Camden Vs Pittsburgh

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 13, 2007 10:47 am

Well, fate has led me to have tickets to two shows out of my area and the bartering for local tickets is going slow. I'm considering a road trip and wanted some input on Tweeter Center in NJ and Starlake/Post Gazette in Pittsburgh. I've never been to either and want to know if one is a better/nicer/whatever venue for a Buffett show than the other. What are their tailgating policies/enforcement like? I have lawns to Tweeter and Section 7 to Starlake and probably won't be able to do 2 out of area shows in 1 week.

Tweeter is 2.5 hours from where I live. I'd take that day off (as I would for a local show), drive home and sleep it off at the office the next day.
Pittsburgh is 4 hours, I wouldn't have to take a day off, but I would need a hotel for the night.

My local venues are Nissan and Merriweather. Are PA or NJ similar to either of these?

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 11:00 am

Well, i've been to camden every year since he's been playing there. It is an awesome time, no problems with tailgating....get there early. If you get a spot near the river you can catch a nice breeze.

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » March 13, 2007 11:14 am

FunkHouse9 wrote:Well, fate has led me to have tickets to two shows out of my area and the bartering for local tickets is going slow. I'm considering a road trip and wanted some input on Tweeter Center in NJ and Starlake/Post Gazette in Pittsburgh. I've never been to either and want to know if one is a better/nicer/whatever venue for a Buffett show than the other. What are their tailgating policies/enforcement like? I have lawns to Tweeter and Section 7 to Starlake and probably won't be able to do 2 out of area shows in 1 week.

Tweeter is 2.5 hours from where I live. I'd take that day off (as I would for a local show), drive home and sleep it off at the office the next day.
Pittsburgh is 4 hours, I wouldn't have to take a day off, but I would need a hotel for the night.

My local venues are Nissan and Merriweather. Are PA or NJ similar to either of these?

Can't have abad time at either. Jimmy anywhere is good. Camden is by the shore but there is a certain feel to Pittsburgh. I might have to lean towards the town of baseball Pirates. Seems to fit, right?

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 11:22 am

i've never been to star lake amphitheatre (post gazette) so i can't give an opinion one way or the other. I do know that the pitts. amphitheatre is kinda in the middle of no where. Tweeter is closer to "life" and philadelphia...good transportation to camden from Philly (center city).

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » March 13, 2007 11:46 am

Starlake is comparable to Nissan.

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 13, 2007 12:04 pm

I think I'm leaning towards Pittsburgh at this point. I wish I could do both, or that and Nissan, but I think I'm going to have a hard time getting my wife to sign my permission slip for that.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 13, 2007 12:06 pm

FunkHouse9 wrote:I think I'm leaning towards Pittsburgh at this point. I wish I could do both, or that and Nissan, but I think I'm going to have a hard time getting my wife to sign my permission slip for that.

have you thought about solving the problem by showing and throwing shiny objects in her direction and running when she's distracted?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 13, 2007 12:07 pm

The only reason to go to Camden is to drive through it on your way to Pennsylvania.

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 12:13 pm

Yeah, Camden is Hole.

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 12:13 pm

and of course Campbells soup.....

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » March 13, 2007 12:14 pm

LIPH wrote:The only reason to go to Camden is to drive through it on your way to Pennsylvania.

ha; I laughed out loud.

Should I follow with the old classic "why do birds fly upside down over Camden" line?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 13, 2007 12:16 pm

I spent like 10 minutes in New Jersey once.

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 13, 2007 12:18 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
FunkHouse9 wrote:I think I'm leaning towards Pittsburgh at this point. I wish I could do both, or that and Nissan, but I think I'm going to have a hard time getting my wife to sign my permission slip for that.
have you thought about solving the problem by showing and throwing shiny objects in her direction and running when she's distracted?

That's a good idea. Or maybe my car could "break down" on Saturday in Pittsburgh. I could say that my headlights ran out of Halogen. I know of a great shop in Camden that's only open on Thursdays.

I thought about taking her with me. That seemed like a fair idea to me, but it seems that sometime in the past couple of years she went and grew up without me.

I think she used the shiny ball trick on me.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 13, 2007 12:19 pm

FunkHouse9 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
FunkHouse9 wrote:I think I'm leaning towards Pittsburgh at this point. I wish I could do both, or that and Nissan, but I think I'm going to have a hard time getting my wife to sign my permission slip for that.
have you thought about solving the problem by showing and throwing shiny objects in her direction and running when she's distracted?
That's a good idea. Or maybe my car could "break down" on Saturday in Pittsburgh. I could say that my headlights ran out of Halogen. I know of a great shop in Camden that's only open on Thursdays.

I thought about taking her with me. That seemed like a fair idea to me, but it seems that sometime in the past couple of years she went and grew up without me. I think she used the shiny ball trick on me.

well.. you can do what I do... live the Peter Pan life...

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 13, 2007 12:21 pm

drunkpirate66 wrote:Should I follow with the old classic "why do birds fly upside down over Camden" line?

And why is that?

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » March 13, 2007 12:31 pm

FunkHouse9 wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:Should I follow with the old classic "why do birds fly upside down over Camden" line?
And why is that?

because the place isn't worth shitting on. why else?

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 1:01 pm

buffettbride wrote:I spent like 10 minutes in New Jersey once.

Interesting....any longer and you could have developed a tumor....

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 13, 2007 1:04 pm

parrothead597 wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I spent like 10 minutes in New Jersey once.
Interesting....any longer and you could have developed a tumor....

We couldn't turn left there. Almost was stuck in Cherry Hill forever.

parrothead597 · Post by **parrothead597** » March 13, 2007 1:07 pm

Damn! Traffic Circles....

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 13, 2007 1:44 pm

drunkpirate66 wrote:
FunkHouse9 wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:Should I follow with the old classic "why do birds fly upside down over Camden" line?
And why is that?

because the place isn't worth shitting on. why else?

Very nice. I probably should have been able to figure that out.

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