Hangar18 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 If anyone is going, we should all meet at The Big Downtown, its right next to the Hilton and accessable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsonmi Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Coming in from Boulder, Colorado for the third consecutive year. I'm looking forward to a great weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisox72 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I will be there for the weekend with some friends. Should be a nice getaway, full of drinking, baseball, and more drinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I wonder if there have been any cancellations-I know a partial plan holder that has been called about rooms/tickets available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hey guys I'm not going but some of us would love to read reviews/roundups when you're done, to see what we did/didn't miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Not going for the first time in a couple years. My work schedule pretty much blows right now (Busy season as a CPA is a lot of fun, WOOOOO) but on the bright side I will be snowboarding instead (and considering I don't get to go as much as I used to...I'd rather be doing that). Â However, just 7 or so more weeks till I arrive in Arizona for spring training...YESSS. Â But for those that do go, hopefully you can pass on any interesting info that comes from the seminars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Eventually I'll go, but probably not for a few years when I'm out of college. It's just too much of a commute for me right now. Sounds like a great time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez's Ghost Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Does anybody know why it was moved to the Palmer House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 QUOTE(Al Lopez @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 01:38 PM) Does anybody know why it was moved to the Palmer House? I think they wanted it to be in a more intimate setting due to the fiasco of last years. I am sure there were other reasons, but I also thought that there were issues with the hotel having too much say as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I wish I was going. Have been there for the last three SoxFests and unfortunately due to college, I won't be making the trip. Always one of the best weekends of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Went the past three years, but due to the fact that they raised the prices, not going this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowninginflame Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I'd go but it's sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I am. Â Â Hopefully it will be better than last year's miserable outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 04:31 PM) Went the past three years, but due to the fact that they raised the prices, not going this year. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 It's like 8 hours away, it's sold out, and I'm a poor college student. Â It would be a blast, but it is about as possible as the Bills playing in the Superbowl next Saturday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Soxfest at Soxfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 03:38 PM) I think they wanted it to be in a more intimate setting due to the fiasco of last years. I heard that, but they were passing out the little notes that Soxfest would be at the Palmer House at last year's Soxfest. I doubt they would have been able to arrange it that quickly. Something must have happened before the actual event. It seems weird they would deprive a lot of people a chance of attending Soxfest because the hotel wanted a say in what was going on. It would be interesting to see what exactly the reason really was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Just to update us who weren't there last year (I was there the year before), what was the fiasco last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 01:56 AM) Just to update us who weren't there last year (I was there the year before), what was the fiasco last year? The entire event. They decided to let about a billion people in there(the line to simply enter weaved through three floors and ended outside the building), and it just was not any fun compared to previous years. I really don't get it either, since they always claim their sold out, so why was the crowd so huge last year compared to previous years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 10:29 PM) The entire event. They decided to let about a billion people in there(the line to simply enter weaved through three floors and ended outside the building), and it just was not any fun compared to previous years. I really don't get it either, since they always claim their sold out, so why was the crowd so huge last year compared to previous years? The hotel overbooked and oversold the event, it had nothing to do with the Sox selling extra tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 04:31 PM) Went the past three years, but due to the fact that they raised the prices, not going this year. Â ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kman Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 If I wasn't such a cheap bum I'd go. Anyone wanna stay home and just give me all their tickets? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsox Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 03:47 AM) The hotel overbooked and oversold the event, it had nothing to do with the Sox selling extra tickets. Â Thanks to that debacle, my wife will never go to with me to SoxFest again. Â '05 SoxFest was an absolute nightmare. Couldn't walk anywhere or sit anywhere without navigating through the ridiculously long lines that didn't exist in previously sold out Fests. Â Hope the ones that are going to this yr's don't experience that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I hear ya; nothing is more insulting than somebody totally overselling an event like that. I'd ask for my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchtower41 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Looking forward to the weekend... will be there on Friday and Sunday. A little disappointed that Dye and Thome are not on the list as of right now, but El Titan De Bronze in attendence is a huge bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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