really long and horribly written story to sum up my Arctic Tailgate. If I had remembered to bring my camera I would have taken pictures but I won't forget next year promise. If you want to ask me any questions go ahead.

I may have to call the Brewers and then tell the rep to put me back on hold so i can hear the plays again. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Burniebrewer I am talking about the arctic blast that's when I would camp out and get the tickets. I am just wondering If I should even bother with it though? I was planning on getting to Miller Park early Wednesday morning or so. My friend would join me from Thursday on and we would both get 4 tickets so we can have 8 for our group it looks like we only will need 7-8 tickets now.

Would camping out for opening day tickets be worth it? I only need about 10-12 tickets and wouldn't mind waiting in the cold for a few days to get tickets at face value. Will their be any tickets left by this time? In the we have gotten tickets off ebay and paid something close to $65 a person for terrace reserved http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

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I had Mahi Mahi a few years ago at Emerald Lagasse's resturant Emrils's in the MGM Las Vegas. It was amazing I have had every time it is on the menu since and have even cooked it a few times myself. Very tasty fish

Last blue I saw on ebay went for $140 There was one on ebay last week but it had a huge chip on the bill of the hat it went for $55 http://cgi.ebay.com/Paul-Molitor-throwback-Bobblehead_W0QQitemZ120212876610QQihZ002QQcategoryZ83062QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem