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Old 02-16-2013, 12:24 PM   #1
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    Thanks for starting the thread. My "home venue", the place is an old stadium and a bit uncomfortable in the stands with the concrete bleacher seats. Views are all at an angle and you want to be in the first three sections no matter what side you are on. If they are doing GA on the field there will be a lot of people but if you don't feel the need to be railed you will have room. Make sure you are in the front part of GA, though. Shows for the most part are good. Last year there were storms and a few songs were cut. My feeling is this could be a good year since it is on a Saturday and last years storms spoiled the night. Spend the day in the park, go to the show, you will have a fun day. It will be very crowded in the park and in the lots due to the Saturday show date.

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    Had a great time last year, hoping to make it back again this year.
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    Old 02-16-2013, 03:53 PM   #4
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    Thanks for starting the thread. My "home venue", the place is an old stadium and a bit uncomfortable in the stands with the concrete bleacher seats. Views are all at an angle and you want to be in the first three sections no matter what side you are on. If they are doing GA on the field there will be a lot of people but if you don't feel the need to be railed you will have room. Make sure you are in the front part of GA, though. Shows for the most part are good. Last year there were storms and a few songs were cut. My feeling is this could be a good year since it is on a Saturday and last years storms spoiled the night. Spend the day in the park, go to the show, you will have a fun day. It will be very crowded in the park and in the lots due to the Saturday show date.
    May I ask why? I was on the rail of the rear GA and it was still a great time and view.
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    Old 02-16-2013, 04:12 PM   #5
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    May I ask why? I was on the rail of the rear GA and it was still a great time and view.
    Thanks for clarifying the view, I have never been that far back at Hershey. As far as a great time goes, I have no doubt you had a great time....after all it is a DMB show.
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    Old 02-16-2013, 04:35 PM   #6
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    Thanks for clarifying the view, I have never been that far back at Hershey. As far as a great time goes, I have no doubt you had a great time....after all it is a DMB show.

    Yeah, I usually was in the front too (seats and GA), last year I got cheap tickets on a wimb and if you get in at a reasonable time and plop down at the rail, it's not bad at all. Sound is still good too.
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    Old 02-17-2013, 06:45 AM   #7
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    So is it a pretty big pit here? I'm likely going with a large group of people (like potentially 12+), and I'm curious how difficult it it generally is to score that many pit tickets here or would it be easier to just go for lawn? I don't really have much interest in attempting to string together that many seats, so it's gonna be one of the two GA options.

    Also a tie in question: how is the lawn here? I've never been a lawn hater and have actually had some of my best show experiences on various lawns, but I've also heard horror stories of places like Hartford, so I'm just curious.
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    Old 02-17-2013, 07:21 AM   #8
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    It's a stadium, there is no lawn. Stage is at one end and open in the other. Bleacher seats are all located on the sides. There is a front GA and a rear GA all on what is the stadium football size field. Each GA is about 50 yards long and at least that wide if not wider. Please note, I am assuming that the set up is the same as last year. If everyone has tix for the same GA it won't be too hard to start off the show together.

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    Old 02-17-2013, 07:26 AM   #9
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    It's a stadium, there is no lawn. Stage is at one end and open in the other. Bleacher seats are all located on the sides. There is a front GA and a rear GA all on what is the stadium football size field. Each GA is about 50 yards long and at least that wide if not wider. Please note, I am assuming that the set up is the same as last year. If everyone has tix for the same GA it won't be too hard to start off the show together.
    awesome thanks for the info, I had no idea it wasn't an amphitheater. Total Hershey newb here so thanks for not making me feel stupid
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    Old 02-17-2013, 07:33 AM   #10
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    awesome thanks for the info, I had no idea it wasn't an amphitheater. Total Hershey newb here so thanks for not making me feel stupid
    Yep, no problem, good info is what the thread is all about. Helps make planning the road trips easier.
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    Less hot this year would be nice....

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    best strategy for Hershey is to buy GA back for cheap...then you can come out from under the stands and literally walk all the way up to front at the bottom of the stands. Security will occassionally tell you ya cant stand there, but everyone is standing there...that way you;ve paid for the back, you're standing up front on the side, and up against a rail with nobody in front of you
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    Less hot this year would be nice....

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    no storms either, cutting out what would have been a sick encore


    I always say I'm skipping Hershey and I always go, so here goes...this year I'm probably skipping Hershey
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    no storms either, cutting out what would have been a sick encore

    I was like 6th row GA and had no clue that storms that were behind us cause I never turned around the whole show... That storm came outta nowhere.

    Brokenhearted about the what-could-of-been encore. Pig, Rapunzel and Typical I believe is what was on the original setlist
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    I'll be going to Hershey once again this year. Venue isn't exactly great but we've gotten some pretty good shows over the years.
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    This is the worst venue ever IMO. There is no incline to the field, so you have a difficult time seeing the stage. When I've sat in the grandstand, I've found that you get an echo from each drum beat off the other grandstand.
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    This is the worst venue ever IMO. There is no incline to the field, so you have a difficult time seeing the stage. When I've sat in the grandstand, I've found that you get an echo from each drum beat off the other grandstand.
    It's a stadium of course there is no incline. I've never heard a echo. Were you far back?
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    I was like 6th row GA and had no clue that storms that were behind us cause I never turned around the whole show... That storm came outta nowhere.

    Brokenhearted about the what-could-of-been encore. Pig, Rapunzel and Typical I believe is what was on the original setlist
    Pretty sure Typical was in the main set and got skipped over completely. Either way, I was upset like you.

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    This is the worst venue ever IMO. There is no incline to the field, so you have a difficult time seeing the stage. When I've sat in the grandstand, I've found that you get an echo from each drum beat off the other grandstand.
    Not if you make your way in at a decent time to be in the front, had rear GA last year and we stood right at the rail, view was never obstructed
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    Pretty sure Typical was in the main set and got skipped over completely. Either way, I was upset like you.
    Yeah you might be right on that actually.. those 3 songs would have made that show much better. Woulda loved seein Pig in the encore.
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    Yeah you might be right on that actually.. those 3 songs would have made that show much better. Woulda loved seein Pig in the encore.
    Yep, Typical was supposed to be third to last played, encore was Pig and Rapunzel. Hopefully they remember what happened last year and take it into consideration...(tweet-bomb Stefan or Boyd week of show) haha
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    Yep, Typical was supposed to be third to last played, encore was Pig and Rapunzel. Hopefully they remember what happened last year and take it into consideration...(tweet-bomb Stefan or Boyd week of show) haha
    I think they might remember what happened last summer and make up for it, but who knows.. Boyd actually follows me on twitter so yeah I'll make sure I tell him what the deal is haha
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    I think they might remember what happened last summer and make up for it, but who knows.. Boyd actually follows me on twitter so yeah I'll make sure I tell him what the deal is haha
    Haha how did you get him to follow you?
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    Wbs Penguins > Hershey Bears
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    Haha how did you get him to follow you?

    I happened to be awake one night at like 4am haha and he tweeted the hashtag #latenightnarnia, it was the week of the first show of the Winter Tour and I just tweeted at him saying "i'll see ya this weekend BT".. and he said "See ya there" and followed me.
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    I think they might remember what happened last summer and make up for it, but who knows.. Boyd actually follows me on twitter so yeah I'll make sure I tell him what the deal is haha
    Boyd also follows me, him and I actually went back and forth about C-ville one random afternoon...

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    Wbs Penguins > Hershey Bears
    How many Calder Cups do the Baby Pens have? I forgot
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    It's a stadium of course there is no incline. I've never heard a echo. Were you far back?
    I was actually the third section from the stage. Idk maybe I just have picky ears. For Hershey shows I just hang out outside of the stadium (past the scoreboard so the sound travels between the grandstands) and I can hear perfectly. Only have to pay parking. But I'm not a freeloader, I travel for other shows and buy tickets.
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    How many Calder Cups do the Baby Pens have? I forgot
    The easy way to get the answer: The Bears have 11, and 1-1=0.
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    The easy way to get the answer: The Bears have 11, and 1-1=0.
    Precisely..
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    I'll be there as always. Only Hershey show I missed since 1999 was 2005.
    Last year sucked. Hot as hell, show cut short..
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    Precisely..
    It's an odd spot for me to be in, because I'm a Hershey Bears fan and a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. Unfortunate conflict, but such is life. As the great Andy Reid once said: "It is what it is. It is what it is. That's what it is."
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