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Will be in attendance in Glendale, Az. on December 8 - who is joining me?

Steelmann said:
Better to get tickets in advance....or day of? I know advance gives me piece of mind.....but if the cardinals have a ****** season and interest in them wains,prices will be down in December. Same can be said of the Steelers season. Of course the opposite is true. How are the site lines of the stadium,are the nose bleeds horrible?
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The problem I have had is getting more than 2 tickets together on game day. Most of those tickets are singles, or maybe 2 together. Where you are flying and paying for a rental car and hotel room, that is a lot of money, so you are going to buy tickets to get into the game, no matter what. Better to get tickets from a source that guarantees them, together, at a known cost. JMO.

The game day tickets are the ones not sold on StubHub or wherever, so you get the leftovers. Also, I agree that game-day tickets can be more affordable due to how teams are doing, etc. but in my somewhat limited experience in getting Steeler tickets in LA, Phoenix (previously), and San Diego, the Steelers tickets are still expensive on game-day.

Steelmann said:
Where to stay? Close to Stadium? If I go ,I think it would be from the Friday to the Tuesday after the game. Is Glendale that far from Phoenix? recommendations? There must be game day shuttles or party type busses to get you there and back? Or better to stay in Glendale? Trying to keep accomadation prices down. Under 100$ a night would be nice. Or there abouts.
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Glendale is quite close to Phoenix, and getting out of the parking lot after the game is not bad, compared to most other venues, since there really is not much around the stadium. Wife, son and I are going to stay at the Hampton Inn, which features suites with kitchens. We previously stayed at the Springhill Suites, about 2 miles from the stadium. Rooms at the Springhill start at about $110, but a decent room with a kitchen, king bed and pullout coach goes for something like $130.
 
Steeltime said:
Join us, Zona. We throw a hell of a tailgate!
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I'll most likely go, and gave the option to my adult kids that if they want to go, I'll supply the transportation and parking, but the ticket will be on them.

Looking at the Cardinals site, similar tickets on their side of the field are 100-150 less than on the Steeler side of the field. ********!
 
but a decent room with a kitchen, king bed and pullout coach goes for something like $130.[/QUOTE]

I see what you did there.

Lol.

Stay downtown Phoenix. Its funner.
 
Thanks guys.....of course the one thing I don’t want to do is drive to the game. I am quite sure my son and I will be partaking in several beverages. That was the best thing about my one and only game I have seen in Pittsburgh. We walked from the Renaissance,across the Roberto Clemente,with the thousands of others........what an atmosphere!
 
There are places to stay withing walking distance, Renaissance, Hilton Westgate, Hampton, but I doubt they will fit your $100 budget on a Steeler weekend.

The atmosphere won't match the historic beauty of Pittsburgh, unless you like cotton fields and recently built commercial developments.

Smart of you not wanting to drive though.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Looking at the Cardinals site, similar tickets on their side of the field are 100-150 less than on the Steeler side of the field. ********!
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Yep. Great to be a Steelers fan ... until you have to buy tickets.
 
but a decent room with a kitchen, king bed and pullout coach goes for something like $130.
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Confluence said:
I see what you did there.

Lol.

Stay downtown Phoenix. Its funner.
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Hah, my typo pays dividends.

Downtown Phoenix definitely has a lot more going on than the scene around Glendale, true enough, though to be fair, Glendale is a hell of a lot "more" than it was the first time I was there in 2006.
 
Hines57 said:
I'd like to hit all our west coast games this year. I think I will have a conflict with the SF game though. The game v the Chargers is going to be super expensive.
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That's because the game is being played in a small soccer stadium, Stub Hub Center, which seats about 31,000 for football games.
 
If I can find a job I will be there ---- I hate being unemployed ... ugggg
 
ZonaBurgh said:
I'll most likely go, and gave the option to my adult kids that if they want to go, I'll supply the transportation and parking, but the ticket will be on them.

Looking at the Cardinals site, similar tickets on their side of the field are 100-150 less than on the Steeler side of the field. ********!
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Hey there DAD,.............lomg lost son. Can I PM you the airline information for $$$$ for the flight................. You said transportation and parking.............................





Salute the nation
 
Hey Zona...lov ya brother but this is bad, bad advice.

or can borrow a handicap mirror hanger, it will get you up in the first couple of rows
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A heavy fine is not the whole picture either. The placard owner losses the placard and must go to court to get it back. Sometimes taking a couple months and a buncha hassle....not cool.
 
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SteelChip said:
Hey Zona...lov ya brother but this is bad, bad advice.





A heavy fine is not the whole picture either. The placard owner losses the placard and must go to court to get it back. Sometimes taking a couple months and a buncha hassle....not cool.
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Ya, probably bad advice on my part. I only mentioned it because I used to be the driver of 6 going to the games, and one of the riders had a placard that would be used each game.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Sometimes you have to move to where the work is, I did 36 years ago, and Phoenix is still boomin'.
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I write software can for from anywhere -- unfortunately when you get to my age -- people tend to not want to hire you ...
 
Steeltime said:
That's because the game is being played in a small soccer stadium, Stub Hub Center, which seats about 31,000 for football games.
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The last Chargers game I went to, the MNF walk off win, the seats were super expensive because of high demand from Steeler fans. I want to say those are still the most expensive seats I've paid for to an NFL game although the Cowboys game a couple years ago at Heinz was also $$$
 
OK, I'm in.

Wasn't able to negotiate the seats I really wanted, but still lower level on the Steeler side.

Went to a broker and he told me he's selling everything he has to Steeler fans, so I anticipate Heinz West.
 
I will be there, which is good news. Hines57 will be there, which is good news only if you are hoping to increase the dumb-gangly quotient for some reason.

We are going to be tailgating beginning about 10:30-11:00 a.m. in parking lot East Preferred #9. We have a pop-up tent, large Steelers flag, wife, son, neighbor and I all wearing Steelers jerseys (duh). Son and I are probably both wearing #90, Watt. Wife wearing #92. (Keep it cool, Hines.)

I invited Hines to West Douchebag #2.
 
I wish. I used to live in Glendale. Enjoy and represent.
 
If you're going out to the game, there is a Steelers rally at Harold's in Cave Creek, AZ, about an hour north of Phoenix. Rocky Blier and other Steelers greats will be there
 
Harold's is great, and I guarantee that place will be packed, assuming the rally is today.

They'll have bus loads of fans leaving there for the game tomorrow.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Harold's is great, and I guarantee that place will be packed, assuming the rally is today.

They'll have bus loads of fans leaving there for the game tomorrow.
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Mel Blount will be there, too.
 
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