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sundevil
First, there will not be 100,000 people in attendance. Stop promoting hype! Second, seats are for old people and I'm 59 and I understand rock n roll is not seats!
what the hell are you talking about. i had the pure misfortune of living there for five years. indy never does anything right. straight up church lady A-holes. the entire town has a massive inferiority complex.
for crowd size just going by what too many others have said, 100,000. those gold and silver fence placements point to the biggest crowd of the tour. wanted to be parked no later than 2:00 pm and be in the venue as soon as doors open. a blanket does not make concrete soft. last time i did the stadium no seats thing was in 1978, and it was a pain then, too.
all i want is a nice, comfortable show, not eight plus hours of one pain in the ass hassle after another while having to deal with people straight out of 1954.
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TiminIndy
I've lived here 49 years and I have always liked it. Indy knows how to put on and organize large scale events. We have 99 successful Indy 500's, 7 successful Final Fours, and one great Super Bowl under our belt. I'm not thrilled on where they chose to put the concert, but I'm sure we will make the best of it. My biggest issue with the layout other than all of the asphalt is that huge platform on the left side. If you need to have such a big obstruction, why not put it on the right side (stage left) where it would obstruct asphalt area?
Also, I thought they would open the infield parking area for tailgating earlier, then open the ticketed venue areas later. I don't see how they can not open the parking lots until 4 pm and that's when the ticketed area opens also.
No matter what happens, it will still be great, because the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World will be playing. I guess the crowd will be 60-65K, which is fine with me.
Fans should get to see two fireworks shows: during the show, you should be able to see the fireworks launched from the top of the Regions Bank building downtown, then the IMS show after the concert.
For a great atmosphere little jazz bar downtown, the Chatterbox is cool too. The Stones actually showed up there after the concert in 1989 and played an impromptu set with the band that was playing that night. The Slippery Noodle blues joint is bigger and has 2 bands playing most nights. Established in 1850, it is the oldest bar in the state.
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drbryant
You know, that "gold" area looks awfully big, if it extends to the twin lighting fixtures they've been using on the tour.
It really does, looks like the Gold area is about 175ft in depth, much bigger than I expected, and that would suggest they were expecting to sell about 10,000 Gold tix, which I can't believe they are anywhere near...I think there is going to be a LOT of space at the back of that section
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DREAMTIME
The size of the VIP area did not and will not change. The A list is not coming to Indiana because of the politics. It is the most popular american vacation week and people will be else where. More room for me! No worries, Just Go!
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drbryant
You know, that "gold" area looks awfully big, if it extends to the twin lighting fixtures they've been using on the tour.
It really does, looks like the Gold area is about 175ft in depth, much bigger than I expected, and that would suggest they were expecting to sell about 10,000 Gold tix, which I can't believe they are anywhere near...I think there is going to be a LOT of space at the back of that section
This may be overly-cynical, but they have continued to sell Gold and VIP tickets, and it occurred to me that it might not be because they didn't sell out. Maybe they are just increasing the size of those sections. It's simple enough - just slide the barriers back a few more feet.
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mnewman505
I'm staying as far away from this one as possible, this has disaster ala Texas Motor Speedway 1997 written all over it.
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mnewman505
I'm staying as far away from this one as possible, this has disaster ala Texas Motor Speedway 1997 written all over it.
Mission Control, we are going in Gate 7. Wish us luck. We will make it fun.
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sundevil
what the hell are you talking about. i had the pure misfortune of living there for five years. indy never does anything right. straight up church lady A-holes. the entire town has a massive inferiority complex.
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jboug44
Politics and other stupid things aside. I'm only 28 years old. I've never seen the stones in person and honestly it almost got to the point I never thought I would. My girlfriend and I were ecstatic when we saw Indy was getting a concert. To be honest it kinda stinks seeing the negative Nancy's and such on here and around town. I just hope the fellow concert goers around us are just as happy to see the greatest band of all time regardless of what the situation is at IMS. So to those of you going, have a great independence day weekend and I can't wait to rock with you all.
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drbryant
This may be overly-cynical, but they have continued to sell Gold and VIP tickets, and it occurred to me that it might not be because they didn't sell out. Maybe they are just increasing the size of those sections. It's simple enough - just slide the barriers back a few more feet.
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jboug44
Politics and other stupid things aside. I'm only 28 years old. I've never seen the stones in person and honestly it almost got to the point I never thought I would. My girlfriend and I were ecstatic when we saw Indy was getting a concert. To be honest it kinda stinks seeing the negative Nancy's and such on here and around town. I just hope the fellow concert goers around us are just as happy to see the greatest band of all time regardless of what the situation is at IMS. So to those of you going, have a great independence day weekend and I can't wait to rock with you all.