Jimmy Buffett is coming to Alpine!!
Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen!!
Just announced, Jimmy Buffett is coming to Alpine Valley in good ol’ East Troy, Wisconsin this year on Saturday, June 10th. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 13th at 10:00am for the show.
I can’t wait!! I was going through withdrawal last year without him here. Who’s coming with me??
UPDATE: I tried, to no avail, to get tickets for the Alpine show yesterday. Even though I was online, hitting “BUY TICKETS” at 10:00am, I didn’t get anything. Guess he sold out within 60 seconds. That’s all sorts of NOT COOL. Ah well. I’m still there!!
I’m SO there!
Comment by Bonnie — 2/24/2006 @ 1:25 pm
that’s too bad you didn’t get to see him last summer,
his show at Wrigley was AWESOME!
Comment by hardy — 3/14/2006 @ 12:50 pm
For some reason though, I just can’t picture the atmosphere at Wrigley to be anything like it is at Alpine…
Comment by Tara — 3/14/2006 @ 12:53 pm
yeah, I know what you mean…
one of the greatest ball parks in American sports history.
a place he has never played,
every seat a great view
an encore from the right field bleachers
him being a HUGE Cub fan,
and it was “the Labor Day weekend show”
vs
a place he always plays
where people pee while sitting on the lawn and it flows downhill
the long hike to your car
followed by the longer wait to get your car out
yep, your right, nothing like Alpine at all……
Comment by hardy — 3/16/2006 @ 2:23 pm
Buffett is about tradition, Hardy. As much as I enjoy Buffett’s music, let’s be honest. It’s not like he is loaded with talent. You go for the atmosphere. You go because Buffett signifies everything that people want. He’s a brand. He symbolizes a life of relaxation in tropical locations where you have no cares in the world. You go because you meet some people from other walks of life that you would never otherwise meet–but you are brought together by a common interest–Buffett. There are no attitudes; there are no cares. And in our busy lives, if just for one day, we can excape the world we live in, Buffett gives us that opportunity.
I’m sure his concert was great in Chicago. But it’s not a concert venue–it’s a ballpark. And for me, the grass seats, the long hike to the car, the wait to get out–that’s what I look forward to because I’m doing it with friends and with strangers who share common interests.
That IS Buffett.
Comment by Tara — 3/22/2006 @ 9:46 am
Cubs suck
Comment by Tim — 3/22/2006 @ 11:32 am
Whatever, Tim.
Comment by Jon — 3/22/2006 @ 4:43 pm
Come on, guys. This is a mature website. Can’t we all just be friends?
Comment by tara — 3/22/2006 @ 10:40 pm
Here’s a mature point of view.
Lets be fair….. the Buffet experience is not so much dependant on it’s venue as it is on one’s level of intoxication. The correct amount of rum will make an outhouse or a taxi cab look like a purple talking parrot just the same. That being said, I suppose there are a few things that can be analyzed about this red hot debate of alpine vs Wrigley.
Wrigley field seating consists of straight rows surrounding the playing field making it much easier to pass the doob in an organized fashion. This cuts out almost all doobey passing confusion. Alpine’s lawn seats do not afford such a luxury.
Now Hardy – you mention people peeing on the hill? Well at least when it rains, it gets rinsed off. In the flatlands of IL it has no place to go and just pools up. Coincidentally, this is rumored to be how Chicago was created
Now lets take a look at which venue better suits the Buffet “atmosphere” which would be best described as tropical.
Alpine has girls in bikini’s and Tiki bars scattered all over the place.
Lets see – Wrigely has girls in XXX Urlacher jersey’s with mustaches, and if you tried to set up a Tiki bar, it would be immediately shut down by the city, you would be fined, harassed, arrested, and have 4 mob hits put out on you. In fact the only tropical aspect I can think of in Chicago is the clown fish over at the shed aquarium. And even he is leaning against a street pole smoking a cigarette.
It is a long walk to your car at alpine……… but for most of us that’s just a few more minutes tip back a couple more drinks with our pals. Which sure beats getting mugged in the streets of Chicago… not to mention when you do get back to your car, at least you know it’ll be there.
I guess you could say I’m Pro-Alpine in this debate. I’m not sure why Jimmy decided to go to Chicago last year, but we’re all glad he recognized his mistake. I’m actually guessing the Make-a-wish foundation must of had something to do with it.
I’d still go see ferris bueller sing twist N shout on Michigan street though
Oh and…………. The cubs suck!
Comment by Urban — 3/23/2006 @ 10:46 am