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George Strait at Jack Trice-5/25/24
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I don't think he played:
Carrying Your Love With Me
Write This Down
and Heartland (which would have went over huge in Ames).
Tough to play everything when there's so many damn hits.
All in all a great show. Hope this is the beginning of more.
Carrying Your Love With Me
Write This Down
and Heartland (which would have went over huge in Ames).
Tough to play everything when there's so many damn hits.
All in all a great show. Hope this is the beginning of more.
Having the entire stadium sing Check Yes or No was quite the experience as well
Love all the reports in here by attendees.
Just wasn't my thing plus prices and fact that even if I wanted to go I would never be able get out of work.
Glad everyone had a good time.
Just wasn't my thing plus prices and fact that even if I wanted to go I would never be able get out of work.
Glad everyone had a good time.
I know some thought there was no appeal for sitting in Sukup for this but watching the beer line on the field take what looked an hour to get a beer vs basically no lines in Sukup made it more than worth it.
I predict Country also.
I think the outside of the concert experience would have been cooler with CyTown completed.
couple take aways from the concert.
Awesome time for sure.
if I could go back I would not get floor seats. The logistics where awful, but I am not sure how you fix it. getting in and out of the rows were really hard. I think I got about 50 unofficial and unintended lap dances from people just trying to get out and back in our row.
this is an every concert issue, but when are the prices of food/beverage just amaze me.
other than that everything was awesome and enjoyed it.
I think the outside of the concert experience would have been cooler with CyTown completed.
couple take aways from the concert.
Awesome time for sure.
if I could go back I would not get floor seats. The logistics where awful, but I am not sure how you fix it. getting in and out of the rows were really hard. I think I got about 50 unofficial and unintended lap dances from people just trying to get out and back in our row.
this is an every concert issue, but when are the prices of food/beverage just amaze me.
other than that everything was awesome and enjoyed it.
Great event. George Strait puts on a good show. Unfortunately, I never saw any Ames Lager for sale in the beer line on the field.
I’m not a huge country music fan but went last night and had a good time. Beer lines were long. The one I was in mostly had to do with the card machines/apps malfunctioning or running slow. It certainly didn’t ruin my night, but I don’t think I take these events as seriously as other people do.
If I would have paid that much to go... it would have been to watch the musical acts... not to stand in line for more than an hour for a terrible beer.
It amazes me how much people will pay for things like this to just stand in lines all night. You can't possibly need a beer that bad... unless you have a problem.
It amazes me how much people will pay for things like this to just stand in lines all night. You can't possibly need a beer that bad... unless you have a problem.
I'm sorry that happened to you. Hopefully you find a way to be less miserable about it today.
Don’t be a prick this early on a Sunday, it's a long weekend.
Are the speakers outside Hilton and MWL? We could hear word for word Strait singing when we were walking by both buildings.
How is that being a prick? Wow... some people are too sensitive on here. Lighten up.
I would pay some big money to see someone like Pink Floyd for instance... but then I wouldn't go to it and miss half the concert while standing in line for a beer. To me, that just defeats the whole point of being there.
And calling JP a dork is like saying water is wet... we all know he's a dork. I think he even knows he's a dork.
Like I said... too many overly sensitive people... RELAX!
I couldn’t even walk through the concourse. I gave up and just walked back to a clear space to wait.
Entering the stadium was ridiculous too. Trying to get into Ames took forever. I ended up going way out west to avoid some of the traffic. Also once I finally got up to the stadium the line to get in was ridiculous. I managed to avoid a lot of it by going up the student entrance but they have to figure something better out. It made the first game last year look like an efficient process.
We came in the east gate and started to walk around the north and got stopped. So we had to walk all the way down to the south end, around behind Sukup, and back up 2/3 of the way to the stairs, then back south again to get to our seats. That info in the stuff they kept emailing ticket holders would have been useful. What was strangest was the line to get in. We parked near the north end of C4. We got out of the car and realized the line to the gate began at our lot. It went up to Jack Trice Way, followed that to Beach, then south on Beach to the west entrance. Apparently the north gate was closed. Then we saw that the bridge was backed up clear over to the east ramp. I decided to head for the south entrance because it's usually less busy, but as we approached the east gate, we realized that the line at ground level was less than 40 people. We were in line for less than 10 minutes. I guess it's what you know about where the gates are.
There were lots of pop up booths on the west concourse - there were also guys with ice filled coolers all over. One of them started bringing his cooler down our stairway and selling in the stands, and did that all the way through Stapleton & Strait. The lines weren't as bad as the concessions...but then again I really wasn't looking for them. What annoyed ME about the lines was the fact that when we were trying to navigate our way around, there were multiple lines that blocked the concourse, and people were really pissy when you asked to pass through the lines...not cut in front, but simply go across the line to continue on our way around the stadium. How else are we supposed to get to our seats? Believe me, I would have been happy to go around the north side and avoid the crowd on the east concourse but that wasn't an option. And I did notice that the concession lines were shorter on the west side, at least when we were entering.
My son said traffic on 13th street heading to the interstate was backed up all the way to Northwestern, and that was at like 12:30.
