Seating ?

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Who has more fun?

Lawn People
31
48%
1st 10 rows
22
34%
vip boxes
2
3%
100 level(or equal)
7
11%
200 level(or equal)
3
5%
300 level (or equal)
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 65

chrisintampa
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Seating ?

Post by chrisintampa »

Who has more fun ?
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Post by CaptainP »

I do.
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Re: Seating ?

Post by creeky »

chrisintampa wrote:Who has more fun ?
The sober ones - cause they get to remember :lol:
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Post by SchoolGirlHeart »

If your seat determines how much fun you have, there's something wrong.....
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert

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Post by Conolulu »

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:If your seat determines how much fun you have, there's something wrong.....

Yep.

What Jen Said.... 8)
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Post by creeky »

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:If your seat determines how much fun you have, there's something wrong.....
Well right now it would for me - cause I cant stand :lol:
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Post by popcornjack »

i say the lawn, but that's the only place I've ever sat (not including MSG shows, obviously...)
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Post by pojo »

Lawn.
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Post by springparrot »

Can't do lawn, but as long as we are in the venue :D

(someday we will have close seats...............)
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Post by Big Jimmy »

I did my last lawn concert for anyone ever a few years back. It was cold, rainy, just plain miserable. I have been in other rain filled shows, but as you get older, the lawn is well.... Not for me. Give me tickets in the first 15 rows or so, and I will be happy. Otherwise, I see no point in going to the show at all.
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Post by ejr »

Way too old for the lawn.

But put me anywhere else, and i will have a great time at the concert! I would love to be up close, but if that doesn't happen, I'll still enjoy a concert!
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Post by jonesbeach10 »

Big Jimmy wrote:I did my last lawn concert for anyone ever a few years back. It was cold, rainy, just plain miserable. I have been in other rain filled shows, but as you get older, the lawn is well.... Not for me. Give me tickets in the first 15 rows or so, and I will be happy. Otherwise, I see no point in going to the show at all.


This past summer, I went to my first "amphitheater" concert with a pavilion/lawn setup at Camden, and was amazed how well I saw everything from my seats pretty far back in the 200s.

For me, pavilion is obviously better, but as long as I can see and if that means buying lawn seats and getting in really early to get a good spot on the lawn, that's okay too!

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Post by popcornjack »

Like I've said earlier, I've always been lawn, and when it comes to the concert starting, I'm a selfish enough of an S.O.B. that I'll move up on my own and get a better vantage point than where the rest of the crowd I'm hanging out with is.
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Post by caly »

Lawn 2 Pav 1 for me. Soon to be L3 P 1.

First time (pouring rain and on the lawn) was the best experience ever. I think all that could beat that would be front and center.
Chicago was pav and we had an awesome time.
I would say it totally depends.
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Post by Wino you know »

I'm not voting in this one.
I've been in every area of the venue(s), and have had the time of my life each time. I have fun no matter WHERE my seat is. (Although I'm not too crazy about the lawn, since that's where most of the puking and passing out happens).

But, since I do love the music of Jimmy Buffett, and I'm always sober enough to remember the concert-put me anywhere in the house. I WILL have a blast.

put THAT in your pipe & smoke it, you young whippersnappers! 8) 8) 8)
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Post by sonofabeach »

I've already seen Jimmy from just a few feet away and nothing will ever beat that so now for the most part I don't care where I sit as long as I'm there. I was in the nosebleed section once in Orlando and still had a blast.
I was in the pavillion once and it was good although people around me did not like me standing up. I guess if you've got seats, use 'em but I used to pride myself on never ever sitting down at a Buffett show. Almost every other time has been on the lawn which is usually fine with me especially if I'm near the front.

The lawn at Tampa was not good imo for sound last year. It was the furthest up I'd ever been on the lawn and I could barely hear the music and it seemed like everybody in the crowd was just talking. For the first time ever I sat down and did not get into the show. Something was bothering me anyway and I figured if I can't hear the show I might as well leave early and I did. I went out to the parking lot and hung out with ToplessFl and company and we listened to the show on her Sirius radio. Nowadays I look more forward to hanging with friends and tailgating the the actual show anyway.
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Post by Dezdmona »

As long as I'm there I'm happy.

I just hope I'm around other folks who "get it", regardless of where I'm sitting/standing.
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Post by CaptainP »

Fun is who you are with and who you are seeing.
Seat position makes no difference...

In the past, I've even paid for pavillion and sat on the lawn. Concert sold out, only ticket I could get was a single pavillion. But I had friends on the lawn to party with.
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Post by Jollymom21 »

Dezdmona wrote:As long as I'm there I'm happy.

I just hope I'm around other folks who "get it", regardless of where I'm sitting/standing.
Ditto!!
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Post by Jollymom21 »

Maybe this has already been addressed in the past, but does anyone have any thoughts on the sitting/standing issue?

I'm one to want to stand and dance throughout the whole show, but find myself "worrying" about all the SYKBH fans behind me cause they all end up sitting during the songs they don't seem to know (which at Camden seemed like a lot). :-?

I want to enjoy myself at the concerts but also be considerate of others around me. What to do? What to do?
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