2008 - WEEK 11 Denver @ Atlanta (11/16)

[PaintballCLE]

go broncos

[27atwater]

This one is a possibility. Since Carolina is now a no go, Atlanta MAY be an option...as is a Denver home game.

[Tankgunner95]

I was at the Indy game hopefully can go to the ATL not to far to driver from the great state of KY.

[27atwater]

Kev...flights from Pittsburgh to Atlanta are $238 round trip and $329 if ya combo in 2 nights hotel. If the wife isn't interested, would ya make the flight down w/ me?

[Sassy]

Guys....is the area relatively safe by the Georgia Dome?

[Hogan11]

This may end up like the Houston game.....Miles you going to this one?

[Dendave]

Originally Posted by Sassy

Guys....is the area relatively safe by the Georgia Dome?

Depends if Ray Lewis and his posse are in town

Actually, my brother in law is an Atlanta police officer, I can find out for ya...not sure if I am going to make this one or not I was going to do this and Cleveland but they fall on back to back weekends and not sure if i can take work off two weeks in a row...Cleveland is closer for me so I think I am doing that one...anyway, I will let you know about the area...

[PaintballCLE]

Originally Posted by 27atwater

Kev...flights from Pittsburgh to Atlanta are $238 round trip and $329 if ya combo in 2 nights hotel. If the wife isn't interested, would ya make the flight down w/ me?

already have my hotel booked for this one, check in sat, leave monday morning. Was planning on driving.......but more than welcome to come along.

[27atwater]

driving from clev to atl yer slightly insane.

[PaintballCLE]

Originally Posted by 27atwater

driving from clev to atl yer slightly insane.

haha i was going to drive to oakland and SD, but common sense got the better of me there.........cant afford to fly to every game lol

only 10 hours or so........ thats not horrible if you have all day to do it.

[Dendave]

Originally Posted by Sassy

Guys....is the area relatively safe by the Georgia Dome?

From my brother in law...hope this helps

As a rule anything west of Northside Drive is not safe. The closest hotels will all be downtown Atlanta. They are too numerous to list. Downtown and Midtown are not the same, so if the hotel advertises itself as Midtown it will be further away from the stadium. Remember that you can stay anywhere near the Marta Train system and just ride the train right to the dome if you want. The Trains are safe, I would avoid the buses.

One of the guys on my unit is a season ticket holder and they tailgate. I
will find out from him how that works. I know it is ridiculously expensive
to park near the dome so bear that in mind.

[Tankgunner95]

Wondering what hotel is a good one too stay at, I know ATL is AWFUL, just dont want to be on the bad side where me and the wifey can not go and eat on Friday and Saturday night. ANY GOOD IDEAS

[PaintballCLE]

Originally Posted by Tankgunner95

Wondering what hotel is a good one too stay at, I know ATL is AWFUL, just dont want to be on the bad side where me and the wifey can not go and eat on Friday and Saturday night. ANY GOOD IDEAS

yeah avoid the west side all together........stay near the airport nice places to eat.....safe area. THe sherraton near the airport is fairly nice for the price.

[Sassy]

Originally Posted by I bleed orange and blue

yeah avoid the west side all together........stay near the airport nice places to eat.....safe area. THe sherraton near the airport is fairly nice for the price.

How far away is the airport from the Georgia Dome?

[PaintballCLE]

Originally Posted by Sassy

How far away is the airport from the Georgia Dome?

about 10 miles.

15 min drive or there is also a train/subway thing thats goes between the two.

[Tankgunner95]

How far is the aquirum and things to do there? Wifey likes to go sight seeing and I hear ATL has plenty to do? Looked on stub hub got some good deals in the endzone right now. I think this is a deff. for wifey and I. How is with us. I would love to see a bunch of us there.

[Hawaii_Guy]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

This may end up like the Houston game.....Miles you going to this one?

I have put some thought into it for the past 2 years. We will see as time gets closer.

[Bronco Billy]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

This may end up like the Houston game.....Miles you going to this one?

Are you serious?

I guess he could have another commitment that takes precedence over the Broncos.

I really like you Hogan, but seriously! That's like asking a cop if they want another donut.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by Bronco Billy

Are you serious?

I guess he could have another commitment that takes precedence over the Broncos.

I really like you Hogan, but seriously! That's like asking a cop if they want another donut.

Just making sure....ATL is not the greatest of destinations afterall and if the G Dome is already a notch in his belt, I can easily understand bypassing going to such a place again.

but yeah, I'll admit it was a pretty stupid question....we were pretty messed up by that schedule and not thinking too clearly at the time, my apologies.

[Bronco Billy]

No worries... just giving you a hard time. I don't think it matters if he's been there or not.

Miles is trying to get me to this game since we only play in Atlanta every eight years. I simply replied, it's a dome! We'll see, but I'd much rather try and make Carolina than Atlanta. It would be nice to see Elam one last time, hopefully on the sidelines.

The schedule screwed us big time. NE, Carolina, and Cleveland were our top three for this year, but NE and Cleveland are probably no goes since they're not on Sunday. Carolina could be a stretch. We'll see. This is now the first year where I have no idea which games we'll make.

[PaintballCLE]

Originally Posted by Hawaii_Guy

I have put some thought into it for the past 2 years. We will see as time gets closer.

WHAT? the streak is in jeopardy??

[Dendave]

some info if needed


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...9/fvi.falcons/

TAILGATING
It's "pretty difficult to tailgate at a stadium without a large parking lot close by." "Most folks tailgate in vacant lots up to a quarter mile from the stadium," so "if you want to pull out a few chairs, drinks and eat out of a picnic basket, that's pretty easy. If you want to grill and really spread out, that's not easy at all." "An abandoned rail station across from the stadium known as 'the Gulch' is the place to be. "But many find the location" under a highway overpass "not very inviting." The alternatives are "spread out over many parking lots," "are small and hard to get to." That doesn't stop some motivated souls from "deep-frying a turkey" or serving up "soul food mixed with ribs and barbecue."

NEIGHBORHOOD
The stadium is at "the far south end of downtown" "just outside of the Atlanta business district." "It isn't exactly the high-rent area. If one stays with the crowd, however, safety should not be a concern." "It looks pretty rough and is generally a low-income neighborhood." However, the area is in the middle of a "slow" "gentrification effort," "with new condos and restaurants." "Down the road" are "lots of attractions other than football -- CNN Center, Phillips Arena, the aquarium, Centennial Olympic Park, World of Coca-Cola, etc."

[PaintballCLE]

The holiday inn select is 69/night for the downtown location (conference center)on hotwire.com (Its the 3 star downtown hotel for 69) its connected to turner field downtown and has a free shuttle to the georgia dome according to the website.

[PaintballCLE]

just fyi since ill be driving to this one, ill have my grill. If someone else wants to bring one too thats cool......never hurts to have a backup!

[PaintballCLE]

Tickets (1-10 availiable for $45 each) if we all got some of these we could all be next to eachother!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-10-Atlanta-Fal...2em118Q2el1247