I agree. If all you care about is being in the circle, you don't have to get there early. You only have to get there early if you want to be on one of the rails!
NancyW
--- On Fri, 6/24/11, Matt McGee <matt@atu2.com> wrote:
From: Matt McGee <matt@atu2.com>
Subject: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show
To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 4:33 PM
I think it's a myth that you need to show up at the crack of dawn, unless you ABSOLUTELY need to get a specific spot right along the front rail.
Wrote about Denver here:
http://www.atu2blog.com/photo-getting-close-to-the-stage-at-530-pm/5180/
Walked in at 5:30 pm and could've had amazingly close spot.
m2
On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Scot Kleinfeld wrote:
> I feel the same way, but I am still wondering how it happens. How do people
> both having GA tix but arriving 7 hrs later get the same spot in the
> circle? I guess a lot must prefer along the outside of the circle.
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> If I go to Pittsburgh I doubt I will get there so early.
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> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> I noticed that too, Scot. I also got there at 10 (probably sitting next to
>> you in line?) and we wound up second row in prime real estate right in
>> between Bono and Edge. The people in front of us were like #7-9 in line and
>> had gotten there the day before and camped out. I wouldn't say their
>> experience was any better than ours being a foot closer, particularly in a
>> stadium where there's so much extra space between you and the stage anyway,
>> unless you're going for bragging rights that you were front row... I'm still
>> showing up early for Philly cause I just enjoy the camaraderie and
>> experience of the GA line, but I don't know if I'd ever go through the
>> trouble to camp out when it doesn't make a HUGE difference in position for
>> the stadium tours.
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>> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> From: scotk09@gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:57:23 -0400
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>> Subject: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show
>>
>> So about the GA line experience.
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>> I was there at 10 AM and got where I wanted to be inside the circle. But
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>> the people right next to me got there at 530...PM.
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>> So do a lot of people in the GA line want to be outside the circle? If not,
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>> how do people gettig there so late still get prime spots on the inside?
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>> Scot
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>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com
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>>> Agreed; great show and way better than DC (even though I think I
>> preferred
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>>> DC's setlist)... I love heat and wasn't dying being outside all day, but
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>>> man, that pit was holy hot and so disgusting, LOL. I lost 2.5 pounds. I
>> got
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>>> one of Bono's water bottles he threw--do you think anyone would wonder
>> why I
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>>> have a crushed plastic water bottle in a shadowbox on my wall? Or anyone
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>>> know someone who does human cloning? I figure his DNA has got to be on
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>>> there... ;)
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>>> See you guys in the the GA line in Philly!
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