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2014 Frozen Four Info Thread

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I watched the tournament last yr on the iPhone attached to my windshield driving home :)
 
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BobF said:
Well I am a huge golfer and the Masters is my favorite tournament. But these days we have DVR and these things called smartphones that keep us up to the minute on the golf tournament. Back in the day when we were the same weekend as hoops (and FYI the women's hoop games are this Sunday) Hockey got totally rolled over. Remember watching hockey games with up to the minute scores of the final four game in progress being scrolled. Plus back then it was also baseball's opening weekend. The hockey games were an aside. I like having our own weekend, and with only 9 posts not sure when you joined the party, but these tournaments are hugely successful these days, even if there is a late push for selling remaining tickets. My first Frozen/Final Four was in Lake Placid in '88, and now every one is in an NHL venue. Makes for a great take.

My biggest complaint stems from the fact that we are no longer able to grab a bite outside the arena between games. That would be the one change I would bring back, two separate admissions, I know concessions are hurt inside, but city certainly benefits. Long day with the back-to-back games, especially on a day when many people have traveled.

Looking forward to getting to Philly, been awhile and know there is much to do. Anyone comment on the Rittenhouse Square area for bars? Staying right next to City Hall and just looking for a good pub crawl before the games.
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Rittenhouse is ok... when I was looking at the slight possibility of moving there a coworker and I did a barcrawl of sorts. Rittenhouse was certainly one of the ones we do.
 
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I recommend the Morning Glory cafe for breakfast, it's walking distance from downtown and Positano Coast for good italian food, in the gas light district.

I'm sure if tickets prices are an issue, there will be cheap scalper tickets, and btw the masters ticket sales are down 30% this year.
 
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Bonin21 said:
I'll be hitting up the Reading Terminal Market (potentially multiple times with all the good choices), and the "Best Sandwich in America" will be consumed at least once.
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For the newbie here, which place at Reading Terminal Market has this "Best Sandwich in America"?
 
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A quick update on Philly's prep for the FF...I was is town today to drop off my wife at 30th Street station for a trek to Boston. There were plenty of attractive NCAA FF banners near many major Center City hotels and huge banners on the Wells Fargo Center clearly visible to the very-heavily traveled I95 and on the Center City side.

I stopped at McFadden's at CBP (Phillies), Chickie's and Pete's and XFINITY LIVE. XFINITY LIVE has booked both BC and Union for parties and McFadden's several alumni parties. I didn't have a chance to talk to anyone of authority at C&P's because the place was very busy with a lively happy hour crowd. I did learn that XFINITY LIVE does have a $20 cover after 9:00. Even though the weather today is damp and cool, they are opening their outdoor bars so I expect they'll be open during the FF with the Phillies also in town.

I can't get a sense whether or not the FF has become a hot ticket although I expect sellouts. Penn State-Vermont sold out twice at Wells Fargo in the last two years(19,000+).

Comcast, owner of NBC, the Flyers, the Wells Fargo Center, a 56-story sky scraper in Philly with a second planned, and soon an acquisition of Time-Warner Cable doesn't like to be embarrassed.
 
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Got an email from NCAA.com advertising "additional options available".

When I followed the links, I found:

Thursday games only (upper level) $110
Saturday game only (upper level) $ 99

Two day packages (upper level) $205 (only a $4 discount from the single session price?!)
Two day packages (lower level) $230

So it looks like there are still plenty of seats available, including lower level seats, but they're not willing to sell the lower level seats as single day tickets (yet). This was a Wells Fargo Center website, so they're either reselling seats (though I thought the NCAA was the only sanctioned way of doing that) or they're selling unsold seats, or both.
 
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In addition to those great suggestions, I think most will be pleased with the many sandwich options at the ballpark. Former Phillie, Greg Luzinski runs Bull's BBQ and there is another sandwich called the "Schmitter"(not named after Mike Schmidt but the old Philly brew, Schmidts) available. Lots of unique choices at the ballpark.

Unfortunately, I can't handle many of the big sandwiches because I took a few high sticks and pucks back in the day, if you catch my drift.
 
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Are they going to have a FanFest again? And when they have a display of the tournament will they have mistakes like last year?
 
hobeydog said:
In addition to those great suggestions, I think most will be pleased with the many sandwich options at the ballpark. Former Phillie, Greg Luzinski runs Bull's BBQ and there is another sandwich called the "Schmitter"(not named after Mike Schmidt but the old Philly brew, Schmidts) available. Lots of unique choices at the ballpark.
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they love us, SCHMIDTS
they love us, SCHMIDTS

tv commercials stick in the mind of a misspent youth... :D
 
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Pretty sure that most of the Frozen Fours are on Masters weekend.
 
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J.D. said:
where can you get a steak sandwich with real cheese and not this lame cheese sauce philly is known fir???;)
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you mean the cheese wiz? have to look at the entire body of work. Pat's over Geno's 1000X over.................embrace the cheese wiz, it's Philly cheese steak original but you can get provolone if you want. Just know how to order or they will look at you like you have 3 eyes! for example, "cheese steak wit" ..................Reading Terminal Market. Incredible place for foodies and it seemingly never ends. I love it
 
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you from there originally?

by the way, isn't it odd that so many tix are still available through the ncaa? figured at this point it would all be through places like stub hub etc.
 
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