Boston College v Georgia Tech @ Aviva Stadium 2016

Realt Dearg Sec

adrian522 wrote: »

Your tune will change if you move to the west coast. You'll be sauntering out of bed at lunchtime on Sunday and most of the football will already be over. And you'll miss a good chunk of Monday night football becuase you'll still be in work, so all these times are geared towards the big markets in the eastern time zone.

There's not much sauntering out of bed at lunchtime on Sundays for me anymore!

adrian522

Still this Georgia Tech game would involve a 4.30 am start.

Fr Tod Umptious

adrian522 wrote: »

so all these times are geared towards the big markets in the eastern time zone.

That is true, the East coast for the most part dictates the start times.

But in other sports like the NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA basketball you have high profile championship or playoff games starting anytime between 21.00 and 21.30 Eastern, to suit the west coast, which pisses a lot of folk off on the east coast because the games are way to late for kids to watch in full.

donglemouse

i can no longer make the game - thus have a single ticket for sale in block 514, at face value 45 euro

If anyone is interested contact me via personal message on this website

OU812

http://www.thejournal.ie/american-football-2813763-Jun2016/

BizzyC

Seems like this crowd organizing this years game are a bunch of cowboys.

The fact that they don't know that the NCAA themselves aren't capable of sanctioning a game anywhere in the world shows how poor they are.
Also seems dodgy that a company that has been in operation for 1 year is in charge of a game worth €50m.

Degs1967

Anyone know if the bars will be open in the Aviva?
I have tickets for West Upper (not Premium Level), will there be beers and hotdogs available for mere mortals ?!

OldMrBrennan83

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Degs1967

The article ^^^^^^ seems to refer to a requirement for the organisers to pay €11k, I cant see that being a showstopper.
The massive billboard advertising the game went back up on Boston Colleges' building on Stephens Green this week

Dodge

Degs1967 wrote: »

Anyone know if the bars will be open in the Aviva?
I have tickets for West Upper (not Premium Level), will there be beers and hotdogs available for mere mortals ?!

They were open for Notre Dame/Navy so I'd expect so

OU812

Were open in croke park for the pen state game.

Anyone know if there's a flyover / parachute planned? It's gonna be the missus' first experience of a game and I'm hoping it'll impress her enough to open negations to a Seahawks game next year.

As an aside "croke" autocorrects to "crime".

jack presley

OU812 wrote: »

Were open in croke park for the pen state game.

Anyone know if there's a flyover / parachute planned? It's gonna be the missus' first experience of a game and I'm hoping it'll impress her enough to open negations to a Seahawks game next year.

As an aside "croke" autocorrects to "crime".

If there is a parachute, hopefully he'll land in the stadium this time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_pxBTzFpM

OU812

Just found this online, if anyone wants to relive the Croke Park Classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEr7O6ooO8o

Degs1967

Thanks, sounds like a drink or two may be an advantage if its going to be a ground war :-)

Guffy

Will this not go the way of the barca Limerick friendly a few years ago with the game nit getting approval from the sports sanctioning body. IAFA are a member of the sports council so technically hold as much weight on the sport in the country as the FAI or the GAA, no?

Dodge

gufc21 wrote: »

Will this not go the way of the barca Limerick friendly a few years ago with the game nit getting approval from the sports sanctioning body. IAFA are a member of the sports council so technically hold as much weight on the sport in the country as the FAI or the GAA, no?

Not really the same. FAI wouldn't allow it on the basis of their existing commercial contracts

Not to mention the Limerick Barcelona thing was only at exploratory stage

OldMrBrennan83

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OU812

^ you'd get a refund if it didn't happen

Guffy

Hope it does go ahead. Be a shame to see an event thats estimated to bring in 50million fall apart over a few grand.

Terrible business practice by the organisers leaving IAFA out of pocket but at the same time you'd have to wonder what they were thinking paying a 3rd parties legal bills for them!!!

Blut2

I picked up a few tickets during the week. Really enjoyed the last game in 2014, hopefully this will be as good. I think its almost certain to go ahead at this stage, there's far too much money gone into it.

Its pricey enough, though. I suppose with the lower capacity in Lansdowne they felt they could keep prices up.

Bateman

That company sound like total gangsters

thomond2006

Will it sell out? There are a lot of high price tickets left.

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/aer-lingus-college-football-classic-dublin-09-03-2016/event/18004F6BC0585319?artistid=2182322&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=102

OU812

Not a chance of selling out at those prices.

It was priced way too high to begin with but the more expensive seats were priced crazy high to begin with.

The following isn't here for that level of pricing & unfortunately it means we're probably going to see the last game here for a while.

Considering the NFL teams coming to Wembley could be seen for about the same price, (plus flights and accommodation), it's a shame we didn't get an NFL game

I think if they did more like put on an American tribute band (Springsteen, Neil Diamond etc) they'd get more sales.

thomond2006

I got 30 euro tickets, not the best seats but gets me in the door.

SantryRed

OU812 wrote: »

Not a chance of selling out at those prices.

It was priced way too high to begin with but the more expensive seats were priced crazy high to begin with.

The following isn't here for that level of pricing & unfortunately it means we're probably going to see the last game here for a while.

Considering the NFL teams coming to Wembley could be seen for about the same price, (plus flights and accommodation), it's a shame we didn't get an NFL game

I think if they did more like put on an American tribute band (Springsteen, Neil Diamond etc) they'd get more sales.

Are you not comparing the cheapest Wembley seats to the most expensive ones in the Aviva?

50-60 quid isn't the worst for 4 hours entertainment.

OU812

SantryRed wrote: »

Are you not comparing the cheapest Wembley seats to the most expensive ones in the Aviva?

50-60 quid isn't the worst for 4 hours entertainment.

Yeah, I am a little, but it still stands that you can see NFL for the same price as College football here.

I have my tix & am looking forward to it.

SantryRed

OU812 wrote: »

Yeah, I am a little, but it still stands that you can see NFL for the same price as College football here.

I have my tix & am looking forward to it.

Unfortunately I'm off to EP so won't be making it! I think there'd be a couple of thousand of people who may have gone otherwise but will be in Stradbally instead.

Dodge

OU812 wrote: »

Yeah, I am a little, but it still stands that you can see NFL for the same price as College football here.

It's a different market. Some one in Dublin can't go to an NFL game in London for less than €150

They can go to this for less than €50

prinzeugen

OU812 wrote: »

Anyone know if there's a flyover / parachute planned? It's gonna be the missus' first experience of a game and I'm hoping it'll impress her enough to open negations to a Seahawks game next year.

There was one planned for the game in 2012 but was scrapped because of IAA regulations or so I was told. Think it was because the planes would have had to hold over West Dublin until the right moment.

Bars will be open on all levels.

Shedite27

prinzeugen wrote: »

There was one planned for the game in 2012 but was scrapped because of IAA regulations or so I was told. Think it was because the planes would have had to hold over West Dublin until the right moment.

They had one in Crok Park 2014