just let me know what's going on way in advance so i can start making my plan's w/(work) talked to ex67 last nite and he might be intersted also!
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i live in boston no problem for me i have one question can my wife come along?if we are all sitting together at the bar lets make sure we are all on the same side in the football games so that means we will need a pretty good handicapper im not any good in football so this season i will need a lot of help from this forum.lets get the hotel rooms early and book in advance.
Can somebody give Butterbean a swift kick in the ass for me? I'd be willin' to send a Ben Franklin your way....
I will definately be in the NY/NJ area sometime in the beginning of september. I'm not sure if it'll be labor day weekend or the week after. Let me know.
My mom live in A.C and plays a lot of cards at the Taj. She MIGHT have a connection for discount rooms. Let me know how many rooms and what dates and I'll ask her. If there isn't some kind of convention in A.c she can usually get a deal.
My mom live in A.C and plays a lot of cards at the Taj. She MIGHT have a connection for discount rooms. Let me know how many rooms and what dates and I'll ask her. If there isn't some kind of convention in A.c she can usually get a deal.
i'm about 90% sure of making it. i'll post when it's definite. have to slip this by the wife at the 'right' time. you guys decide on the meeting place. nyc might be better for watching the games? not sure. and, how's the ncaa slate for that saturday?
MJ, lets doit!!!! the zone would be great...they have all the games, atmosphere is great..but we have to book quick..let me know???I will bombard them with phone calls and see what they can do for us..or if anyone wants to try please do do....mj dont know if you can use your mj power..hehe... dont hesitate to do so.
Week 1 NFL in Atlantic City or New York City?
Here are the pros and cons of both (in my estimation):
First, both are do-able. Both would be attended by a fair number of MadJacks people, since I'd estimate close to 25-30 percent of the posts at the site come from the northeast (an unofficial estimate).
ATLANTIC CITY: We can probably agree a MadJacks gathering would be preferable in a casino environment -- plenty of hotels and table games to keep us busy when we're not watching games. However, Atlantic City is one of the absolute worst places to watch any sport, let alone football. I've visited most of the bars and lounges in the city and I've yet to find anything that compares with a place like a Vegas sportsbook, or even an ESPN Zone. Keep in mind Atlantic City has no sports betting, so the casinos are not exactly interested in entertaining people with non-gambling activities. Unlike, LV or Reno -- where TVs are literally everywhere (on every game) -- you are not likely to get any coverage of games except for the Giants, Jets, and Eagles. Poker rooms (which all have banks of TVs) rarely show satellite transmissions from any games other thatn local teams. Lounges and bars are much the same -- you'll see the Gaints and Jets, but that's about it. Since the Giants are playing on Monday Night (Week 1), that essentially means you are going to get little more than Eagles and Jets coverage.
One exception is the Hooters restaurant in the lower level of the Tropicana -- which carries ALMOST ALL of the games. Trouble is -- this is *NOT* a serious sports bar. There is loud rock music continuously blasting from the speakers and absolutely no seriousness about the place. I realize this might sound odd (being male) but the last thing I want to see when I'm watching a football game with money on it is tits and ass bouncing all over the place, and a bunch of drunken slots players eating chicken wings. This is what you see in AC basicaly (since there is no legalized sports gambling -- it's DIFFICULT if not IMPOSSIBLE to find a decent sports bar). There is one sports bar down the shore (forgot the city) but it's about 30 miles away. So, my point is -- while Atlantic City would be a great place to meet and gather, we have a serious problem finding a decent sports bar that wil be suitable.
Rooms are avaialable in the $120 and up price range. Weekends are often filled to capacity. I can swing us a few rooms at either the Tropicana or Taj Mahal -- but the players rate ranges from $79-99. But there's no way I can get more than 3-4 rooms.
NEW YORK CITY: I have never been inside an ESPN ZONE, so I cannot comment on the atmosphere. But I imagine that it would be difficult to try and get 10-15 seats together on the first NFL Sunday (every serious sports bar in the country will be SRO). The only way to plausibly do this would be to get a head count and try and make an arrangement with the (ESPN ZONE) manager to lock us up XX seats and tables. If we have to pay $50 a head, that's fine by me (maybe we can work out a deal for appetizers and drinks). The ESPN ZONE would be perfect, assuming they show ALL the games on satellite, and we can get some seats locked up together.
My vote goes to NYC -- if those conditions can be met.
Feedback welcomed.......
Nolan Dalla
Here are the pros and cons of both (in my estimation):
First, both are do-able. Both would be attended by a fair number of MadJacks people, since I'd estimate close to 25-30 percent of the posts at the site come from the northeast (an unofficial estimate).
ATLANTIC CITY: We can probably agree a MadJacks gathering would be preferable in a casino environment -- plenty of hotels and table games to keep us busy when we're not watching games. However, Atlantic City is one of the absolute worst places to watch any sport, let alone football. I've visited most of the bars and lounges in the city and I've yet to find anything that compares with a place like a Vegas sportsbook, or even an ESPN Zone. Keep in mind Atlantic City has no sports betting, so the casinos are not exactly interested in entertaining people with non-gambling activities. Unlike, LV or Reno -- where TVs are literally everywhere (on every game) -- you are not likely to get any coverage of games except for the Giants, Jets, and Eagles. Poker rooms (which all have banks of TVs) rarely show satellite transmissions from any games other thatn local teams. Lounges and bars are much the same -- you'll see the Gaints and Jets, but that's about it. Since the Giants are playing on Monday Night (Week 1), that essentially means you are going to get little more than Eagles and Jets coverage.
One exception is the Hooters restaurant in the lower level of the Tropicana -- which carries ALMOST ALL of the games. Trouble is -- this is *NOT* a serious sports bar. There is loud rock music continuously blasting from the speakers and absolutely no seriousness about the place. I realize this might sound odd (being male) but the last thing I want to see when I'm watching a football game with money on it is tits and ass bouncing all over the place, and a bunch of drunken slots players eating chicken wings. This is what you see in AC basicaly (since there is no legalized sports gambling -- it's DIFFICULT if not IMPOSSIBLE to find a decent sports bar). There is one sports bar down the shore (forgot the city) but it's about 30 miles away. So, my point is -- while Atlantic City would be a great place to meet and gather, we have a serious problem finding a decent sports bar that wil be suitable.
Rooms are avaialable in the $120 and up price range. Weekends are often filled to capacity. I can swing us a few rooms at either the Tropicana or Taj Mahal -- but the players rate ranges from $79-99. But there's no way I can get more than 3-4 rooms.
NEW YORK CITY: I have never been inside an ESPN ZONE, so I cannot comment on the atmosphere. But I imagine that it would be difficult to try and get 10-15 seats together on the first NFL Sunday (every serious sports bar in the country will be SRO). The only way to plausibly do this would be to get a head count and try and make an arrangement with the (ESPN ZONE) manager to lock us up XX seats and tables. If we have to pay $50 a head, that's fine by me (maybe we can work out a deal for appetizers and drinks). The ESPN ZONE would be perfect, assuming they show ALL the games on satellite, and we can get some seats locked up together.
My vote goes to NYC -- if those conditions can be met.
Feedback welcomed.......
Nolan Dalla
Nolan- I definitely agree. AC is the worst to watch the games, that is why I thought of the Zone. I have been there plenty of times and you would love it..tv and sound everywhere...I can try to book a section for us....we can do both sat and sun...thing is, it might be quite expensive and that might exclude some people...I know we can get a better deal at the All-Star Cafe, two blocks down...also great for watching games???
Thanks for the insight Nolan. It would seem, NYC is the place to go, given the main focus here is sports. I have been to the Zone once, and it is pretty fantastic. EVERY game on that day will be shown there. I am not connected there, but it seems visionary is. Perhaps Visionary can make some calls and get a lay of the land. I am more than happy to help out in any way necessary. E-mail me @aol.com so we can communicate more directly regarding this. This is gonna rock! I can't wait to meet those that will attend.
Maybe a little bit more out of the way, but FOXWOODS does have a sportbook, and table games, and golf, and.... Course I think they will be even more expensive then the ZONE. Then again, if we have a big group coming to game there, maybe they will cut us a deal. I'm gonna call them now and see what's up.
I threw a party at the all star cafe in 99...it was for 100 people full buffet and open bar...hehe...wow..did they ever lose money...lol...but it cost me 5k...
FOXWOODS has NO rooms available for that weekend. They put me in touch with Mystic Hilton, who said they had a few rooms which would need to be individually booked ranging from $189-$225 per night.
I know that there are tons of hotels/motels in the area that do not cost anywhere close to this much (but then again it is weekend after labor day).
Foxwoods said that their sportsbook is HUGE, so we probably would not need to have a section blocked off. They did say they could put me in touch with the sportsbook to request this and look into catering, etc... They also said they had meeting rooms available at $250 per day. For the most part these would just be big empty rooms.
$5,000 for 100 people at the ZONE does not sound that bad. $50 per person. I can definately swing that as I am sure most here could as well. Of course this does not take into account travel/lodging for those who do not live in the area. Maybe we can all stay at Visionary's place...I here it is a mansion...he he..lol
I know that there are tons of hotels/motels in the area that do not cost anywhere close to this much (but then again it is weekend after labor day).
Foxwoods said that their sportsbook is HUGE, so we probably would not need to have a section blocked off. They did say they could put me in touch with the sportsbook to request this and look into catering, etc... They also said they had meeting rooms available at $250 per day. For the most part these would just be big empty rooms.
$5,000 for 100 people at the ZONE does not sound that bad. $50 per person. I can definately swing that as I am sure most here could as well. Of course this does not take into account travel/lodging for those who do not live in the area. Maybe we can all stay at Visionary's place...I here it is a mansion...he he..lol
My lean is towards Atlantic City at this point but I could easily be persuaded into a weekend of fun at NYC as well. I have never been to either place and I am sure both places would be fun. If Jack and Raymond both prefer AC maybe we should go there?? I don't know??? You guys figure it out I am open to suggestions...
I'll be able to make it for sure if I do not have a problem getting off of work. Well there should not be a problem there
(better not be), but I am new to the company....
kneifl
I'll be able to make it for sure if I do not have a problem getting off of work. Well there should not be a problem there
kneifl
i vote for NYC. i'll leave the place up to you guys. i'm game for anything.
are you guys planning a get together for sat AND sun? if you're planning only one day, i vote for saturday because......
i will be driving, so am i wrong in thinking that i'd like to get out of that city on sunday afternoon/night rather than waiting until monday morning? if that's the case, i'll only be staying for the early game on sunday, then i'll hit the road. i'll do my partying on saturday for the college games. i'll just get a room for fri and sat in that case.
if monday isn't a mad-house for a 'tourist' then i can get a room for sat and sun and party both days. isn't it easier to get a room for fri and sat rather than sat and sun? isn't it a hellava lot less expensive or doesn't it matter?
i don't know....you guys tell me.
are you guys planning a get together for sat AND sun? if you're planning only one day, i vote for saturday because......
i will be driving, so am i wrong in thinking that i'd like to get out of that city on sunday afternoon/night rather than waiting until monday morning? if that's the case, i'll only be staying for the early game on sunday, then i'll hit the road. i'll do my partying on saturday for the college games. i'll just get a room for fri and sat in that case.
if monday isn't a mad-house for a 'tourist' then i can get a room for sat and sun and party both days. isn't it easier to get a room for fri and sat rather than sat and sun? isn't it a hellava lot less expensive or doesn't it matter?
i don't know....you guys tell me.
mj- rooms are more available on sunday,,,,typically rate is even cheaper...I am leaving the 3rd for sardinia..i will bring a laptop...just so i can check in and get my daily fix..lol...no its work related....yeah right..haha..
so if we do this lets get a head count and i can help plan this out.
p.s. when everyone gets here we are all going to church on sunday morning before the games to pray for some sinners mean winners...LOLlmao!!!!!j/k
so if we do this lets get a head count and i can help plan this out.
p.s. when everyone gets here we are all going to church on sunday morning before the games to pray for some sinners mean winners...LOLlmao!!!!!j/k
mj- rooms are more available on sunday,,,,typically rate is even cheaper.
that's cool but my main concern is getting out of there on monday. i don't mind traffic, but is that place like we see on TV, where i'm gonna be sitting in traffic all day monday trying to get out of there? lmao!!
that's cool but my main concern is getting out of there on monday. i don't mind traffic, but is that place like we see on TV, where i'm gonna be sitting in traffic all day monday trying to get out of there? lmao!!
leaving is no problem....it will take you 10 mniutes to get out..i will show you...the problem is for the people trying to get in...takes about 45 minutes from jersey crossings...getting out to 95 will take no time
