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Location: Jet City | I don't know if there's anyone here that's as fanatical about Rush as I, but I upgraded my tickets to 3 seats from the stage and I have a spare set.
They're in row 14 towards the middle, the venue is the Gorge (best outdoor venue in America). Face value is the cost and since I'm camping overnight I'll throw in my VIP parking pass.
I think with the ticketbastard fees it's right around $120ea. I have 2.
Going up on Craigslist Sunday night. |
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Location: Jet City | Oh, sorry. It's Saturday May 31st |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Damon, you probably could have come here, played my guitars, and got better seats to the concert for less money.
I'm not a fan, but I would have picked you up at the airport and dropped you off at the concert. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | ?? The Gorge Amphitheater is about 2.5 hrs from Bellevue, and about 6.5 hours from Boise. |
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Location: Jet City | That woulda been the scenic route for sure! :D
THough having a go at your stable of guits might have been worth the 14 hours extra. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Originally posted by dvd:
?? The Gorge Amphitheater is about 2.5 hrs from Bellevue, and about 6.5 hours from Boise. Mark has got two porsches , and could do the trip in half the time.. :)
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Location: Jet City | dvd, come on up. camp out! We'll be havin' a good ol' time. GUitars around the campfire. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Rush is playing at the Idaho Center. I figured you could fly here, I'd drive you the 10 miles to the Idaho Center from my house, pick you up, take you back to the airport and it might still be cheaper. Granted you wouldn't be outside and the acoustics are lousy at the Idaho Center, but if you're in the third row at a rock concert, you don't have any hearing left anyway. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Damon67:
(best outdoor venue in America) Haven't been to the Gorge, BUT Red Rocks outside Denver is totally fricking AWESOME!!! Saw PP&M back in '70 (gawd, just realized that was 38 years ago!).
Anyone been to both venues? |
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Location: Jet City | eh? :D
Actually it's specifically due to the venue that I'm going.
I saw the show last year and had they done the lame-ass White River venue again, I would have skipped.
Nuthin beats a show at the Gorge! Well I spose if they wanted to setup in my garage, that would be cool too. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I just checked ticket prices at the Idaho Center. They look to be the same price as the Gorge. Could they really go up to $1000, or was that for buying multiple seats? The Idaho Center has an outdoor amphitheater too, but it's nothing special. I wouldn't pay $100 a ticket for anybody, even for a reunion of the Beatles with John and George reincarnated. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Been to Red Rocks dozens of times and performed there once. The sound is excellent, although there are likely even better concert halls out there in the world for acoustics. However, it is excellent for a city-owned outdoor venue and darn tough to beat for views and ambiance. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
darn tough to beat for views and ambiance. ...sunset there is STUNNING! The pinnacle 'seats' must be breath taking... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | The Gorge is a pretty amazing venue. Had a bad camping experience there a few years back, and have never been able to convince myself to go back. Likewise, I will never again go to the Clark County Ampitheatre just across the border in Washington State.. the last time I was there was the first, last, and only time I've ever walked out of a concert. |
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Location: Jet City | Red Rocks is nice for the views and cuz it's close to civilization. It's usually between Red Rocks and the Gorge every year when they do the "best of" voting.
And sunset at the Gorge
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by dvd:
The Gorge is a pretty amazing venue. Had a bad camping experience there a few years back, and have never been able to convince myself to go back. Likewise, I will never again go to the Clark County Ampitheatre just across the border in Washington State.. the last time I was there was the first, last, and only time I've ever walked out of a concert. All of us have had that bad camping experience at the Gorge, well those of us that have been there. The folks I am going with actually had a drunken idiot drive through their tent on a motorcycle once.
They have a new "Premiere Camp Ground" now which is where we go. It's away from all the crazies. It's still a good time, but fenced off with their own bathrooms and showers and they're even air-conditioned. |
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Location: enid, ok | Boy, really roughin' it, eh? |
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Location: Jet City | Imagine a sky like that, then Alex pulls out the Ovation classical and starts playing "The Trees"
Gonna be sweet. |
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| Used to see them in the bars around Toronto and they played our high school once.
Pretty good three piece except for the vocals..lol |
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Totally OT for folks in the NW area (or SW Canada) or anyone really