All the talk of the Cal game on here has my group wondering about the whole Berkelely experience.
The football tix + pregame ticket runs $81 a piece ($30 for the pregame and $51 for the football ticket) and seems to include a meal and one (!) drink. i know there will be cheaper alternatives that that. I can't imagine this game selling out, so scalping might work. the thing i am wondering is how many Buffs will be at this pregame thing, or will there also be a presence at the bars in Berkeley where it won't be as restrictive. I'd rather get drunk at a bar interacting with fellow buffs and bears fans alike, rather than with 75-year-old alums that graduated back before color TVs were around (DBT?).
anyone know the area? i know there's supposed to be lots of buffs out there. who's down to mingle with the enemy?
I'm all for forgoing the official pregame. I have a feeling there is a big CU presence in the Bay Area.
FWIW: The bar scene in Berkeley is pretty ****ty. The only good college football bar I've found over there is the Bear's Lair, but it's on campus and I don't know how well it would work to roll in there with visitors' gear on. As much as I hate to admit it, I'll probably be finding out as I sure as hell am not going to the $30/beer pregame party hosted by CU.
La Val's might be a decent place if you've got the kids in tow. It's on the north side of campus (grad school mostly), has cheap and good (20+ taps) beer, big screens, and serviceable pizza. http://www.lavals.com/
1834 Euclid Ave
Keep an eye on http://www.norcalbuffs.com/
The website sucks balls we generally show up big time for the games. I'm sure there will be announcements come closer to game time.
GOing to the bears Lair or Lavas is asking for it in visitor gear, think walking into the SINK.Originally Posted by Daaah
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Two years ago the SINK was so packed with OSU fans, I felt uncomfortable.
I don't get why people wouldn't want to be where the CU fans are going en masse and feel welcome? Why dig around for a competing venue?
I am torn on this, if CU can get itself together and organize a real event it could be a blast. Reach out to NorcalBuffs, La, OC, and Sac. alumni Chapters and make sure the crowd is as big and diverse as possible then it would be stellar. But what they'll do is email the alumni association and the Buff Club and it will be it. Which means the crowd will be older, less diverse and 60% the size it could be.
Because it's overpriced. Nothing they can do about it, and there's no way you can create an event that will appeal to the entire alumni population, but 30 bucks for a crappy meal, one beer, and a plastic chair in a cloistered environment is pretty steep for younger alums. These parties cater to the audience most likely to attend, and that's not young alums. Just a fact of life.
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I have to admit that everything I've heard is that the tailgating opportunities around the Cal stadium are extremely limited. If we go, we might do the pre-organized thing, just to keep it simple.
Still waiting for airfare to drop into a more reasonable range. Has to be under $200 RT to make it worthwhile. It's not there yet.
my thinking is, why not just experience the town and the people, rather than some cordoned-off area full of coloradans that feels just like an event near folsom? plus, as i mentioned, it's $81 for a mean, one drink and a game ticket. my flight up there actually costs less than that. which reminds me, if anyone from LA/SD is looking for flights, the prices have dropped from about $260 to $140 right now. check out kayak.com.
and also, like it's been mentioned elsewhere and above, there are probably going to be so many CU fans in and around town that we don't need to go to the pregame event to meet up with a lot of buffs. we'll need foreign dignitaries to show what exactly the pac-10 will be up against as far as rowdy, passionate fans when we (hopefully) join up with the conference.
This.
At the Miami game a few years ago, they had a set-up where it was around $30/PP. Well, with three of us, that would have been a $90 party, and that was just too pricey.
liver + 5--7 additional are going to 'gate with the enemy. about 30 of them. 6 or so Buffs v. 30+ bears. we may have to spot them a guy or two to make it fair.
Glad to see the Alumni Assoc. pulled their head out and dropped the price of the pregame party for this year. If y'all remember, it was $50/person (adults AND kids) for the event they put on down here in Austin last year.
That's exactly why our local club organized the "rogue" tailgate at the corner of 15th and Trinity. Most of us simply couldn't afford to pay the price and for only ONE drink? Please.
We fronted $$$$ for a bunch of sammiches and like 3 or 4 kegs of beer (even got a couple of places to donate 1 and multiple cases) charged $10 a head for all you could drink and eat. Result - broke even on cost, and had a donut hole of 200-300 CU fans clad in black and gold in the middle of a sea of burnt orange. Had a great time until Li'l Hawk threw that 3rd quarter pick six.
Point is, Alum. Assoc. needs to get more in touch with their membership. We're not all a bunch of people who make the $$$ to be 5-6 figure donor and can afford $50/head for a crappy "tailgate." I'd like to think our "rogueness" down here caused the drop in price.
Going Sinker...
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"I didn't. I had a 50-50 chance and I needed a break." - Jack Ryan
I'm sure they price it like that for a reason. If you make it $10 all you can drink at the official pregame party and things get out of hand (I'm pretty sure they would), you've got yourself a big problem.Glad to see the Alumni Assoc. pulled their head out and dropped the price of the pregame party for this year. If y'all remember, it was $50/person (adults AND kids) for the event they put on down here in Austin last year.
That's exactly why our local club organized the "rogue" tailgate at the corner of 15th and Trinity. Most of us simply couldn't afford to pay the price and for only ONE drink? Please.
We fronted $$$$ for a bunch of sammiches and like 3 or 4 kegs of beer (even got a couple of places to donate 1 and multiple cases) charged $10 a head for all you could drink and eat. Result - broke even on cost, and had a donut hole of 200-300 CU fans clad in black and gold in the middle of a sea of burnt orange. Had a great time until Li'l Hawk threw that 3rd quarter pick six.
Point is, Alum. Assoc. needs to get more in touch with their membership. We're not all a bunch of people who make the $$$ to be 5-6 figure donor and can afford $50/head for a crappy "tailgate." I'd like to think our "rogueness" down here caused the drop in price.
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